By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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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
Luca Gagliano, owner of downtown Phoenix pizzeria Forno 301, is launching a drive-through concept called Slice Eat in south Scottsdale. It’s taking over the former Filiberto’s on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and Thomas. Slice Eat, which also will have
Artichoke Basille’s Pizza, an award-winning pizza chain out of New York City that made its Arizona debut in south Tempe in June, is opening a second Valley location in Phoenix. It’s applied for a liquor license for a second pizzeria
Utah-based bakery Twisted Sugar opens its second Arizona location today at Agritopia on the northwest corner of Higley and Ray in Gilbert. The chain made its Arizona debut in June on the northwest corner of Cooper and Warner in Gilbert. Twisted
Valley-based Press Coffee opens its fourth East Valley location Friday at The Reserve at San Tan complex located behind TJ Maxx and Hobby Lobby on the southeast corner of Gilbert and Germann in Gilbert. As a grand opening special, drip coffee
Adalbertos Mexican Food, a Scottsdale fixture for more than 25 years, has launched a second quick-service restaurant near Chandler Fashion Center. It’s located in the same plaza as Dutch Bros. Coffee on the southwest corner of Chandler Boulevard and Chandler
