By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Farmboy Market, Meats and Sandwiches in south Chandler will host a ‘‘Meet the Producers’’ food and wine from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 18. Special guests will include Kim and Phil Asmundson, owners of Deep Sky Vineyard in Elgin, and Wendell Crow of Crow’s Dairy in Buckeye.
Eggstasy, a fast-expanding chain of Valley breakfast-and-lunch eateries, has opened its first East Valley location in the Watermark at Chandler Airpark center off Gilbert just south of Germann. The concept debuted near Scottsdale and Shea in Scottsdale in 2014, and
Colorado-based Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant has closed after 19 years on the northwest corner of Mill and Fifth in downtown Tempe. The second-floor brewpub, whose patio was a prime perch for watching activities on Mill, offered pub fare and German-style
Floridino’s Pizza & Pasta in Chandler will host a four-course pizza muffin beer dinner with SanTan Brewing at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 18. The dinner will feature four -never-seen-before flavors of Floridino’s signature pizza muffins, each paired with a different beer:
Less than a month after closing its original location in Chandler, Porkopolis announced its remaining location in Scottsdale will close tomorrow – Friday, July 12. Porkopolis announced the closure on Facebook this morning: It’s a sad day, Porko Fans. We’ll be serving
Pita Jungle, the Tempe-born chain of Meditteranean-inspired eateries, continues to expand: It’s taking over the former Osteria space on the southeast corner of Alta Mesa and McKellips in northeast Mesa. Osteria, a casual Italian restaurant, opened in a newly constructed
Pig & Pickle, one of the Valley’s top gastropubs, has closed after nearly seven years on the northwest corner of Hayden and Thomas in Scottsdale. No explanation is posted on the Pig & Pickle’s website or social media accounts, but
Congrats to OHSO Brewery Gilbert, which picked up a pair of medals at this year’s U.S. Open Beer Championship, which judged more than 7,000 beers from around the world. The international event – the only professional competition also open to award-winning home
Did you know poke tacos were a thing? Ahipoki, a poke concept with 10 locations across the Valley, is publicizing its tacos with a July special:Â Buy any regular or large poke bowl and you can get a poke taco for
Spooky’s Swirls, the horror- and sci-fi-themed gluten-free bakery first reported on MXSW a few months ago, has opened on the northeast corner of Alma School and Elliot in Chandler. Thanks to a partnership with the non-profit Horror & SciFi Prop Preservation
Back in April, MXSW broke the news that Hanna Nilsson would be closing her 9-year-0ld Beaver Choice restaurant in Mesa and launching a fast-casual concept called Bece Kitchen. After a few unexpected delays, Bece Kitchen finally opens today in a
Cinnaholic, a California-based chain of vegan cinnamon roll bakeries, will make its Arizona debut Friday, July 12, on the southwest corner of SanTan Village Parkway and Williams Field in Gilbert. It joins Five Guys, Thai Chili 2 Go, Jersey Mike’s,
Last week MXSW revealed the craft beer tap list for this year’s Feast of St. Arnold, which will be held this Saturday, July 13, at Fibber Magees Irish Pub in Chandler. Now we’ve got this year’s food specials: Flammkuchen: Onion,
Like to take photos when you go out to eat? Now you can win free food for doing it. Flancer’s is giving away a chance to win a $15 gift certificate. All you have to do to enter is email
OHSO Brewery & Distillery opens its second Phoenix Sky Harbor airport location today in Terminal 4. It’s located across from Gate B8. OHSO opened a similar mini location in Terminal 2 in 2017. Both airport outposts, licensed but not operated
Several of MXSW’s sponsors will open early Sunday for the Women’s World Cup final between the United States and the Netherlands: Good Time Charli’s: Opens at 8 a.m. with $3 mimosas, $5 sangria, and $5 loaded Bloddy Marys. Fibber Magees
Boston Market, a Colorado-based chain of fast-casual American comfort food restaurants, has closed its location on the northeast corner of McClintock and Elliot in south Tempe. The closure leaves the chain with just three locations in the East Valley, including
Farmboy Market, Meats, Sandwiches: The south Chandler smokehouse launches Tractor Soda floats featuring the beverage maker’s organic, non-GMO sodas and Udder Delight’s Sweet Cream Ice Cream and Watermelon Sorbet (made from Crooked Sky Farms’ watermelons). Options include Sweet Cherry Cream,
Sweet Magnolia Smokehouse, a popular Gilbert-based food truck since 2014, opens a bricks-and-mortar location at 11 a.m. today on the southwest corner of 50th Street and Chandler Boulevard in Ahwatukee. It takes over the space that formerly housed Capriotti’s Sandwich
Fibber Magees Irish Pub in Chandler has released the beer list for its seventh annual Feast of St. Arnold from 11 a.m.-close Saturday, July 13. The indoor beer festival, one of the summer’s top beer events in the Valley, honors the 11th-century
