By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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The Rec Pizza & Detroit Eats, a popular Michigander gathering place that closed in June, has reopened under new ownership on the northwest corner of Lake Pleasant Parkway and Beardsley in Peoria. The menu: Detroit-style rectangular pizzas, coney dogs, Better
Award-winning downtown Phoenix cocktail bar Undertow opens its second location at 4 p.m. today at Epicenter at Agritopia on the northwest corner of Higley and Ray in Gilbert. The space: With a hand-carved bar top and a figurehead salvaged from
Fire Tiger Dessert Cafe, an international chain with locations in Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, made its U.S. debut in the former Pho Winglee strip-mall space just south of H Mart near the southeast corner of Main and
Mochinut, a Los Angeles-based chain that made its Arizona debut in Tempe last year, has opened its second Valley location next to Lee Lee International Supermarket on the southwest corner of Cactus and 75th Avenue in Peoria. The menu: Mochi
Blue Corn Cafe & Bakery, a sister concept to acclaimed Hope’s Artisan Bread, has opened across from Murphy Park on the northeast corner of Glendale and 58th Avenue in downtown Glendale. The menu: Breads, breakfast sandwiches, quiches, parfaits, muffins, brownies,
Three Valley craft breweries – Oro, Wren House (pictured), and Saddle Mountain – won medals Saturday night at the 2022 Great American Beer Festival, the world’s largest commercial beer competition, in Denver. 🥇 Oro in downtown Mesa, which won a silver
Brooklyn V’s Pizza has remodeled the private room available for reservation at its Gilbert location on the northeast corner of Lindsay and Warner. Available for: Birthday parties, bridal and baby showers, wedding receptions, rehearsal dinners, business meetings, and more. Reservations:
TwentyThree01, a high-end nightclub with indoor-outdoor table service, DJs, and a late-night food menu, opens at 8 p.m. Saturday next to The Forum co-working space near the southwest corner of Gilbert and Germann in south Chandler. Did you know? The
Nationally renowned Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour in downtown Phoenix has temporarily closed but will reopen Nov. 1 with acclaimed Jamaican restaurant The Breadfruit & Rum Bar taking over its kitchen. The owners of the new Moxy hotel being built
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
