By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Good news for Hangar 9 fans: The Chandler bar and grill, which closed in November after its lease ran out, has found a new home just up the road in Gilbert. Hangar 9, which operated for three years on the northwest
‘‘Plate and Pour,’’ Arizona PBS’s replacement for its popular TV show ‘‘Check, Please! Arizona,’’ makes its debut at 7 tonight on Channel 8. The 30-minute show is hosted by Valley chef Mark Tarbell (pictured), who also hosted the final season
Wild Elk Den, a mom-and-pop restaurant specializing in wild game meats, has opened on the southwest corner of Arizona and Warner in Chandler. It takes over a former patio furniture store in a building behind (east) of popular Hoosiers Cafe. It’s the
ComicX, a Mexico-based chain of comic book-themed restaurants, will open its first U.S. location this summer at Desert Ridge Marketplace in northeast Phoenix. The family-friendly restaurant, bar, and store will occupy an 8,000 square-foot space between Sweet Tomatoes and Majerle’s Sports Bar. ComicX debuted
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a Texas-based chain of dine-in movie theaters, will launch its third East Valley location late this year on the southwest corner of Power and Ray in southeast Gilbert. The venue will have eight auditoriums with all-reserved seating
Applebee’s, which once had close to 20 locations in the East Valley, has closed its last two in Tempe, leaving just five remaining in the East Valley. The Tempe closures were on the southeast corner of Rural and Broadway and, most
PDQ, a Florida-based fast-food chain specializing in chicken tenders and chicken nuggets, has announced its first East Valley location will open Sunday, Jan. 20. It’s located between Panera Bread and Tilted Kilt on the southwest corner of Warner and Priest
New year, new happy hour menu at Cuisine & Wine Bistro in Gilbert. The offerings include: Bar nuts ($4) Tomato Caprese ($5) Cheese croquettes ($5) Soup of the Moment ($5) Chorio croquettes ($6) Hand-cut fries ($6) Brussels sprouts ($7) Escargots Facon Fabrice
The Nitro Live Icecreamery (website | Facebook), a Gilbert dessert shop offering custom ice cream dishes frozen with liquid nitrogen, announced it will close Sunday, Jan. 13. It plans to reopen at a yet-to-be-announced location in Queen Creek in March. In the
Mexican restaurant Taqueria Louie, which opened in late August, already has closed on the northwest corner of McClintock and Elliot in south Tempe. The restaurant, which was launched by what it called ‘‘two guys from Chicago,’’ featured ‘‘generational family recipes from
There’s Chicago-style pizza, Chicago-style hot dogs, and even Chicago-style barbecue. But is there such a thing as Chicago-style breakfast? We’ll find out Wednesday when Reggie and Setkia Memishovski, who ran their our own restaurant in Chicago for 21 years, open the
Tryst Café, an all-day restaurant focused on natural and organic ingredients, has opened next to Sprouts on the southeast corner of Gilbert and Ocotillo in south Chandler. It’s the second location for Tryst, which debuted at Desert Ridge in northeast
Farmboy Market, Meats, Sandwiches in south Chandler launches a Sunday brunch menu this weekend that will run through May. The smokehouse restaurant previously has been closed on Sundays. Brunch now will be offered 8 a.m.-3 p.m. The brunch menu includes the most
Great news for fans of Buono’s Pizza – and I’m talking about the ‘‘old’’ Buono’s Pizza. The neighborhood New York-style pizzeria, in its fourth decade, reopens today with some familiar faces on the southwest corner of Dobson and Guadalupe (map)
Craft 64: In what’s one the most-anticipated openings of 2019, the award-winning wood-fired pizzeria and bar (pictured), which launched in Old Town Scottsdale in 2015, is remodeling the former La Stalla Rustica Cucina space in downtown Chandler for its second location. The Hidden House:
The Hungry Monk in Chandler will offer a five-course dinner for two. Fibber Magees Irish Pub in Chandler will offer a four-course dinner-and-drinks package and live music by Walt Richardson. Cuisine & Wine will offer a three-course dinner menu at its Chandler location and
El Palacio Mexican Restaurant & Cantina: Just four days after appearing the Food Network’s ‘‘Chopped,’’ owner-chef Anthony Serrano is forced to close his eight-year-old restaurant on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Germann in Chandler. (January) Happy Joe’s Pizza: Undersized
It was a very busy year for launching restaurants, breweries, and bars in the East Valley, which saw more than 100 newcomers open their doors. Some are additional locations of existing concepts, such as The Brass Tap in downtown Gilbert,
With this month’s flurry of restaurant and brewery openings in the East Valley, I completely forget to write about the closing of Jimmy T’s Holy Crab in Chandler. The seafood restaurant, which took over the former China King building on the northwest corner
Brooklyn V’s Pizza, a favorite destination of New York natives Valleywide, has the soft opening of its third East Valley location today next to the Harkins Chandler Crossroad theaters on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Germann. It takes over the space
