By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Dos Pink Tacos, a ghost kitchen concept offering creative vegan tacos, burritos, and more, has launched at the Tempe Food Court on Fifth Street about a quarter-mile east of McClintock. Tacos are $4.50-$5.25 and burritos $12.50-$14.50. It’s open for takeout
Scottsdale-based Tequila Corrido has begun selling its agave spirit in Tennessee, expanding the U.S. footprint for its Tequila Corrido Blanco, Tequila Corrido Reposado, and Tequila Corrido Añejo to 38 states. The company plans to launch in Texas and New Mexico next, although no dates
Beer Research Institute in Mesa will hold its fourth annual Egg Roll & Beer Pairing on Thursday. For $25, you gets four handmade egg rolls and four half-pints of beer: Memphis Egg Roll: Slow-cooked pork in Memphis dry rub, jalapeno
Backyard Taco, an award-winning chain of East Valley taco shops born in a Mesa backyard, has opened its fifth location near the northwest corner of Ellsworth and Riggs in Queen Creek. Its fast-casual menu offers tacos, burritos, quesadillas, tostadas, gorditas, and loaded
Oregon-based Dutch Bros. Coffee will open its newest Valley location at 5 a.m. Tuesday near the southeast corner of Bell and Seventh Avenue in north Phoenix. The chain will donate $1 from every drink sold on Tuesday to the Ryan House, which helps
Pizzeria Bianco founder Chris Bianco will be one of the subjects of ‘‘Chef’s Table Pizza,’’ a new spinoff of Netflix’s popular documentary series ‘‘Chef’s Table.’’ The six-episode spinoff, which debuts Sept. 7, will feature six of the world’s most famous pizza
Organ Stop Pizza in central Mesa kicks off its 50th anniversary celebration – ‘‘50 Days to Celebrate 50 Years of Fun!’’ – on Saturday. The promotion, which runs through Oct. 8, will feature nightly merchandise and food giveaways, a $50 meal deal (two large
Bikini Beans, a local chain of coffee shops featuring bikini-wearing baristas, has begun building its fifth Valley location on the northwest corner of McDowell and Pebble Creek in Goodyear. The concept, which debuted in 2014, currently has locations in Phoenix, Tempe,
The 11th annual Rockin’ Taco Street Fest, featuring creative tacos from more than 20 local restaurants and food trucks, will return to downtown Chandler from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24. Ozomatli and Everclear will be this year’s music stage
Queen Creek Olive Mill will host its ninth annual Garlic Festival from Friday, Sept. 16, through Sunday, Sept. 25. The event will feature a variety of organic garlic, cooking demos, fun and games in the grove, a beer and wine garden, Garlic 101 classes,
Rayoog Cafe, a family-run Mediterranean-Arabic breakfast and brunch eatery, has opened on the northwest corner of Cooper and Elliot in Gilbert. It takes over the former Brooklyn Mike’s Subs strip-mall space. The menu mostly offers egg dishes, toasts (pictured), and salads, but also
Tucson-based fast-food chain Eegee’s has submitted plans to build a 2,300-square-foot drive-through restaurant on the northwest corner of 83rd Avenue and Cactus Road in Peoria. If the plans are approved, the restaurant likely would open in 2023. Eegee’s opened its fourth Valley location – and first in
Lou Malnati’s Pizza (pictured) and Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers are the latest restaurants announced coming to the Village at Prasada, a huge indoor-outdoor shopping center opening this fall off the Loop 303 near Waddell Road in Surprise. They join previously announced OHSO Brewery &
SodaRush soda shop has won numerous awards for its giant, made-from-scratch gourmet cookies, so it’s not surprising a pair of franchisees from Chandler are launching a cookie store, CookieRush by SodaRush, on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Chandler Heights. They hope to
Forno 301, a 7-year-old well-regarded Italian restaurant in downtown Phoenix, has opened a second location on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and Thomas in south Scottsdale. It takes over the space formerly home to Eat Slice, a drive-through concept launched by Forno 301
Barro’s Pizza is planning to move its current restaurant on the northwest corner of Alma School and Germann in south Chandler. Its new home will be the former Village Inn building next to Macayo”s Mexican Food on the northeast corner of Alma School and
Vitality Bowls Superfood Café, a California-based fast-casual health food concept, has made its Arizona debut at Verde at Cooley Station, a mixed-use development on the southwest corner of Recker and Williams Field in Gilbert. The menu offers acai bowls, salads,
The owners of popular nightspots Pigtails and Rough Rider are planning two new concepts in downtown Phoenix. Coabana, a 50-seat bar offering Cuban-inspired cocktails and tapas, is scheduled to join Pigtails at Cityscape in October. Teddy’s Preserve, a 350-seat indoor-outdoor
North Phoenix’s Pork on a Fork, one of the Valley’s top barbecue joints, has opened its long-awaited second location in the former Carl’s Jr. building near the southwest corner of Alma School and Warner in Chandler. The restaurant originally was
Italian-American fast-casual chain Fazoli’s, which announced earlier this year it was returning to the Valley after a 14-year absence, finally has revealed where its first location will open this fall: Sky Harbor Airport. Mesa-based Kind Hospitality has signed a deal to
