By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Ghett Yo Wings will offer 61-cent wings Saturday for its grand opening at Christown Spectrum mall on the southwest corner of 15th Avenue and Bethany Home in Phoenix. The menu: Grilled, naked, breaded, or boneless wings (fresh, never frozen) in
Japanese-inspired Kitsune Brewing, Arizona’s only Black-owned craft brewery, opens at noon Friday on the southeast corner of Bell and 32nd Street in north Phoenix. The backstory: Owner Tyler Smith, who worked for Nike for a decade, has been brewing Kitsune
Angry Chickz – yet another Nashville hot chicken chain, this one out of California – make its Arizona debut at 11 a.m. Friday on the northwest corner of Bell and 51st Avenue in Glendale. The menu: Chicken tenders, served in
Hello..Indian Kitchen, a restaurant offering an all-halal menu of traditional and modern Indian cuisine, has opened in a strip-mall on the northwest corner of the 101 and Raintree in north Scottsdale. The menu: Chicken, lamb, and goat entrees; south Indian
Chefs Adam Allison (Handlebar Diner, Brightside Burgers) and Jeff Kraus (Crêpe Bar) are collaborating on a new restaurant in downtown Mesa in 2023, Allison reveals on social media. The quote: ‘‘That’s all the deets I can give now but I’m
LumberJack Oatmeal Maple Amber, the first in a series of new “Jack” beers from SanTan Brewing in Chandler, makes its debut on store shelves statewide next week. The beer: The fall seasonal boasts a rich, silky flavor with notes of
Pier 88 Boiling Seafood & Bar, a Tennessee-based chain specializing in Louisiana-style Cajun seafood, is taking over the former Logan’s Roadhouse at Mesa Riverview. The history: Pier 88 made its Arizona debut in Avondale in May. Mesa will be its
Texas-based Crawfish Cafe, a Vietnamese-Cajun fusion concept, has made its Arizona debut in front of the Mekong Supermarket on the southwest corner of Main and Dobson in west Mesa. The history: Crawfish Cafe was founded in Houston’s Chinatown district in
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Serrano’s Mexican Restaurants is offering three specials through Oct. 31 with a portion of the proceeds benefiting local nonprofit Check for a Lump: Pink Out Margarita Sampler: Raspberry, strawberry, passionfruit strawberry, and watermelon
The Food Network’s Bobby Flay is bringing his burger chain, Bobby’s Burgers, to The Crystal, a new food hall inside Terminal 4 at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. The space: The restaurant will be located in the terminal’s eighth concourse, used
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Black Rifle Coffee Company, a Utah-based chain whose coffee is sold at Quik Trip and other Valley locations, has opened its first Arizona coffee shop near the northeast corner of Indian School and 40th Street in east Phoenix. The history:
Tempe-based drive-through chain Salad and Go has opened its 42nd Valley location – and 66th overall – on the northeast corner of 44th Street and Oak in east Phoenix. The menu: Chef-designed salads, wraps, breakfast burritos, and soup. The history:
Hope Peshlakai, who operated a popular roadside food stand in east Mesa for a decade, has launched a bricks-and-mortar Navajo restaurant, Hope’s Frybread, on the northwest corner of Mesa and Second Avenue near downtown Mesa. The space: The 30-seat, counter-service
Tucked Away Craft Kitchen & Bar, the well-regarded 3-year-old New American restaurant in the Safeway plaza on the northeast corner of Val Vista and Southern in east Mesa, is being converted into a private event space. The history: Tipsy Cactus
Owner and chef Vito LoPiccolo has introduced a new menu item at Brooklyn V’s Pizza: made-from-scratch veggie lasagna. What: Lasagna pasta, seasoned ricotta, eggplant, spinach, mozzarella cheese, and marinara sauce. Find it: Brooklyn’s V’s Pizza has locations in Gilbert, Queen
It’s finally October, which means Oktoberfest-themed beer brat pizza muffins return as the new pizza muffin of the month at Floridino’s Pizza & Pasta in Chandler. The history: Seven varieties of pizza muffins ($7.99-$9.29 per half-dozen) are the signature menu
Hole 9 Yards, a sports bar billed as largest dedicated cornhole venue in the world, has opened in the former Goodwill space on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Guadalupe in Gilbert. Attractions: Besides 26 lanes of cornhole, Hole 9 Yards
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The reopening of the Sossaman location of The Hub Grill & Bar, which has been closed since a fire on New Year’s Eve 2020, has been pushed back yet again. The delays: Insurance and supply line issues originally pushed The
