By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🇲🇽 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
Colorado-based chain Noodles & Company has opened its fourth Valley location in the former Five Guys space on the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Shea in central Scottsdale. 🍜 The fast-casual restaurant offers international and American noodle dishes – including its
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Dino and Robert Brescia, the brothers who owned Our Gang Cafe for 25 years, have launched OG Pizza near the southwest corner of 32nd Street and Shea in Phoenix. All pizzas are 18 inches and for takeout only, and only cash is accepted. There
Attention, vegans! Dos Pink Tacos opens at 11 a.m. today in the space that was home to short-lived Mexican seafood restaurant Ay, Chebela near the southeast corner of Roosevelt and Seventh Street in downtown Phoenix. The concept, which operated out of the Tempe Food Court until
Brave KBBQ, an all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue restaurant, has soft-opened on the southwest corner of McClintock and Broadway (map) in Tempe. 🥢 The menu: Appetizers, beef, pork, chicken, seafood, lamb, and sides. 💵 The price: $17.95 lunch from noon-3 p.m. weekdays. $27.95
Chic Chef 77, Arizona’s first Black-owned wine bar and bistro that just opened Wednesday in Tempe, was forced to close after an alleged drunk driver ran through its patio and window at 2:25 a.m. Saturday. The quote: “I feel devastated,’’ owner and chef
Cocina Chiwas, a new concept from the owners of Chiwas Tacos, soft-opens at 5 p.m. today at Culdesac, a car-free neighborhood on Apache, between McClintock and Price, in Tempe. 🌮 The menu: Chihuahuan-style tacos, wood-fired quesadillas, and Mexican pizzas. Full menu still
KickStand Cocktails, a line of vodka-based canned beverages with a spicy kick, make their Arizona debut today. 🌶 The spice levels: Roasted Jalapeno Cucumber (mild), Charred Pineapple Poblano (medium), Smashed Raspberry Serrano (medium) and Torched Peach Chipotle (hot). 🥫 The details: Made with
To celebrate National Pizza Day, Ghett Yo Pizza in Ahwatukee is giving away free 10-inch cheese pizzas – for dine in or takeout (but not delivery) – today with no purchase necessary. 🍕 The reason: ‘‘(It’s a) small gesture to thank our guests
With Valentine’s Day looming next week, Downtown Mesa is hosting a fun-loving Pal-entine Besties Booze Crawl for you and your friends from 4-9 p.m. Thursday. 🗺 What: For $10 per person ($15 at the door), you get a map of seven
Award-winning Bryan’s Black Mountain Barbecue, a Cave Creek staple for 14 years, is closing, owner Bryan Dooley announced. The reason: ‘‘Business is great,’’ Dooley writes on social media. ‘‘Actually this year is starting off very strong. So why are we
If you think the new Dunkin’ Donuts on the southwest corner of Power and Baseline looks a little unusual, it’s not your imagination. The just-opened location is the first in Arizona built from a repurposed shipping container. The company says using the containers
Dirty Dough, founded by an ASU student who began baking cookies in his Tempe apartment, has opened its second Valley location next to the AMC Theatres at Desert Ridge Marketplace in north Phoenix. 🍪 The menu: A variety of gourmet cookies
B2 Concepts – aka Ghett Yo Taco, Ghett Yo Pizza and Ghett Yo Wings – also are offering specials all week that pay homage to the teams in Sunday’s game. Ghett Yo Taco in downtown Chandler: Philly taco: Ribeye steak, grilled onions,
