By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Good news for travelers at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport: Mesa-based Kind Hospitality has opened a Panera Bread, the St. Louis-based chain of fast-casual bakery-cafes, inside the terminal. It’s Panera’s 12th location in the East Valley. Who is Kind? Kind was the
Matty G’s, a well-regarded neighborhood grill, has opened its fourth Valley location in southeast Gilbert. The space: It takes over the former Dean’s Hermanos Mexican Food on the southeast corner of Higley and Queen Creek. The menu: Twenty specialty burgers
Pasta78, a new fast-casual build-your-own-pasta concept, has opened on the northeast corner of the 101 and Chandler Boulevard in Chandler. What’s in a name? The name is a reference to the 78 different combinations of pasta, sauce, and protein diners
Beer Research Institute in Mesa celebrates its sixth anniversary this week with three special beer releases: Imperial Boom Box cans today; 2020 Anniversary Ale cans on Friday; Barrel Aged Dark Side Til I Die bottles on Saturday. Congrats to Matt,
Monroe’s Hot Chicken, the 21-month-old downtown Phoenix eatery specializing in Nashville-style hot chicken, has opened a second location at The Watermark on the north side of Tempe Town Lake. Where: The $150 million mixed-use development is located near the southwest
SanTan Brewing & Distilling in downtown Chandler hosts the annual vertical tasting of its popular Winter Warmer seasonal all day today. What you get: The tasting features six 5-ounce pours of Winter Warmer from 2014-2019, plus a preview of the
Chandler-based Serrano’s Mexican Restaurants has temporarily closed its Tempe location at Rural and Guadalupe for a major renovation. The timeline: The restaurant is scheduled to reopen in early 2021. Try instead: The other four Serrano’s locations in the East Valley
Cider Corps, the acclaimed cider house in downtown Mesa that just celebrated its third anniversary, is building a production facility and store at Gilbert and Warner in Gilbert. The reasoning: While the Mesa location – with 15 ciders on tap
Slice Eat, a new ‘‘gourmet Italian’’ drive-through concept from Luca Gagliano, the owner of downtown Phoenix pizzeria Forno 301, has opened in south Scottsdale. It’s located next to Taco Bell on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and Thomas. The menu: Wood-fired
The Hudson Eatery & Bar, a fast-casual hangout in Tempe’s Hudson Manor neighborhood, will hold its soft opening with limited food and drink menus at 11 a.m. today. The space: The heavily renovated building, formerly a real estate office, includes
Belly, the long-awaited first restaurant from the Instrumental Hospitality Group, has opened for takeout only on the southeast corner of Camelback and Seventh Avenue in Phoenix. Who is Instrumental Hospitality: The Southeast Asian kitchen and cocktail bar is led by
A Taste of Greece, the twice-a-year Chandler festival sidelined by the pandemic, is selling some of its most popular Greek food items to go this week. Take-and-bake entrees: Pastitsio ($60 tray/$30 half-tray), moussaka ($60/$30), spanakopita ($36 for six portions), tsoureki
Sherpa Kitchen, the Valley’s first Nepali restaurant that opened in Gilbert in January, is closing Nov. 22, owners Chandra and Subash Yadav announced on social media. ‘‘Since COVID19 started, the hospitality industry has been through a tornado of change, which
Venezia’s New York Style Pizzeria has added a new plant-based protein topping to its menu: MorningStar Farms Italian Sausage Style Crumbles. The topping, which debuted Tuesday, follows the addition of a vegan pizza with dairy-free cheese earlier this year. “These
Stoop Kid, a New York-style bagel and coffee shop, will open at 7 a.m. Friday in the former Commander Hamburger spot at The Churchill in downtown Phoenix. Commander Hamburger, a sister restaurant of Citizen Public House and The Gladly, closed
Cider Corps in downtown Mesa celebrates its third anniversary all week, starting with the reopening of its taproom Wednesday. Dine-in hours are 3-10 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, noon-10 p.m. Saturday, and noon-6 p.m. Sunday. This week’s anniversary festivities also will include the
Wicked Brews, Bites & Spirits has opened in the former Uncle Bear’s space on the southwest corner of I-10 and Ray in Ahwatukee. However, the venue still is awaiting its liquor license and has only been serving food. The menu
Cold Beers & Pizza, a new concept from the team behind Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers, will make its debut next month in Old Town Scottsdale. It’ll be next to the CBCB on the west side of Scottsdale Road between Third
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has struck down a pandemic-related exemption allowing Arizona restaurants to sell liquor to go. For the moment, however, restaurants still are allowed the exemption while waiting to see if Gov. Doug Ducey appeals the
Lure Fish House, a California-based chain of high-end seafood restaurants, has made its Arizona debut at the Shops at Gainey Village on the southeast corner of Doubletree Ranch and Scottsdale in north Scottsdale. It’s taken over the 6,336-square-foot space that
