By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🌯 DEZ Burrito, an ex-food truck that opened a bricks-and-mortar restaurant on the southwest corner of Cooper and Ray in Chandler in January, finally celebrates its grand opening from 4-7 p.m. today with free paletas, a prize wheel, and special discounts.
🍩 Mochidot, a locally owned shop specializing in mochi doughnuts made with Japanese rice flour, has opened on the northeast corner of Camelback and Ninth Street in Phoenix. The concept is not associated with similarly themed Mochinut, which has locations in
🥞 Brunch Kitchen & Cocktails has opened next to its sibling concept, Cowboy Pizza, in the former Binkley’s buildings on the northeast corner of Cave Creek and Vermeersch in Cave Creek. Menu highlights include bacon pancakes with maple bourbon ricotta, crab Benedict, pork
🥳 More than 20 downtown Chandler restaurants and bars will participate in the fourth annual You’re Bacon Me Crazy Brunch Crawl from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. There will be $6 food items and/or $5 drinks at each stop. Tickets are $25 for
🥟 The Beer Research Institute in Mesa will hold its latest monthly pairing Thursday featuring four scratch-made dumplings – Philly, Traditional Pork, Chicken Soup, and Sour Cream & Onion Rangoon – with four 8-ounce BRI beers. The $25 pairings will be
🍷 Sauvage, a natural wine shop that opened in a shipping container at The Churchill in 2018, has moved to the historic Helen Anderson House on the southeast corner of McDowell and Third Avenue in downtown Phoenix. A bar offers wines
🔥 Phoenix Hibachi House, a fast-casual Japanese grill offering burritos in roasted red pepper tortillas as well as hibachi entrees and combo plates, has launched on the northeast corner of Van Buren and 19th Avenue in Phoenix. Grilled meats include chicken,
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🍺 Beer Barn at Epicenter in Gilbert will host a Chicago tap takeover Saturday and Sunday highlighting beers from Windy City breweries Hop Butcher for the World, Half Acre, Pipeworks, and more. Hop Butcher also will be available in cans; limit of two cans per
🍖 The 14th annual KNIX Barbeque & Beer Festival returns to Tumbleweed Park in Chandler from noon-10 p.m. Saturday. The event features 30 barbecue pitmasters, beers and spirits, live music, a 6,500-square-foot ‘‘sports bar’’ with giant TV screens, a kids zone,
🌮 Humble Torta & Taco, a new sibling of Humble Pie and Humble Bistro, has made its debut in Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport’s Terminal 3. Besides the namesake items, the Mexican street food menu offers four kinds of tortillas pies, bowls, salads, and more.
🌯 Titino’s Grill, an small counter-service eatery offering Mexican and American food, has opened inside the Northeast Market liquor store near the southeast corner of 32nd Street and Thomas in Phoenix. The Mexican side of the menu is represented by tacos,
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🐓 Bird Talk Kitchen, a California-born fast-casual concept featuring various forms of chicken, has made its Arizona debut on the northeast corner of University and Hardy in west Tempe. Menu items include whole chickens, chicken tenders, chicken wings, fried chicken, grilled
🥪 San Francisco-based Ike’s Love & Sandwiches has opened its 10th Valley location on the northwest corner of Tatum and the Loop 101 in northeast Phoenix. The menu has more than 800 sandwiches, many named for Bay Area celebrities, made with
🥚 Freshly Laid, a fast-casual breakfast ‘‘eggsperience’’ that debuted in north Scottsdale last year, has opened a second location on the southeast corner of Indian School and 36th Street in east Phoenix. The menu offers cleverly named breakfast sandwiches, burritos, or
💵 FnB in Old Town Scottsdale will host a fundraising evening of food and wine Saturday, April 15, for the Blue Watermelon Project, a local non-profit group of chefs, restaurateurs, farmers, and community food advocates dedicated to expanding, encouraging, and engaging students in healthy eating.
🥃 SanTan Brewing & Distilling in Chandler will host a tasting and bottle-filling for its new Sacred Stave whiskey, American Single Malt, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Fill your own bottle straight from the barrel while enjoying complimentary food pairings. Tickets are $110 for one
🍩 The unfortunately named Bearscat Bakehouse, a small chain of doughnut shops out of North Dakota, has closed its only Arizona location after just one year in business near the northeast corner of Dobson and Southern in Mesa. (In case you’re
🌯 New Jersey-based Bubbakoo’s Burritos, a national chain of fast-casual Mexican fusion eateries, has closed its only Arizona location, which was in front of Sam’s Club at SanTan Village in Gilbert. It had only been open nine months. The menu offered
