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Author: Jess Harter

This weekend’s top food & drink events around the Valley

🍷 Vineyards in the Valley, a three-day wine festival supporting healthcare initiatives in Haiti, runs through Saturday with wine tastings, food pairings, VIP dinners, and a charity auction at various Scottsdale locations. 🍺 Mesa brewery Beer Research Institute celebrates its

Airplane-themed Carry On makes debuts tonight in Phoenix

✈️ Carry On, the much-anticipated 1960s-era airplane-inspired cocktail bar adjacent to sibling Wren & Wolf, takes flight tonight on the northwest corner of Central and Washington in downtown Phoenix. Much like an actual flight, you’ll need to book a ticket

Ahwatukee’s Kolache Cafe opens 2nd location in Mesa

🍎 The Kolache Cafe, an Ahwatukee bakery specializing in its namesake Czech pastries, soft-opens a second location today in Mesa. It takes over the space formerly home to Ike’s Love & Sandwiches near the northwest corner of Gilbert and Southern.

Tuesday: ‘3rd Tuesday’ pairing at Romeo’s Euro Cafe in Gilbert

👨‍🍳 Romeo’s Euro Cafe in downtown Gilbert will host its monthly ‘‘3rd Tuesday’’ food and wine pairing – featuring three seasonal dishes paired with three wines – at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19. The menu: Salad: Tomato cucumber salad with

Bottled Blonde scraps plan to open in downtown Gilbert

🚫 Scottsdale-based Evening Entertainment Group has scrapped its controversial plan to open a Bottled Blonde, its pizzeria and nightclub concept, in downtown Gilbert. The move comes after the FBI arrested Utah developer Aaron Wagner, who had purchased the former Bergies Coffee

Win free meals for year at Panera Bread’s Scottsdale opening

🥪 St. Louis-based Panera Bread opens its third Scottsdale cafe Thursday in the former Cousins Subs space in front ot the Hilton Home2 Suites near the southeast corner of Scottsdale and Thompson Peak. The first 100 customers after doors open at

Italian restaurant Sorrento opens in north Scottsdale

🍝 Sorrento, a wood-fired Italian restaurant and bar, has opened in the Sprouts shopping plaza on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and Pinnacle Peak in north Scottsdale. It takes over the space formerly home to Copper Mule Kitchen & Bar.

Le Taco eatery & listening room debuts in downtown Phoenix

🌮 Le Taco, a Mexican eatery and listening room, has opened in the former Little O’s space near the southeast corner of Seventh Avenue and McDowell in Phoenix. The menu offers 13 tacos, plus a few apps, salads, and desserts