By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🥪 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
🥙 Hummus Republic, a California-based chain of modern Mediterranean eateries, has opened its first Arizona location at the Promenade Scottsdale on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and Bell in north Scottsdale. Build your own pita, wrap, or bowl by choosing a
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🌯 Fiesta Mexicana, a Colorado-based chain of sit-down Mexican restaurants, has opened its second Valley location in the long-closed Fox & Hound building near the southwest corner of Baseline and Stapley in Gilbert. The family-owned concept made its Valley debut in
🍽 Terra Tempe Kitchen & Spirits, the elevated restaurant on the ground floor of The Westin hotel in downtown Tempe, has introduced new brunch, lunch, and dinner menus curated by executive chef Mario Ventura. Weekend brunch runs 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday-Sunday. (Pictured: Strawberry & Banana French
🎓 Downtown Phoenix fine-dining restaurant Anhelo, whose owner/chef Ivan Jacobo is an Estrella Mountain Community College alum, is hosting a wine dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday to raise money for four culinary arts scholarships to the school. Tickets are $600 per
🌮 Don Fito’s Taqueria, which has operated out of a pair of food trucks since 2020, has opened a bricks-and-mortar restaurant on the northeast corner of Power and Baseline in east Mesa. Besides tacos, burritos, tortas, and vampiros, the menu offers
Thursday is National Tamale Day, and all this week Macayo’s Mexican Food restaurants are selling take-home tamale kits for $15. The kits, available in red beef or green corn, include the ingredients and instructions to make six full-size tamales. They’re being
🏆 Congratulations to Delena Humble, a bartender at Sin Muerte in downtown Phoenix, who won Arizona Cocktail Weekend’s annual Last Slinger Standing competition at the Republic National Distributing Company headquarters in Phoenix. Humble defeated Mitch Lyons of Highball Cocktail Bar in Phoenix in the final.
🚴🏽♂️ Bike-themed bar and grill Spokes on Southern in Tempe celebrates its 10-year anniversary with a party from 9 a.m.-close Saturday. Highlights include a disc golf tournament, a brunch buffet, DJ and live music, and an art sale. Twenty percent of all
🍺 Desert Monks Brewing in Gilbert hosts its annual Desert Spring Fest tonight through Sunday. The event includes special beer releases, food trucks, live music, activities, games, and prize giveaways. Admission is free, but you can buy a $45 VIP package that
📱 Cafe Rio Mexican Grill, a Utah-based chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants, has opened another of its ‘‘digital cafe’’ concepts – offering digital ordering options – near the southwest corner of Greenway and the Loop 303 in Surprise. It’s the 38th
🧑🏿🍳 Today is the kickoff of the Valley’s third annual Black Restaurant Week, meant to raise awareness and build support for Black-owned culinary businesses. Sweet Magnolia Smokehouse, Tempura Takeover (pictured), and Chic Chef 77 are just a few of local eateries and food trucks offering special menus
☘️ Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Hundreds of restaurants and bars Valleywide are offering specials today on everything from corned beef (pictured at Miracle Mile Deli in Phoenix) to Car Bombs. You can start your day with a $14 green Bloody Mary at Hash Kitchen, and wrap it up with
🍔 Scottsdale-based Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers opens its 14th location at 11 a.m. today at Sonoran Creek Marketplace near the southwest corner of John Wayne Parkway and Edison in Maricopa. The restaurant features a 2,000-square-foot patio, a 50-foot bar (the longest of
