By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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A new sports bar and grill hopes to open in northeast Mesa in time for the NBA Finals. Starz American Bar & Grill is wrapping up construction on the northwest corner of Lindsay and University. The 5,400-square-foot space previously was
As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, Floridino’s Pizza & Pasta in Chandler is offering a Throwback Thursday special – a two-item calzone for just $6.99 – this Thursday, June 17, and next Thursday, June 24. The restaurant also will
The venerable Valley chain Macayo’s Mexican Food has opened its eighth restaurant on the northwest corner of the 101 and Shea in Scottsdale. It takes over the space that formerly housed the brewpub Scottsdale Beer Company, which closed last year.
Cupbop, a Utah-based chain of Korean-BBQ-in-a-cup eateries, has opened its first Arizona location at Desert Ridge Marketplace in northeast Phoenix. It takes over the former Rubio’s Coastal Grill space, near Café Zupas, in The District zone of the shopping center.
Frenchie Pizza, a new fast-casual concept featuring thin-crust American pizzas as well as European flatbreads called flammekueche, is opening in south Gilbert next month. It will be the fourth member of the Buschtetz Family Restaurant Group, which includes Cuisine &
With the covid-19 pandemic mostly behind us, I’m compiling a new list of Taco Tuesday specials. If you know of an East Valley restaurant to add to this list, please let me know. Baja Joe’s Mexican Cantina: $2.50 tacos. SanTan
Grubstak, an unusual concept that offered a variety of poutine-like dishes, closed Sunday after two and a half years on the southeast corner of Gilbert and Ocotillo in south Chandler. The eatery was the brainchild of Colton Grubb, the grandson
Keegan’s Grill, an Ahwatukee mainstay for more than 25 years, announced it will close permanently June 30. According to the statement, ‘‘Due to a very rough 16 months with covid-19 disrupting our business along with rising operating costs we have
Vero Chicago Pizzeria – formerly (and, by many, still) known as Buddyz Chicago Pizzeria – hoped to open its first franchise around Feb. 1 in Gilbert. More than four months past that target, things are, um, progressing at the former
Florida-based Another Broken Egg Cafe will make its Arizona debut near the southwest corner of Williams Field and Santan Village Parkway in Gilbert. The restaurant will be located between Black Rock Coffee Bar and Jersey Mike’s Subs. The French-countryside-meets-the-Deep-South concept
Tucson-based Eegee’s return to the Valley will happen next month, and the company is looking to hire 60 people to work at the Gilbert restaurant. The chain, which unsuccessfully tried to establish a foothold in the Valley in the 1980s,
After eight years of explosive growth, Salad and Go, the Gilbert-born chain of healthy drive-throughs, is expanding beyond its 31 busy Valley locations. The first non-Valley location recently opened in the Dallas area, where four others will join it this
Illinois-based Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants, a chain of Napa-inspired ‘‘upscale casual’’ wine bars that made its Arizona debut in north Scottsdale last fall, is preparing to launch another restaurant in front of Chandler Fashion Center. The 16-year-old concept’s 41 locations
Huss Brewing, the third-largest brewery in the state, finally has begun construction on its third location – a two-story, indoor-outdoor space on the north facade of the Phoenix Convention Center. The new location (pictured in an artist’s rendering) on Monroe
Tempe-born Cartel Coffee Lab – a specialty coffee purveyor known for sourcing, roasting, and brewing high-quality coffee – unveils a new menu today for the first time in its 13 years. The summer menu, available at all 10 of its
Maui Hawaiian Grill, an independent restaurant featuring Hawaiian BBQ, has opened on the southeast corner of Mill and Baseline in Tempe. The strip-mall space formerly was home to Jamaiican restaurant Caribbean Spice. Maui Hawaiian’s menu offers typical island fare such
With last weekend’s opening of 99 Ranch Market in Chandler comes Hot Deli, its food-court eatery featuring dim sum to go and Chinese and Korean barbecue. The Taiwanese-American supermarket anchors a newly renovated shopping center on the northeast corner of
Buono’s, a longtime East Valley pizzeria now in its third manifestation, opens at 11 a.m. today near the northwest corner of Val Vista and Williams Field in Gilbert. It takes over the strip-mall end-cap that has been home to a
Picazzo’s Healthy Italian Kitchen opens its sixth restaurant – and second in the East Valley – on the northeast corner of Lindsay and William Field in Gilbert at 11 a.m. Thursday. It takes over the space that formerly was home
Salad and Go, the Gilbert-born chain of healthy drive-throughs, launches its 31st location – and first in Ahwatukee – at 6:30 a.m. Thursday near the northwest corner of 48th Street and Ray. Salad and Go offers nine chef-created salads (all
