By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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La Esquina Argentina, a restaurant featuring empanadas and other Argentinian favorites, has opened on Broadway, a half-mile east of Val Vista, in east Mesa. Beef, spicy beef, and corn empanadas ($3.25) are the signature menu items. Sandwiches include choripan (grilled
Looks like Varsity Tavern has reopened in downtown Tempe. The 8-month-old sports bar had voluntarily closed for most of July after its liquor license was suspended. The second-story sports bar’s ground-floor siblings, Rodeo Ranch and One One Bar, also have reopened.
Farmboy Market, Meats & Sandwiches will host a kid-friendly Great Food with the Family dinner from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7. All dishes will be prepared with local dairy, meats, grains, and produce. Attendees will learn about high-quality food from
Craft 64 in Chandler will hold its first tap takeover from 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, with Greenwood Brewing, which is under construction on Roosevelt Row in Phoenix. Owner Megan Greenwood will be on hand to tap the first beer
Talk about ka-ching! Phoenix restaurateur extraordinaire Sam Fox has sold his Fox Restaurant Concepts to The Cheesecake Factory. The price? A cool $308 million in cash. Fox will continue to head the group, which will operate as a ‘‘wholly-owned subsidiary,’’
Liberty Market kicks off its annual Burger Daze promotion on Thursday, Aug. 1. For the 10th straight year, the downtown Gilbert restaurant is offering a different specialty burger every day in August. (All are 8-ounce Arizona-raised beef patties unless noted.) Aug. 1:
Tucked Away Craft Kitchen & Bar, a new concept from the owners Tipsy Cactus TapRoom, celebrates its grand opening today in the Safeway plaza on the northeast corner of Val Vista and Southern in east Mesa. Sean Hayes and Jo
Good news for fans of Mary Coyle Ol’ Fashion Ice Cream. The iconic Phoenix ice cream shop, which closed in April after nearly 68 years (on and off) in business, is building a new location at the Tapestry on Central
Tacos Tequila Whiskey, a Denver-based chain that opened on the northwest corner of 40th Street and Indian School in east Phoenix in 2017, has closed its first and only Arizona location. Owner and chef Kevin Morrison (who previously co-founded Spicy Pickle sub
LokoPuff Donut Holes & Coffee, a shop specializing in Turkish/Greek stuffed doughnut holes, has opened at Arizona Mills shopping center in Tempe. It takes over the former Sweet Daddy Cupcakes shop, which closed in late 2018. Customers can customize their
Fresh Alley, an Asian fusion eatery and boba tea shop, has opened on the northeast corner of Rural and Apache in Tempe. For small bites, there are crispy chicken wings ($6.50), popcorn chicken ($5.50), Cajun fries ($4), Alley fries with
It’s that time of year again: La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen in Gilbert is taking orders for its annual Hatch chile sale. The restaurant’s staff makes a trip to Hatch, N.M., at the end of every summer to buy their
Restaurant Mexico, a downtown Tempe favorite for more than four decades, is closing its doors for good on Thursday, Aug. 15. The no-frills cafe, which built its reputation serving good but inexpensive tacos, enchiladas, and beans, is one of the
The Buffalo Spot in Tempe celebrates National Chicken Wing Day on Monday, July 29, with a food giveaway: From 3-5 p.m. Monday, the restaurant will be giving a free five-piece order of traditional wings, with your choice of any of
It’s Shark Week, and numerous East Valley restaurants and bars are running week-long specials. La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen in Gilbert is celebrating with blackened shark tacos on blue corn tortillas, which can be paired with a Blue Curacao margarita
The sixth annual Real, Wild & Woody Indoor Beer Festival, featuring more than 350 craft beers, takes place 2-6 p.m. Saturday, July 27, at the Phoenix Convention Center in downtown Phoenix. The 21-and-over event showcases cask (real) beers, Brettanomyces yeast (wild) beers, and barrel-aged (woody) beers. The
If you’ve been wanting to check out PDQ, the chicken-focused fast-food chain that made its East Valley debut in January on the southwest corner of Warner and Priest in south Tempe, here’s a good opportunity: The Florida-based chain is celebrating National
SunUp Brewing in Phoenix releases Just Peachy, its first-ever sour ale, today. It also goes on tap at Craft 64 in Chandler and Scottsdale. The kettle sour is a collaboration between SunUp brewmaster Uwe Boer and Craft 64 co-owner James
The Hungry Monk in Chandler hosts ‘‘A Visit from the Lion,’’ an evening with Firestone Walker Brewing co-founder David Walker, from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, July 25. Walker and brother-in-law Adam Firestone, the great-great grandson of Firestone Tire founder Harvey Firestone, started Firestone
Cheba Hut, a national chain of cannabis-themed sandwich shops that was founded in Tempe, is coming to downtown Chandler. The chain’s fourth East Valley location will open in the recently closed Even Stevens sandwich shop space on the southwest corner
