By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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12 West Brewing won a gold medal and Grand Canyon Brewing earned a silver and two bronzes at the U.S. Open Beer Championship in Oxford, Ohio. Arizona medal winners and categories: 🥇 Gold: Smooth Transitions, 12 West Brewing, Mesa, in
☕️🥐🥮 The Boyer Bakery, a two-year-old family-run business in Surprise, has launched a coffee shop, The Boyer Cafe, on the southwest corner of 99th Avenue and Bell in Sun City. The space: Formerly the home to Starbucks, which built a
🍹 Bar Cena, a new cocktail and dining lounge, will replace the Vanilla Gorilla Tap Room & Bottle Shop next to Hush Public House near the northwest corner of Scottsdale and Thunderbird in north Scottsdale. The history: Chef Dom Ruggiero,
Taqueria Factory, which has two locations in Chandler, will celebrate National Michelada Day with a buy-one-get-one-free special on the drink Wednesday. What is it: Similar to a Bloody Mary, a michelada is a popular Mexican drink made with beer, tomato
Samsara, a Persian retaurant that lay claims to being the first hookah lounge in downtown Phoenix, has opened on the northeast corner of Fourth Street and Garfield. The space: Formerly the home of Bliss Rebar, which closed in May 2022
🍩☕️ King Donuts, a 24-hour independent doughnut shop, has opened on the northwest corner of 19th Avenue and Bell in north Phoenix. The food: 40 kinds of doughnuts, bagels, croissants, and ice cream-filled doughnuts. Plus, breakfast and lunch sandwiches. The
🍺 Gilbert-based Arizona Wilderness Brewing releases its seasonal July 11th, a bright pink IPA brewed with dragonfruit, Tuesday in cans and on draft. The beer was inspired by 7-Eleven’s Free Slurpee Day. 🇲🇽 Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza’s award-winning Barrio Cafe
El Chullo, a 9-year-old Peruvian restaurant and bar in Phoenix, has opened a long-in-the-works second location on the northwest corner of Seventh Avenue and Turney in Phoenix’s Melrose district. The space: The former home of Los Compadres Fine Mexican Restaurant,
🍞🥯🥖 Award-winning Tucson baker Don Guerra will working out of the Hayden Flour Mills’ new Gilbert kitchen on Tuesdays starting in September. The baker: Guerra, who launched Barrio Bread out of his garage in 2009, was named the country’s outstanding
🍺 Sales director Ted Golden, who has been one of the public faces of Four Peaks Brewing in Tempe for 22 years, has jumped to rival SanTan Brewing in Chandler. (Pictured on left with SanTan’s new on-premises sales manager Greg Ross.) 🍕 Bring in two
🍨🍬🥤🍪🍹 Las Vegas-based Sugar Factory – a celebrity-favorite restaurant, bar, ice cream bar, and candy store – has made its Arizona debut at Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale. The space: With 9,400 square feet indoor and 1,275 outdoor, the restaurant
🕹🍕🍺 Level One Arcade Bar, which opened in downtown Gilbert in 2019, officially opens its second location at 11 a.m. today on the north side of Main, between MacDonald and Drew, in downtown Mesa. The space: The two-story Mesa location
🥩 Steak and Stone Steakhouse and BBQ, a northeast Mesa restaurant that specializes in steak and other meats served on hot cooking stones, is closing July 16. The reason: According to the restaurant’s social media, the building it occupies at
OG’z – The Original Empanada Shop, a Mexican restaurant specializing in sweet and savory empanadas, has opened on the northwest corner of Ellsworth and Ocotillo in Queen Creek. The space: Formerly the home of Chairez Authentic Mexican Restaurant and, before
🍔 Seven Brothers Burgers, a Hawaii-based chain started by (as you might guess) seven brothers, has made its Arizona debut near the northwest corner of Ellsworth and Riggs in Queen Creek. The chain: Launched in Oahu in 2009 by the
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🌮 Taco Girls, a small New Mexican eatery, has opened inside the Phoenix Premium Outlets mall near the southwest corner of I-10 and the Loop 202 in west Chandler. The food: Carne asada, chicken, and birria plates, tacos, flautas, quesadillas,
🐓🧇 Chick-in Waffle, a Missouri-based concept offering global twists on chicken and waffles, has made its Valley debut on the southeast corner of Guadalupe and the Loop 101 in southwest Mesa. The concept: Dennis and Sara Alazzeh launched Chick-in Waffle
🍕🍝🍷 Brooklyn V’s Pizza, a locally owned group of New York-style pizzerias, opens its fifth East Valley location today on the southwest corner of Gantzel and Ocotillo in San Tan Valley. The history: Chef-owner Vito LoPiccolo – who operated Italian
🍳🥞🍹 Hash Kitchen, one the Valley’s favorite brunch spots, opens of its seventh location today at Verde at Cooley Station on the southwest corner of Williams Field and Recker in Gilbert. The concept: Hash Kitchen was created by the Scottsdale-based
