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📺 Backyard, the newest concept from Scottsdale-based Evening Entertainment Group, has opened its second Valley location near SanTan Village in Gilbert. Backyard, which made its Arizona debut in March at Desert Ridge Marketplace in Phoenix, takes over the former Sandbar
🍝 Owners Brandon and Michele Gioffre have revamped their 11-year-old Italian restaurant The Blind Pig in Scottsdale. It now has an old-school New York Italian decor (pictured) and has changed its name to DiMaggio’s Italian Restaurant. 🍺 Litchfield Park gastropub
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🍽️ Arizona Restaurant Week kicks off its fall edition today and runs through next Sunday, Sept. 29. More than 230 participating restaurants are offering special three-course prix-fixe menus for $33, $44, or $55 per person. See the menus. 🌮 Loco
🇮🇹 The Italiano, the newest concept from restaurateur/chef Joey Maggiore (Hash Kitchen, The Sicilian Butcher, The Mexicano, The Rosticceria, etc.), opens today next to the Sprouts Farmers Market on the southeast corner of Shea Boulevard and 90th Street in central
🎲 Mox Boarding House, a Seattle-based restaurant and board games concept, opens with a 2 p.m. ribbon-cutting today in Chandler. It took over the former Social Box Neighborhood Eatery on Alma School Road between Warner and Ray roads in 2020,
🍺 Throne Brewing is closing its four-year-old Peoria taproom on Sunday, Sept. 29. ‘‘Despite our best efforts, we have been unable to overcome the challenges faced by our Peoria location,’’ the brewery posted on social media. The space originally was
🦬 The Frybread Lounge, which claims to be the first Indigenous-owned restaurant in Old Town Scottsdale, has opened on the southeast corner of Scottsdale Road and Main Street. It’s located next to sibling business Native Art Market. The menu from
