By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Las Palmas Cantina, scheduled to close last summer and then in October before getting last-minute reprieves, finally will close Dec. 31. The bigger news: Its replacement will not be the previously announced Chandler Yacht Club. Owner Julian Wright says the
Romeo’s Euro Cafe in downtown Gilbert will host its monthly ‘‘3rd Tuesday’’ dinner – featuring three new food dishes paired with three wines – at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17. The three-course dinners feature three new dishes from chef Romeo
Bashas’ Supermarkets are offering special holiday doughnuts for a limited time: Peppermint Chocolate Cake Donut: With green icing and crushed candy cane and Christmas sprinkles (available through Saturday); Reindeer Donut: A maple bar with pretzel antlers and sugar-frosted red nose
The Brass Tap in downtown Gilbert and Four Peaks Brewing are teaming up for their annual Cajun Christmas boil from noon-4 p.m. Sunday. A plate of low country boiled shrimp, crab legs, veggies, and Four Peaks house sausage A peppermint
Chauncey Social – the latest concept from the Evening Entertainment Group, the people behind Sandbar Mexican Grill, Stock & Stable, Bevvy, and others – has opened on Scottsdale Road just south of the Loop 101 in north Scottsdale. The menu,
Downtown Chandler will host a Sippin’ Santas Pub Crawl from 1-5 p.m. Saturday. Registration will be 1-3 p.m. at the San Marcos Resort. Tickets are $15 if purchased by Friday and $20 at the door. Buy tickets here. A ticket
Chupacabra Taproom in downtown Mesa hosts a half-year birthday party from 6 p.m.-midnight Saturday.
Tipsy Cactus TapRoom & Bottle Shop in south Mesa hosts a Dark Beer & Barrel Aged Festival from noon-midnight Saturday.
Vito’s Pizza & Italian Ristorante, a popular east Mesa dining destination for 33 years, is expanding to Gilbert. Vito’s, which opened a location in Scottsdale in 2011, is preparing to add another on the southeast corner of Higley and Queen
Tocaya Organica, a California-based chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants, has opened at the Esplanade near the southeast corner of 24th Street and Camelback in Phoenix. The concept offers salads, tacos, bowls, and burritos for lunch and dinner daily. It’s the
Uncle Bear’s Brewery has opened a second Mesa grill and taproom – its fourth in the East Valley – on the northwest corner of Greenfield and Southern. Owner Todd Carey debuted his first neighborhood sports bar in Gilbert in 2000,
West Alley BBQ, Obon Sushi, and The Creek Cookies & Cream are among the restaurants coming to Verde at Cooley Station, a mixed-used development on the southwest corner of Recker and Williams Field in Gilbert. Tennessee-based West Alley opened its
Jin BBQ, a retro-themed Korean barbecue restaurant promising to take diners ‘‘back to ’90s Seoul,’’ has opened near the southeast corner of Dobson and Main in west Mesa. It takes over the former Yan Grill & Hot Pot, which closed
Pita Jungle, the local chain of Mediterranean-inspired eateries, opened its 23rd location today in the former Osteria space on the southeast corner of Alta Mesa and McKellips in northeast Mesa. It’s the third Pita Jungle in Mesa and the third
After offering a limited menu during its soft opening, Marauders gastropub in south Tempe has launched its full menu. A grand-opening celebration is planned for Saturday. Marauders took over half of the former Mac’s Broiler & Tap strip-mall space in
Cartwright’s Modern Cuisine, one the Valley’s dwindling number of fine-dining restaurants, has closed in Cave Creek after 19 years in business. Restaurateurs Eric Flatt and John Malcolm sold the rustic, 175-seat restaurant to two employees – general manager Cody Heller
Chicken Ziti and Sun Flower Beef will be the featured entrees when Romeo’s Euro Cafe in Gilbert holds its weekly ‘‘Taste of Romeo’s’’ dinner, hosted by chef Romeo Taus and his wife, Janice, in a private dining room, at 6:30 p.m.
We only have to wait three more weeks for the long-planned 12 West Brewing brewpub at its namesake address in downtown Mesa. The venue, which plans to open Dec. 31, will have a full kitchen, a full bar with 12 taps,
