By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🍳 Matt’s Big Breakfast, a downtown Phoenix institution since 2004, has opened its fifth Valley location (not counting a concession at Sky Harbor Airport) at Epicenter on the northwest corner of Higley and Ray in Gilbert. The no-frills menu features cage-free
🍕 It turns out Dave Portnoy visited more than Pizzeria Bianco and Craft 64 for his famous One Bite Pizza Reviews while the Barstool Sports founder was here for the Super Bowl. Check out his videos of Sal’s Gilbert Pizza, Brooklyn V’s Pizza, Venezia’s Pizzeria, Spinato’s
🍷 Cuisine & Wine Bistro, a family-run French restaurant and wine bar in south Chandler, was awarded places in multiple categories on OpenTable’s exclusive Diner’s Choice list for the second straight year. Cuisine & Wine was voted best in Phoenix/Arizona region
💪 One of the funnest events of Arizona Beer Week – the Pink Boots Arm Wrestling Throwdown – takes place at 6 p.m. tonight at QuartHaus in downtown Chandler. The top women in Arizona’s beer industry will compete for this year’s championship belt. There
🍕 Crust Brothers Pizza, a 2-year-old independent pizzeria in central Scottsdale, has opened a second location on the northwest corner of Baseline and McClintock in south Tempe. Ohio natives Eddie and Mark Miller make what they call ‘‘Midwest-style’’ square-cut pies that
🥞 Country Griddle, a family-run brunch restaurant, has opened in the former Samurai Asian Bistro space on the northwest corner of Van Buren and Dysart in Goodyear. The menu includes several Hawaiian breakfast faves, such as banana pancakes, loco moco
🌮 Mexican restaurant Los Sombreros announced it will close its uptown Phoenix location at Camelback and Third Street on Wednesday. The space formerly was home to SunUp Brewing’s kitchen and bar before Los Sombreros took over in 2019. Los Sombreros’ Scottsdale
🍺 Arizona Wilderness Brewing released its seasonal American Presidential Stout, one of the best imperial stouts made in Arizona, on Presidents Day. Brewed with Nicaraguan cacao nibs from Zak’s Chocolate and Arizona-grown chiltepin peppers, the beer is available on tap and in cans
The Parlay Kitchen & Cocktails, which debuted in Chandler in 2019, will hold a hiring fair from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday at its new Scottsdale location on the southwest corner of the 101 and Via de Ventura. The grand opening
Pedal Haus Brewery will host a Mardi Gras celebration from 2 p.m.-midnight Saturday on the rooftop of its downtown Phoenix location. Festivities will include spicy jambalaya, shrimp po’boys, and Hurricane drink specials, as well as live music and, of course, plenty
Nearly 150 breweries will participate in the 22nd annual Arizona Strong Beer Festival 🍺, the state’s premier craft beer event, Saturday at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale. General admission is $70 and includes 28 3-ounce samples from 1-5 p.m. VIP tickets are
Good news: Arizona’s first Black-owned wine bar 🍷 will reopen at 5 p.m. today, according to Chic Chef 77 owner/chef Nic Fields. The Tempe venue closed last Saturday after an alleged drunk driver ran through its patio and window at 2:25 a.m. The business
The Palms Mediterranean Kitchen, a fast-casual restaurant that makes its own pita in-house, has opened on the southeast corner of Northern and 12th Street in north central Phoenix. The menu offers the typical favorites like gyros 🥙, shawarma, falafel, and
Dominic Armato, who critiqued restaurants for the Arizona Republic and AZCentral.com from 2015-2020 before resigning to take a much-needed break from the business, has hooked up with the alt-weekly Phoenix New Times, where he will write one monthly review on
🇲🇽 Tres Leches Café, a small group of locally owned Mexican coffee shops, has closed its year-old location at Thomas and Third Avenue, but its other two in Phoenix remain open. The closed location also housed the cafes’ bakery, so Tres
🇮🇳 Traditional dishes such as chicken tikka masala, lamb vindaloo, dal makhani, and bone-in goat curry are menu highlights at Maya’s Kitchen, a small, family-run Indian restaurant that just opened on the northwest corner of Bell and 30th Street in north
🍺 Today’s opening events for Arizona Beer Week include: Donut Daze: 13 doughnut-inspired beers paired with doughnuts at OHSO Brewery in Arcadia, Gilbert, Scottsdale, and Paradise Valley; Brewers Round Table: Brewers from five of Arizona’s most influential breweries discuss the industry over a
Queen Creek Olive Mill celebrates its ninth annual Canada Week 🇨🇦 today through Sunday, Feb. 26, with a Canadian-inspired menu (including poutine, beavertails, and Molson beer), an arts festival on Saturday, a sangria social on Feb. 25, and the launch of the mill’s
Scottsdale-based Evening Entertainment Group has reached a deal to open a location of its pizzeria and beer garden concept Bottled Blonde on the Las Vegas Strip in late 2024. It will be located in a new four-story entertainment complex across
Kudos to Craft 64, which earned a respectable 7.5 rating during a visit by Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy over the weekend. 🍕 Aside from his online sports conglomerate, Portnoy has cult following for his YouTube show ‘‘One Bite Pizza
