By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Mark Anthony Brewing, the maker of White Claw Hard Seltzer and Mike’s Hard Lemonade, is building a huge distribution center just off the Loop 303 in Glendale. White Claw was one of the top food and drink stories of 2019.
We now have a date and time for the long-waited opening of the East Valley’s first Shake Shack at San Tan Village in Gilbert – 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15. The popular New York City-based chain of fast-casual burger eateries
Morning Kick, an American-style breakfast truck that launched in 2017, is opening a restaurant on the northwest corner of Higley and Chandler Heights in southeast Gilbert. The menu will offer the truck’s popular breakfast burritos and bowls (pictured), as well
Breakfast Kitchen Bar, a 3-year-old breakfast and lunch concept at the Scottsdale Quarter, has opened a second location at Desert Ride Marketplace in northeast Phoenix. Besides decadent dishes like almond croissant French toast and shrimp scampi omelets, BKB also offers
Matt’s Big Breakfast, the popular breakfast and lunch concept that debuted in Phoenix in 2004, will open its fifth Valley location – and first in Scottsdale – on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and Thunderbird on Friday, Jan. 17. The
Huss Brewing, the third-largest brewery in the state, will open a third location – a two-story, indoor-outdoor space on the north facade of the Phoenix Convention Center – this fall. Jeff and Leah Huss launched the brewery and taproom in
Revolu Modern Taqueria & Bar, which debuted in Peoria in 2016, has opened a second location near the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Missouri in uptown Phoenix. It takes over the former Farm & Craft, which closed in May,
Hot Bamboo, an Asian street food concept popular at Valley festivals and farmers markets for the past decade, is opening a restaurant on the northwest corner of McQueen and Pecos in Chandler. It’s taking over the strip-mall space next to
Mother Bunch Brewing, which opened in 2014 on the southeast corner of Seventh Street and Garfield in downtown Phoenix, has closed. Owner Julie Meeker made the announcement on Facebook: It is with deep sadness, but also with deep gratitude, that
The Culinary Escape, an escape room-inspired restaurant and bar, has opened on Main Street, between Robson and Macdonald, in downtown Mesa. It takes over the space that was home to the short-lived Main Street Bar & Grill and, before that,
Dvina Modern Fare, a self-described ‘‘Italian progressive eatery,’’ has opened near the southwest corner of Roosevelt and Fifth Street on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. The stylish eatery focuses on pastas, paninis, and even Italian-influenced tacos (see menu). Dvina is
Salad and Go, the popular Gilbert-based gourmet salad drive-through concept, has successfully completed its ambitious 19-month campaign to lower the price of all its salads with chicken or organic tofu from $7.18 to just $5.74. Earlier this year, Salad and
Bamboo Sushi, a Portland-based concept that bills itself as the world’s first certified sustainable sushi restaurant, has opened its first Arizona location at Biltmore Fashion Park in Phoenix. The Japanese restaurant takes over the former Paradise Bakery & Cafe space
Biscuits, an East Valley group of breakfast-and-lunch eateries, has opened its latest location behind McDonald’s on the southwest corner of Chandler Boulevard and Desert Hills Parkway in Ahwatukee. Other Biscuits are in Ahwatukee, Tempe, and Gilbert. The restaurants often are
Condesa, a new Mediterranean-inspired restaurant in downtown Phoenix, has closed just four weeks after opening. The 12,000-square-foot concept had taken over the former Tom’s Tavern, plus a couple other neighboring spaces, on the northeast corner of First Avenue and Washington.
Taco Ball Cantina, the fast-food giant’s new “urban” concept that serves alcohol, has opened near the northeast corner of Mill and Fifth in downtown Tempe. It takes over the space formerly home to Restaurant Mexico, which closed in August after
Gadzooks Enchiladas & Soup, the local fast-casual enchilada concept, has opened its fourth Valley location in downtown Chandler. It shares a small parking lot with The Sleepy Whale craft beer bar and bottle shop on the northwest corner of Arizona
PDQ, a Florida-based fast-food chain specializing in chicken tenders and chicken nuggets, has closed its two Valley locations. The closures come in the wake of increased competition from chains like Popeye’s and McDonald’s that have turned their focus to chicken
Hard Rock Cafe, the international chain of rock ’n’ roll themed eateries that arrived in the Valley in 1995, will close its downtown Phoenix location when its lease runs out Feb. 28. The concept – part restaurant and bar, part
Surprise announcement from Macayo’s Mexican restaurants this afternoon: Its iconic midtown Phoenix restaurant, known as Woody’s Macayo, will close its doors tonight after 67 years. Founders Woody and Victoria Johnson opened Woody’s Macayo on Central Avenue south of Indian School
