By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Rosati’s Pizza – which closed its restaurant and bar on the northeast corner of McQueen and Ray in Chandler more than a year ago – has reopened it under new ownership. The location originally was launched by brothers Rick and
AZ Women in Food, a movement created to support woman-led food businesses, will host a Dine Together takeout dinner and online conversation with women restaurateurs on Monday, March 8. To participate, you must order one of the two four-course takeout
Popular neighborhood bar and grill Matty G’s Steak Burgers & Spirits has opened its fifth Valley location in south Tempe. It takes over the recently closed Smashburger on the southwest corner of Rural and Baseline. Matty G’s is best-known for
With baseball’s spring training underway, it’s a good time to point out that Visit Mesa, a marketing organization for Arizona’s third-largest city, keeps a running list of spring training specials at Mesa businesses, including restaurants. Current specials include: Desert Eagle
March specials at Serrano’s Mexican Restaurants give Cactus League baseball fans some south-of-the-border twists like nachos in a bag and Sonoran hot dogs: Mangonada: Mango margarita mixed with chamoy and served in a Tajin-rimmed glass ($6.99); Nachos in a Bag: Chili
Chicken Veneto and Pork AgroDolce will be the featured entrees when Romeo’s Euro Cafe in Gilbert holds its weekly ‘‘Taste of Romeo’s’’ dinner at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 4. The dinner, hosted by owner-chef Romeo Taus and his wife, Janice, is
Southern California-based fast-casual burger concept Farmer Boys makes its Arizona debut today in the new City Gate Marketplace on the southeast corner of Higley and Baseline in Gilbert. The chain’s signature Farmer’s Burger features two beef patties topped with cheese,
After closing for nearly a year due to the covid-19 pandemic, El Sol Mexican Cafe & Bakery near the southwest corner of Arizona and Ray in Chandler reopens its dining room today. Limited seating – with a maximum of four
Just in time for spring, SanTan Brewing & Distilling has opened a patio for its tasting room at its production facility on Warner east of Arizona in Chandler. The 700-square-foot patio features five large picnic tables. The tasting room bar
Gilbert-born Salad and Go celebrated its eighth anniversary by announcing six new locations, including two in the East Valley, scheduled to open this summer. The locations: 48th Street and Ray in Ahwatukee Crismon and Southern in east Mesa Tatum and
Herb n Smoke, a Mesa-based food truck specializing in barbecue, has opened a bricks-and-mortar restaurant in downtown Mesa. It’s located next to Taco Chiwas on the south side of Main between MacDonald and Robson. The brisket, smoked 12 hours with
Macayo’s Mexican Restaurants continue their 75th anniversary celebration with another special Friday: Red cheese enchiladas for just 75 cents. The chain’s actual anniversary is Sept. 26, but it’s offering a special on the 26th of each month leading up to
OHSO Brewery in downtown Gilbert will release cans of its award-winning Knights of Windsor ale at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 26. Part of OHSO’s Ales From the Crypt series, Knights of Windsor won a silver medal at the 2019 U.S.
Tocaya Organica, a California-based chain of fast-casual modern Mexican restaurants, has opened its fourth Arizona location in downtown Tempe. It’s located in Union Tempe apartments building on the southwest corner of Forest Avenue and Seventh Street. The concept offers salads,
It’s National Chili Day, and Someburros is celebrating with $3 red or green chile burros at all 11 of its locations. The burros normally are $5.25. There’s a limit of 10 burros per order. The offer is not available on
Utah-based Cafe Rio Mexican Grill has opened its 12th East Valley location on the northeast corner of 90th Street and the 101 in Scottsdale. It’s the first restaurant to open at a new mixed-use development called The Edge at Talking Stick.
810 Billiards & Bowling, a South Carolina-based entertainment center concept, is coming to Chandler this spring. It will be located in a vacant 20,500-square-foot space next to Old Navy south of Chandler Fashion Center mall. Along with billiards, bowling, foosball,
An update on the rebranding of popular Buddyz A Chicago Pizzeria: Back in November, MXSW broke the news that Buddyz would begin selling franchises with the name Vero Chicago Pizza, the first of which opening around Feb. 1 at Val
Back in September, MXSW broke the news that Beard Papa’s, a Japanese-born chain that claims to make ‘‘the world’s best cream puffs,’’ was going to make its Arizona debut in north Scottsdale. It finally opens at 11 a.m. Saturday at
Cider Corps in downtown Mesa has released a cocktail-inspired cider called Doc. ‘‘Doc’’ was the nickname of Bobby Kramer, the well-known beverage director of The Brickyard Downtown and The Hidden House in Chandler who was killed by a wrong-way driver
