By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Meridiem Kitchen & Lounge in Chandler will offer a special New Year’s Eve prix fixe menu on Sunday, Dec. 31. Appetizer (choose one): Bacon-wrapped shrimp or spinach and artichoke dip. Soup/salad (choose one): PowerFood, Caesar, tomato basil, or soup de jour. Entree
The East Valley’s newest barbecue joint – West Alley BBQ – has opened on a limited basis in downtown Chandler. I say ‘‘limited’’ because West Alley has been closed on my two visits this week – most recently Tuesday afternoon,
VB Lounge, which opened last December in downtown Chandler, has a new name: Sasha’s Kitchen & Cocktails. Owner Sasha Cosic, who also operates Va Bene, an award-winning Italian restaurant and wine bar in Ahwatukee, bought the former di Sciacca glassware retail store on
The Brass Tap at Mesa Riverview will host a holiday party with discounted beers from 6 p.m.-close Wednesday, Dec. 20. The 60-handle craft beer bar will be offering $1 off all beers with the exception of Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout
The Hungry Monk in Chandler will ring out 2017 with a five-course prix fixe dinner menu from beer chef Gidi Goldberg available from 4-10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 31. Cost is $90 for two, which includes a bottle of wine, two beer pairing flights,
The Shop Beer Co. in Tempe will host a release party for the second annual ‘‘Beerdoir’’ calendar, featuring scantily clad Arizona brewers baring it all for a good cause, from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21. Proceeds from the calendar will benefit
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. Thursday, Dec. 21. The dinners typically feature five courses selected from the restaurant’s regular menu. This
In celebration of its third anniversary this month, JC’s Steakhouse in Gilbert has added more than a dozen new items to its menu. Appetizer options now include charred brussels sprouts, fire-roasted artichoke spears, lobster ravioli, and crab-and-shrimp-stuffed avocado. New house specialities include
Huss Brewing, Arizona’s third-largest brewery, is expanding its south Tempe production facility. Launched by Jeff and Leah Huss in the long-vacant Rio Salado Brewing space in 2013, the brewery already expanded previously by taking over a next-door suite. This month,
There’s a double whammy of closures in downtown Tempe this week. My Big Fat Greek Restaurant, a Valley-born concept that’s had plenty of ups and downs over its 11-plus years on Mill Avenue, has closed. It was the last remaining location of the
Arizona Wilderness Brewing, one of Arizona’s most acclaimed craft breweries, is opening a second location in downtown Phoenix. But don’t plan to visit anytime soon – the location (artist’s rendering shown above) isn’t expected to open until 2019, according to Wilderness
The Kind Bean, an independent, community-focused coffee and sweets shop, has opened on the northeast corner of McQueen and Pecos in Chandler. The full-service coffee house features organic coffee drinks, as well as teas, botanical infusions, hot chocolate, and frozen blended drinks. The
La Cumbre Brewing, arguably New Mexico’s best craft brewery, will be at Flanny’s Bar & Grill in Tempe for a tap takeover from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15. Special guest will be Jeff Erway, founder and brewmaster of the Albuquerque brewery, which entered
Romeo’s Euro Cafe in downtown Gilbert will host its monthly ‘‘3rd Tuesday’’dinner – featuring new food paired with some servers’ favorite wines – at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19. The three-course dinners feature three new dishes from chef Romeo Taus’ (pictured)
Pedal House Brewery in downtown Tempe is opening a taproom this spring at a planned shipping container development in downtown Phoenix. Called The Churchill, the 14,000-square-foot micro marketplace will be constructed of 19 repurposed shipping containers on the northeast corner of Garfield
Republica Empanada, which will make an appearance on the Food Network’s ‘‘Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives’’ on Friday, Dec. 22, has closed for 10 days for kitchen renovations. The small, family-run Latin American eatery in downtown Mesa plans to reopen to the public
After eight idle months, work finally has begun on a new restaurant and bar taking over the former Vintage 95 building on Boston Street, west of Arizona Avenue, in downtown Chandler. East Valley restaurateur Julian Wright bought and closed 5-year-old Vintage 95
JC’s Steakhouse in Gilbert takes a trip around the world for its final monthly wine dinner of the year at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13. This month’s pairings feature wines from France, Italy, and New Zealand. The food-and-wine pairings: 1st course: Ricotta Sopraffina
Good Time Charli’s in Chandler celebrates the 84th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition with a trip back to the Roaring Twenties from 6 p.m.-close Saturday, Dec. 16. Sip a vintage cocktail while enjoying a live jazz/horn band, which will take the stage
Nicantoni’s Pizza in Gilbert will host ‘‘The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year,’’ a holiday production by the Murder Mystery Company dinner theater, at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16. The audience, which will be asked to solve the whodunit, is
