By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🌭 Portillo’s, the cult-favorite born in the Illinois hot dog stands of the 1960s, has officially opened in west Chandler near the northeast corner of I-10 & Ray. For Midwestern transplants, this is huge. For uninitiated locals? This is your
🥗 Salad and Go is making a major menu move – and it’s all about the chicken. If you’ve been a regular of the Gilbert-born chain, you’ve probably heard the chatter: the old chicken wasn’t the star of the show.
⚾️ West Chandler has a new go-to hangout spot with the arrival of Taroko Sports, the family-friendly arcade and activity center bringing batting cages, basketball shootouts, air hockey, claw machines, and rows of arcade favorites to the neighborhood. It’s bright,
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🍜 One of the world’s most famous hot pot brands has officially landed in the East Valley. Haidilao, the global Sichuan-style hot pot powerhouse with more than 1,700 locations worldwide, has opened its first Arizona outpost at Mekong Plaza in
🚫 Mifan Claypot Kitchen, chef Johnny Chu’s small midtown Phoenix eatery known for its Hong Kong–style claypot rice bowls, has closed after three years. The restaurant occupied a ground-floor space at the Muse Apartments on Central Avenue, steps from the
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🍖 Apache Junction just picked up a meaty new reason to point your boots toward the Superstitions. Dutchman’s County BBQ has officially opened its doors, bringing slow-smoked comfort, hometown hospitality, and a little outlaw personality to the southeast corner of
Condolences to the family, friends, and co-workers of longtime Valley hospitality figure Jason Key, who died Friday morning in a traffic accident at age 47. Key was the operating partner of The Kettle Black Kitchen & Pub in downtown Phoenix
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Alden: A restaurant offering refined globally inspired dishes and named for the architect of the original Phoenix Art Museum opened overlooking the museum’s sculpture garden in midtown Phoenix. Baggin’s Gourmet Sandwiches: The Tucson favorite, known for its house-baked bread, loaded
Angels Trumpet Ale House: One of Phoenix’s pioneering craft beer spots, known for an extensive but well-curated tap list and elevated food, closed after 13 years. Duck Donuts: The Pennsylvania-based chain specializing in made-to-order doughnuts closed its original – and
🍕 Listen up, pizza lovers! One of the Valley’s best pie slingers, Craft 64, is celebrating a decade in business at its original Old Town Scottsdale location. To mark 10 years of keeping it real (seriously, they don’t even own
🥪 A Tucson favorite with decades of deli cred just landed another foothold in the Valley. Baggin’s Gourmet Sandwiches – known for its house-baked bread, loaded lunchbox sandwiches, and famously chewy chocolate chip cookies – has opened its second Valley
🍩 Duck Donuts, a Pennsylvania-based chain specializing in made-to-order doughnuts, is closing its original Arizona location that opened in December 2019 on the southwest corner of Arizona and Ocotillo in south Chandler. ‘‘It is with a heavy heart that we
🇰🇷 Pocha 54, a Korean-style pub that offers soju and sake along with small plates of shareable food known as anju, is closing this weekend after two years at High Street in northeast Phoenix. ‘‘We wanted to inform you that
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🍔 Jim Bob’s Burgers Pop-Up Worth Takeaway, downtown Mesa’s cult-favorite sandwich shop, hosts its eighth annual annual two-day burger takeover – think juicy, griddled patties, melty cheese, and pop-up energy on lock. It’s an homage to the Fox animated sitcom
