Author: Jess Harter

🇲🇽 Tulum Modern Mexican, a fine-dining restaurant inspired by the popular Mexican beach city of Tulum, has opened at the Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale. It’s located on the second level in WaterDance Plaza, next to Kabuki Japanese Restaurant. Tulum’s menu offers a

Award-winning Bryan’s Black Mountain Barbecue wraps up its 14-year run in Cave Creek with a Going Away Party from 4-9 p.m. Saturday. Owners Bryan and Donna Dooley announced the barbecue joint’s impending closure in February. Saturday’s celebration will feature a buffet with all of BBMB’s

💎 Quartz, the Valley’s newest ‘‘immersive cocktail experience,’’ opens at 4 p.m. today in a storefront space on the southeast corner of Van Buren and Fourth Avenue in downtown Phoenix. It’s the first standalone bar from Instrumental Hospitality (Belly Kitchen & Bar, Sin Muerte) in

🌮 After a long and unlikely journey, Casa Ramos has reopened on the north side of Main Street, between Stapley and Gilbert, in central Mesa after a six-year absence. Ben Ramos debuted Casa Ramos in Heber in 2006. His son, Kenny, opened a

🍔 Paradise Valley Burger Company, which has been serving up award-winning burgers in north Phoenix for the last 12 years, has opened a second location on the southwest corner of Rural and Baseline in south Tempe. The strip-mall space briefly was home

🍝 Old-school Italian restaurant Tomaso’s on Camelback, a Phoenix institution for nearly a half-century, announced it will close May 20. Tomaso Maggiore and his wife, Patricia, opened the restaurant on the southeast corner of Camelback and 32nd Street in 1977. Tomaso

Las Vegas-based Sugar Factory, a celebrity-favored restaurant, bar, ice cream bar, and candy store, will make its Arizona debut May 1 at Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale. A huge menu features lots of savory items – burgers, sandwiches, tacos, pasta, steaks, and more –

🏈 Arizona Wilderness Brewing releases Strong Safety, a hazy triple IPA to benefit the Pat Tillman Foundation, on draft and in cans today at its Gilbert and downtown Phoenix locations. In honor of Tillman’s number (42) when he played football for ASU, 

Duke’s Roadhouse, a new concept from one of the owners of The Stillery, is taking over the former A1 Pawn building near the southwest corner of Maricopa Road and the Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway in Maricopa. Steve Kovach, a Chandler developer, says

BYOV, a 100% plant-based eatery specializing in sushi and a few Mexican dishes, has opened near the southeast corner of Arizona and Ray in Chandler. Its name is an acronym for Bring Your Own Veggies. The menu offers 13 vegan

🔒 New American gastropub The Double Dutch Kitchen & Cocktails has closed after 21 months on the northeast corner of Dobson and Germann in south Chandler. No explanation was given for the closure. A sibling concept, The Kettle Black Kitchen & Pub in downtown Phoenix,