By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🍛 Tap N Tikka, an Indian scratch kitchen and bar, has soft-opened in the former TC’s Pub & Grub building on the southeast corner of Gilbert and Ray in Gilbert. It becomes the space’s fourth occupant in less than a decade, following
🥚 Over Easy is teaming up with Shamrock Farms in April to raise funds (and eggs) for United Food Bank. Diners at any of the 11 Over Easy locations in Arizona will have the opportunity to donate $1 or more, and Over
The Hungry Monk, a popular craft beer bar and grill in Chandler, celebrates one year under new ownership with Monk Appreciation Day from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday. Food and drink specials will include $8 burger and fries, $1 chicken tenders,
🌮 Urban Margarita, a Mexican restaurant on the southeast corner of Beardsley and 67th Avenue in Glendale, has been sold to Sky Restaurant Concepts, which has renamed it Urban Agave. Sky Restaurants also owns Squid Ink Sushi Bar and Highball Cocktail Bar.
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Portillo’s, the Chicago-based fast-casual chain, has opened its fifth Valley location near the southeast corner of Williams Field and Santan Village Parkway in Gilbert. The grand opening officially is Friday, but the doors quietly opened Wednesday. The new 7,800-square-foot building
🥯 Bagel Daddies, an independent bagel shop that shares a storefront with Spce Coffee, has opened on the northwest corner of McDowell and 18th Street in Phoenix. Bagel Daddies has been a popular vendor at Valley farmers markets. Open 6 a.m.-noon
⚾️ It’s Opening Day for Major League Baseball, and Pedal Haus Brewery is celebrating with a new beer: Opening Day Hazy IPA. The beer will be sold for $5 per pint today, and the brewery also has a $20 T-shirt-and-beer package.
🇲🇽 K-38 Beach Mex Cantina, a Mexican eatery inspired by Baja street food vendors and neighborhood taquerias, has closed. It had opened in November 2021 on the southwest corner of Alma School and Ocotillo in south Chandler. ‘‘It is sooner than
The Valley was completely shut out – going 0 for 9 – when finalists for the 2023 James Beard Foundation Awards were announced this morning. Nine local chefs or restaurants were among 20 semifinalists in various award categories at the
🥙 Scottsdale-based Pita Jungle celebrates National Pita Day today with an all-day promotion to raise money for Arizona non-profit Waste Not, whose mission is creating sustainable food systems that help people and the planet flourish. For every pita sandwich sold today at its participating
🥯 Panera Bread, the St. Louis-based chain of fast-casual bakery-cafes, has opened its 15th Valley location on the southeast corner of Power and the Loop 202 in southeast Mesa. It includes a drive-through lane – but only for orders placed through
🇯🇲 Island Grill AZ, a Caribbean restaurant and cocktail bar, has opened on the northwest corner of Indian School and Ninth Street in Phoenix. Entrees include Jamaica’s national dish, ackee and saltfish, as well as curry goat (pictured), brown stew chicken,
🥬 Lowdown Vegan, a late-night 100% vegan drive-through, has opened on the southwest corner of McDowell and 15th Street in Phoenix. The menu offers a half-dozen chicken sandwiches – pesto (pictured), Italian, buffalo, barbecue, Jamaican, and classic – made with Tindle
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💻 The recently closed Original Golden Skone restaurant in San Tan Valley has begun selling its pre-mix in two-pound bags for $15 online. Just add yeast and water to make 12 skone sandwiches at home. You can pick up the mix at
🌯 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
