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Author: Jess Harter

Scottsdale BBQ joint The Thumb featured on Food Network tonight

🍖 The Thumb, a unique gas station/barbecue joint/gift shop hybrid in north Scottsdale, makes its second appearance on the Food Network tonight. The restaurant’s smoked meats were featured on ‘‘Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives’’ in 2015. Show host Guy Fieri returned

It must be fall: Pumpkin Spice Lattes return to Starbucks today

🎃 Today marks the unofficial start of fall as the hugely popular Pumpkin Spice Latte, as well as the rest of the fall beverage lineup, returns to Starbucks. Pumpkin Spice Latte is made with real pumpkin combined with Starbucks Signature

Peach Pizza is back at Myke’s Pizza in downtown Mesa

🍑 Peach Pizza, a fall seasonal favorite, returns today to Myke’s Pizza, the artisan pizzeria inside Cider Corps in downtown Mesa. The pizza is topped with aged Gouda and mozzarella cheeses, crispy sage, pistachios, and golden Utah peaches. It will

Illegal Pete’s closes after 5 years in downtown Tempe

🌮 Illegal Pete’s, a Colorado-based chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants, has closed its only Valley location on Mill Avenue in downtown Tempe. The restaurant opened in October 2018 in a space formerly home to My Big Fat Greek Restaurant near

Tradiciones Mexican Grill debuts in south Tempe

🌮 Tradiciones Mexican Grill, a new restaurant from the owner of Tacos El Paisain Chandler, has opened in south Tempe. It takes over the just-closed Pronto space on the southwest corner of Rural and Guadalupe roads. The Restaurant Brokers facilitated

First Watch opens at Village at Prasada in Surprise

🍳 First Watch, the national chain of brunch restaurants, has launched its latest Valley location in Surprise. It’s located at the Village at Prasada on the northeast corner of the Loop 303 and Waddell Road. What’s on the menu? Omelets,

OHSO Brewery’s original Little O’s in Phoenix abruptly closes

🚫 OHSO Brewery & Distillery spinoff Little O’s abruptly closed its original Seventh Avenue location in Phoenix today. What happened? ‘‘Our proprietor Summer has made the difficult decision to leave the desert,’’ the neighborhood hangout posted on social media. ‘‘Without