By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Utah-based Cafe Rio Mexican Grill opens its fourth East Valley location today on the southeast corner of Ellsworth and Rittenhouse in Queen Creek. The fast-casual chain’s latest location is across Ellsworth from Queen Creek Marketplace, and joins other E.V. locations in Gilbert
After 13 years on the northeast corner of McQueen and Warner, Gilbert pizzeria Nicantoni’s is moving to new digs. Owner and native New Yorker Vic Buono (pictured above) just signed a lease at the country-themed JD’s Homestead center on Gilbert Road, about
Last week, equipment failures forced JC’s Steakhouse in Gilbert to postpone its monthly beer dinner. Unfortunately, repairs are more extensive and taking longer to complete than expected. As a result, the restaurant has canceled the August beer dinner. The next one will
Good Time Charli’s, a bar and grill with plans to offer live music seven days a week, opens at 10 a.m. today on the southwest corner of Kyrene and Chandler Boulevard in west Chandler. It takes over the strip-mall space
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 dinning room, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. This week’s menu of rotating selections from the restaurant’s regular menu: Mezzogiorno: Roasted red peppers,
Food and drink options for travelers at Phoenix Sky Harbor just keep getting better and better. The latest addition? OHSO Eatery and Brewery, which will open in a post-security space in Terminal 2 in September, according to owner Jon Lane.
The Halal Guys, the famous street carts that have been selling Middle Eastern food in New York City for 25 years, are coming to the Valley. According to AZ Central, an investment group plans to open 15 bricks-and-mortar restaurants in Arizona over the
Gilbert-based Salad and Go has announced yet another Valley location: On the northeast corner of Litchfield and Bell in Surprise in the West Valley. It’s scheduled to open in early 2017. That likely would make it the drive-through salad shop’s ninth location, assuming openings
The Hungry Monk in Chandler celebrates its sixth anniversary Saturday with a slew of customer-appreciation specials. The all-day deals include $2 sliders, $2 tacos, and $3 craft beer pints. Owners Jim and Carol Lolli opened a franchise of Cincinnati-based Buffalo Wings
Cuisine & Wine Bistro, named the top wine bar in Arizona earlier this year, will celebrate the grand opening of its new south Chandler location from 3-8 p.m. Sunday. It takes over the former Cork (and later Earnest) space on the northeast
Last October, Mouth by Southwest broke the news Cartel Coffee owner David Arnce (pictured above, far right) planned to spin off his then-3-year-old Cartel Brewery into a separate business with its own location. It took 10 months, but Cartel Brewery opens its new home
Perfect Pear Bistro is taking over the former Mucho Gusto and The Revival building on the southwest corner of Sixth Street and University, just west of downtown Tempe. Chris and Laura Hove, industry veterans who opened 30 restaurants in four states,
California-based seafood concept Ahipoki Bowl will open its third Arizona location next to ASU on Rural, between University and Apache, in Tempe. Ahipoki Bowl allows diners to create their own bowls, choosing a base (rice or salad), seafood (tuna, spicy tuna,
The Hungry Monk in Chandler hosts a Summer, Sliders & Smutty promo from 5-9 p.m. Thursday featuring a half-dozen creative sliders from beer chef Gidi and beers from New Hampshire’s Smuttynose Brewing:
Back in February, perennial James Beard Award nominee Kevin Binkley announced his intention to close his flagship restaurant, Binkley’s in Cave Creek, this summer. Now we know what’s next for the building, which closed July 2. According to AZ Central, Obed de la
Four Peaks Brewing in Tempe has expanded its Eighth Street brew pub, opening a gift shop/studio and enlarged waiting area on its east side. The 2,000-square-foot addition, the last portion of the century-old creamery property that wasn’t part of Four Peaks, now serves as the entrance to the
Minor equipment repairs have forced JC’s Steakhouse in Gilbert to postpone its monthly dinner, scheduled for this Wednesday, for one week. The dinner, featuring four dishes from chef Dennis Petty paired with five beers from California’s Hangar 24, will be held next Wednesday at
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 dinning room, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. This week’s menu of rotating selections from the restaurant’s regular menu: Eggplant Cappicola: Provolone
La Sala – a modern Latin concept from the owners of Humble Pie pizzerias and The Living Room wine bars – will open later this year at Downtown Ocotillo in south Chandler. La Sala (Spanish for ‘‘the living room’’) will be located between The Living
The Arizona Craft Brewers Guild – which organizes the Valley’s two premier beer events, the Arizona Strong Beer Festival in February and Real, Wild & Woody in July, is launching another: A Brewers Ball on Friday, Nov. 18, at the
