By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Football fans can fuel up for Sunday’s Big Game by enjoying a special tasting menu featuring their team’s favorite hometown delicacies at Joe’s Farm Grill in Gilbert. Philly Flavors Tasting Menu Philly cheese steak “wit’” grilled onions and one, two
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Edible Phoenix, an award-winning quarterly magazine that chronicles the Valley’s slow-food scene, has a new owner and editor, assuring the 17-year-old periodical will live on. 🚜 What it covers: The abundance of local foods in Phoenix with articles featuring farmers,
Trophy Room, a new immersive cocktail bar that doesn’t allow cellphones or cameras, opened Monday night behind its big brother, fine-dining restaurant Wren & Wolf, in downtown Phoenix. 🐺 The concept: While Wren & Wolf is decorated with animal-themed paintings,
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Braised beef is the new pizza muffin of the month at Floridino’s Pizza & Pasta in Chandler. The history: Seven varieties of pizza muffins ($8.19-$9.49 per half-dozen) are the signature menu items at Floridino’s, which has a pizza muffin food truck
California-based Give Me Sum, a delivery-only dim sum concept, has expanded its Arizona footprint to Chandler and Goodyear. 🥢 The menu: Dim sum dishes of assorted steamed dumplings and bao buns, including non-traditional offerings such as loaded fries. The concept: Give Me
SanTan Brewing has introduced a new seasonal, BajaJack Salted Lime Lager, in its growing line of Jack beers, a new series of spinoffs of its best-selling JuicyJack IPA. 🍺 The beer: A Mexican-style ‘‘surfveza’’ flavored with a squeeze of lime juice and a
Stefano Fabbri, owner and chef of acclaimed Pomo Pizzeria, is launching Rosso Italian, a contemporary Italian restaurant with a modern twist, at CityScape in downtown Phoenix. The menu: Premium Italian entrees including pasta, pizza from Pomo, and crudo. Highlights include
Chilte, a much-anticipated Mexican restaurant from Valley chef Lawrence “L.T.” Smith and his fiancée, Aseret Arroyo, soft-opens at 5 p.m. today at the just-restored Egyptian Motor Hotel on Grand Avenue in downtown Phoenix. Menu highlights: Chef’s choice tacos, chocolate aguachile,
Papago Brewing, one of Arizona’s most influential craft beer taprooms until its closure in 2017, begins its second life at 3 p.m. today at Mesa Riverview. The history: Papago was founded in 2001 as a bottle shop, home-brew supply store,
Serrano’s Mexican Restaurants are offering a Valentine’s Day three-course meal for two that includes: House salad or chicken tortilla soup; Al pastor grilled chicken and steak with fajita veggies, fried potatoes, a stuffed Anaheim pepper, and house-made tortillas; Strawberry shortcake
British pub The Union Jack has closed its flagship location on the southwest corner of the 101 and Frank Lloyd Wright in north Scottsdale. It was just 17 months ago that The Union Jack replaced the Skeptical Chymist Irish Pub.
February is a busy month for Arizona breweries, due in large part to all the activities during Arizona Beer Week, which runs Feb. 16-26. Newcomer Kitsune Brewing, however, is hitting the ground running. The north Phoenix brewery, which just launched
Goodbye, Recreo. Hola, Recreo Cantina. The playground-themed restaurant and bar in downtown Chandler is celebrating its one-year anniversary with a name tweak and a menu overhaul. Gone are the scattershot ‘‘globally inspired’’ dishes – the Philly cheesesteak and Peking pig,
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How much would you pay for a great burger? Then Burger, a speakeasy-style eatery with craft burgers and cocktails that just opened on the northwest corner of Glendale and 91st Avenue in Glendale, may test your limit. The highlight of
Pop Pot & Tea, a California-based chain of Taiwanese hot pot and tea shops, has soft-opened in the Lee Lee International Supermarket plaza on the northeast corner of Dobson and Warner in Chandler. The space: The former China Magic Noodle
Tatemados Tacos al Carbon, a taco shop specializing in meats grilled over mesquite charcoal, has opened in the Su Casa Shopping Center on the northeast corner of Thomas and 59th Avenue in west Phoenix. The location: The former Mariscos Ensenada
Mochinut, a Los Angeles-based chain that offers mochi doughnuts and Korean rice flour hot dogs, has opened its third Valley location inside the 99 Ranch Market on the northeast corner of Chandler and Dobson in Chandler. The space: In the
