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The Uncommon, a bar featuring a retro arcade, food, and nightly entertainment, has opened on the southeast corner of Arizona and Boston in downtown Chandler. It takes over the space formerly home to La Bocca, which closed after a 2017
Fly Bye, the Detroit-style pan pizza and chicken wings ‘‘ghost kitchen’’ concept that Sam Fox launched in late 2020, opens its first bricks-and-mortar location today at Desert Ridge Marketplace in north Phoenix. Unlike the original location, which offered takeout and
Six Byrd Cider Co., which launched in Tempe in 2019 as Crush Craft Cider, finally opens its covid-delayed taproom today on the southeast corner of Indian School and 36th Street in Phoenix. The cidery, which makes 60 different varieties of
Doshi Chicken & Cupbop, a counter-service eatery specializing in Korean street food, is coming to the Safeway center on the northwest corner of Alma School and Chandler Heights in south Chandler. Owner Son Moon’s sister, Yumi, operates Sushi 101 in
Duck Donuts, a Pennsylvania-based chain offering made-to-order cake doughnuts that made its Arizona debut in south Chandler in 2019, is opening a second location near the northeast corner of Signal Butte and Ocotillo in Queen Creek. No opening date has
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Sonson’s Pasty Company, the mother-and-daughter bakery that debuted in northeast Mesa in 2018, is opening a second location on the northeast corner of McQueen and Warner in Gilbert. Owner Julie Groom and her mother, Sonia ‘‘Sonson’’ Williams, worked at a
West Valley-based food truck Lola’s Tacos has soft-opened a bricks-and-mortar restaurant near the southeast corner of Seventh Street and Deer Valley in north Phoenix. The menu features tacos, burritos, and quesadillas for breakfast and lunch only on weekdays. The official
In the run-up to National Chicken Wing Day on July 29, Native Grill & Wings is offering 59-cent traditional wings on Tuesdays at participating locations. Diners also can get a large pepperoni pizza for $8.99 on Tuesdays this month. Native,
Angie’s Lobster, the new drive-through concept from the founders of Salad & Go, isn’t scheduled to open its first construction-delayed bricks-and-mortar location until next month, but already has found a novel way to lower its food costs. The company, which
Congrats to Ground Control, the Litchfield Park gastropub that’s celebrating its 15th anniversary this week with a series of special beer tappings: Today: A limited amount of Ground Control 15th anniversary glassware and clothing is available for purchase. Tuesday: Tapping
After a two-year covid hiatus, the seventh annual Real, Wild & Woody, the Southwest’s largest indoor beer festival, will return Saturday, Aug. 6, at a new, larger venue – Bell Bank Park in southeast Mesa. The 21-and-over event showcases cask
Harbor Seafood Cajun House, which debuted in Phoenix in 2020 and added a Mesa location last year, is opening a third restaurant on the northwest corner of Broadway and Hardy in Tempe. The strip-mall space formerly was home to Bamboo
In its annual homage to 7-Eleven’s Free Slurpee Day, Arizona Wilderness Brewing releases the latest version of its Slurpee-inspired July 11th ale on Monday. The bright pink IPA, a collab with Florida’s Magnanimous Brewing, was brewed with dragonfruit, lactose, and
Houston’s Hot Chicken, a Las Vegas-based chain named for founder Houston Crosta, will make its Arizona debut in the former Burger Fi building on the southeast corner of University and Rural in Tempe. It joins a parade of Nashville-style chicken
The Vine Tavern & Eatery, a popular hangout for ASU students and sports fans since 1986, will permanently close its Apache Boulevard location Saturday, July 23. The Irish pub is referring to the closure as a ‘‘relocation’’ – last month
Desert Eagle Brewing, Mesa’s first craft brewery, is permanently closing July 30 after nearly 10 years on downtown’s Main Street. No explanation was given for the impending closure. Jeff Bryant and Joe Campbell launched Desert Eagle as a taproom in
The Spicery in Our 1895 Home, a lunch and afternoon tea restaurant in Glendale’s historic Catlin Court district, has announced it will close July 31 after the owners failed to find a buyer. Lunch service ended last weekend, but a
La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen is celebrating the second anniversary of its downtown Chandler location with $5 ‘‘Mega Pint’’ Anniversary Margaritas through Sunday. The special also is available at La Ristra’s original location in Gilbert.
