By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Sure signs of fall: Kids are back in school, the NFL begins preseason games next week, and Chandler-based SanTan Brewing has released its annual Oktoberfest beer, a German-style lager, at its brewpub and in stores Valleywide. SanTan and Pedal Haus Brewery will co-host the Downtown
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The Local Chandler, a 5-year-old sports bar and lounge in downtown Chandler, is closing next Monday, Aug. 8, and Matty G’s Steakburgers & Lobsta’ Rolls is moving into the building next to The Perch Brewery on the southwest corner of Wall and Chicago. The
Local burger chain Matty G’s has opened its fifth restaurant in the former First Watch space on the northwest corner of Scottsdale and Thunderbird in north Scottsdale. It’s the second Matty G’s Steakburgers location in the Valley, and is open for
Italian restaurant La Stalla Rustica Cucina, an East Valley fixture for 18 years, has closed. La Stalla spent 14 years in the downtown Chandler space currently home to Craft 64 across Buffalo Street from the San Marcos Resort before abruptly moving to the former Los Dos Molinos strip-mall space
If you miss the authentic Hawaiian plate lunches at Loco Style Grindz, which closed in April on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix, you’ll be pleased to learn it has reopened just inside the AZ International Marketplace on the northeast corner of
Seattle-based coffeehouse Caffe Vita has made its Arizona debut next to the recently opened Roses by the Stairs Brewing in the former Easley’s Fun Shop building near the southwest corner of McDowell and Fifth Avenue in central Phoenix. Besides coffee drinks, the menu offers
Berdena’s, a 5-year-old coffee shop with a small breakfast menu in Old Town Scottsdale, has opened a second location at The Fred, a shopping plaza near the southeast corner of 12th Street and Missouri in north central Phoenix.
Wanna grab a piece of history? Desert Eagle Brewing, Mesa’s first craft brewery that’s closing Saturday after nearly 10 years on downtown’s Main Street, is offering 50% off all remaining hats, T-shirts, hoodies, and glassware.
Cider Corps, which opened a new production facility and taproom near the northeast corner of Gilbert and Warner in Gilbert in late May, finally is getting around to an official ribbon-cutting with town officials at 3:30 p.m. today. It will
China Magic Noodle House, a Chinese restaurant where you could watch through a window into the kitchen as your noodles are hand-pulled to order, has closed after 12 years next to the Lee Lee International Supermarket on the northeast corner of Dobson and Warner
Not Your Typical Deli, the popular sandwich shop that closed at Gilbert Town Square in May, has launched its weekly ‘‘pop-up’’ beneath the water tower in downtown Gilbert. The new venture, located in a small building behind The Farmhouse, opens at 5
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Two Hands Seoul Fresh Corn Dogs, a national chain of Korean street food eateries that made its Arizona debut in Mesa in 2020, will open its fifth Valley location in a strip mall on the southwest corner of Cooper and
Cubanitas, a new food truck featuring Cuban sandwiches and plates, has launched in the West Valley. It sets up from 6-11 p.m. every day except Thursdays at the 76 gas station on the southeast corner of Olive and 51st Avenue
Collins Bros. Chophouse, the latest concept from Valley restaurateur and chef Christopher Collins, has opened inside The Village at Hayden on the northwest corner of Hayden and Via De Ventura in central Scottsdale. It replaces previous Collins concept Twisted Grove
Ty Largo, one of the best-known marketing and public relations reps for Valley restaurants and bars, has died at age 40. The stunning announcement was made on social media this afternoon by Awe Collective, the Tempe-based agency he created. Largo
Sad news for Choco Taco fans: Klondike announced it has discontinued the iconic chocolate-and-nut-coated ice cream treat, citing an unprecedented demand for the company’s other products. Choco Tacos were invented in 1983 by Philadelphia ice cream driver Alan Drazen, who claims
It’s Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, which means La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen in Gilbert and Chandler will be serving its annual blackened shark tacos on house-made blue corn tortillas (pictured, $15.99), as well as its Sharkarita cocktail made with blue Curaçao ($10), through
Smoking Tiger BBQ – which, unlike most Korean BBQ restaurants serves an à la carte menu instead of an all-you-can-eat one – is moving into the former Ah-So Teppanyaki & Sushi House of Japan, which closed last fall, on the northeast corner
