By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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The restauranteurs behind Z’Tejas Southwest Grill launch a new ghost kitchen concept, Woo Woo Burgers, today operating out of the Chandler location. The throwback concept offers a straightforward menu of burgers, chicken sandwiches, and sides. Ten percent of total sales for
5th Street Burgers & Fries, which began as a takeout-only ghost kitchen concept, has opened a bricks-and-mortar restaurant on the northeast corner of Priest and Washington in northwest Tempe. It takes over the space that formerly was home to Mediterranean
Chandler-based SanTan Brewing not only is the state’s largest craft brewery, it’s now the first to employ some new technology to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon dioxide is a natural by-product of the fermentation process. SanTan produces about 1,000
As breweries nationwide and around the world wrestle with high-profile issues of gender disparity, Gilbert will welcome a new female-owned craft beer bar this summer. Tap Dragon Craft Beer & Wine Bar is scheduled to open on the southeast corner
LGO Hospitality announced it will open a third location of Ingo’s Tasty Food on the southeast corner of Scottsdale Road and Mayo Boulevard in north Scottsdale. It will be located adjacent to the recently announced Buck & Rider, also part
After a delay of more than a year due to the covid-19 pandemic, IHOP finally will launch its fast-casual spinoff, Flip’d by IHOP, in July. Ordering at a counter or kiosk, diners can choose from pancake bowls, customizable egg sandwiches,
Renata’s Hearth, a new restaurant with charred and smoked dishes featuring Central and South American-inspired flavors, has opened at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. Chef Jesus Figueroa Ortega, who was sous chef at Tarbell’s in Phoenix and Café Monarch in
Brooklyn V’s Pizza, a group of family-run local pizzerias, opened its fourth East Valley restaurant today in south Chandler. It takes over the former Amalfi Pizza strip-mall space on the northeast corner of Alma School and Chandler Heights. Amalfi closed
The owners of Chiwas Tacos are working on a new concept – a Mexican restaurant called Cocina Chiwas – to debut in Tempe next year. The restaurant’s wood-fired oven and grill will produce an expanded menu of regional dishes from
At My Place Cafe, a 5-year-old Filipino restaurant in the southwest corner of Dobson and Guadalupe in southwest Mesa, is moving. It will close this Friday, May 28, for the summer, then reopen in September in its new home across
Celebrate the Memorial Day weekend with an Arizona-centric picnic courtesy of AZ Women in Food, a group created earlier this year to support woman-led food businesses. AZWIF’s first ventures were three-course takeout meals offered in March and April. Now, it’s
Oregano’s, one of the Valley’s most popular locally born restaurant concepts, is launching a takeout-only concept in Tempe next month. Oregano’s Takeout Kitchen will debut Wednesday, June 2, near the southeast corner of University and 52nd Street. It will offer
CoreLife Eatery, a Syracuse, N.Y.-based fast-casual healthy eating concept, holds the official grand opening of its second Arizona restaurant Friday in Gilbert. On Thursday, though, the eatery on the southeast corner of Higley and Baseline will hold a soft-opening ‘‘Pay
Schmear Bagelry & Cafe, Queen Creek’s first bagel shop, announced it will close Saturday after two years in business. Owners Matt and Lindsay Aronson shared the news on social media: ‘‘There are many factors that have contributed to this decision,’’
After 33 years of dishing out some of the Valley’s best New York-style pizzas, Vic Buono is calling it quits. Buono announced Tuesday night on social media he will retire after closing his Nicantoni’s Pizza in Gilbert on Sunday, May
Bandera, a restaurant popular for its rotisserie chicken and American comfort food, has closed after for nearly three decades in Old Town Scottsdale. Located on the northeast corner of Scottsdale Road and First Avenue, it was one of 40-some restaurants
By the Bucket, a Payson-based concept that literally sells spaghetti and meatballs by the bucket to go, has made its Valley debut in Ahwatukee. The 1,200-square-foot restaurant is located on the northeast corner of Chandler Boulevard and Desert Foothills Parkway
Arizona restaurants can return to selling to-go cocktails this fall under a new law passed Monday by the state Legislature. Gov. Doug Ducey extended the temporary privilege to restaurants last year to help them survive the covid-19 pandemic, but his
Rough Rider, a new restaurant and cocktail bar from the owners of The Whining Pig chain, is coming to Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix this summer. It will be located in the basement of the Ten-O-One building, a former hotel
It’s official: Rula Bula Irish Pub, a downtown Tempe mainstay for 20 years, will close this Sunday, May 23. MXSW reported last month the restaurant and bar was almost certain to close before the end of June after it was unable
