By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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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: Spicy Lamb Potatoes:
Tempe’s Four Peaks in August’s ‘‘brewery of the month’’ at The Brass Tap, and the craft beer bar at Mesa Riverview will be offering $4 pints of White Ale, Kilt Lifter, Hop Knot, and Peach Ale all month. Tonight at
Liberty Market in downtown Gilbert kicks off its seventh annual Burger Daze promotion today. Every day in August, it will offer a different specialty burger: Today: Coffee Burger with coffee-rubbed smoked gouda, candied bacon, red onion cream, Hawaiian bun. ($14).
Please welcome Sunray Pinball, which partners with East Valley businesses that reserve floor space for the great game of pinball, as MXSW’s newest sponsor. Pinball is gaining in popularity across Arizona and the country. Sunray Pinball assumes the investment, maintenance, and
Last month I wrote about Grand Blue, a new seafood concept from the three founders of the Valley-based Pita Jungle chain. Apparently that’s not the only new project with a Pita Jungle connection. According to Carey Sweet at AZ Central, Sam Ashek
Does the Valley’s appetite for Chicago-style deep-dish pizza have any limits? Giordano’s is the latest Chicago pizza icon to announce it’s coming to Arizona. It’s taking over the former Corner Bakery Cafe space on the southwest corner of 83rd Avenue and Bell in
Two of the East Valley’s top chefs – Anthony Serrano (pictured on left) from El Palacio Mexican Restaurant & Cantina in Chandler and Salvatore Zappone (right) from Zappone’s Italian Bistro in Gilbert – are throwing down this weekend. The two are
A few weeks ago, a reader asked if I knew what was being built on the southeast corner of Val Vista and Williams Field in Gilbert. It looks like a fast-food restaurant with a triple drive-through, they thought. Turns out it’s
Salad and Go, a Gilbert-based chain of drive-though salad bars, continues its steady expansion with a pair of Mesa locations scheduled to open in the next few months. Roushaun Cristofellis and her husband launched the concept in 2013 as a healthy
Rancho de Tia Rosa in Gilbert has reopened under new ownership, just two months after previous owners Dennis and Liz Sirrine closed the five-year-old Mexican restaurant in the wake of their management group’s bankruptcy filing. No word yet on who the new owners
I stopped at Ginger Monkey to get an update from owner Doug Collins on his latest project, which is taking shape in the former Whiskey Rose Saloon building on the southwest corner of Arizona Avenue and Ocotillo. Although there’s still some construction
The Baked Bear, a San Diego-based chain of ice cream sandwich shops that made its Arizona debut in Scottsdale two months ago, is opening a second location in downtown Tempe. It’s taking over the space on the northwest corner of Mill and
Arizona Breakfast Weekend – an Arizona Restaurant Association promotion that debuted last summer to a collective yawn from Valley diners – is giving it another try. From Thursday through Sunday, participating Valley breakfast and brunch restaurants will offer special dishes for $7, $10, or
New Belgium Brewing continues its 25th anniversary tour of the Valley with a mini tap takeover from 5-7 p.m. today at The Brass Tap at Mesa Riverview. Featured on tap will be the six beers in the Colorado brewery’s recently released ‘‘Collabeeration’’
I stopped by Brooklyn V’s Pizza in Gilbert today to check out its expansion work. The restaurant, located on the northeast corner of Lindsay and Warner, is building an addition over its former patio to create capacity for another 30 or diners. Since
Colorado’s Odell will be the featured brewery for this month’s beer dinner at 7 p.m. Wednesday at JC’s Steakhouse in Gilbert. The menu will feature five beers and four dishes prepared by chef-owner Dennis Petty: Social beer: Odell Drumroll American
Coconut’s Fish Café, a Hawaii-based fast-casual seafood chain, has opened its third Arizona location on the southwest corner of Alma School and Ocotillo in south Chandler. The concept features surfboard-shaped tables and specializes in fish tacos, seafood chowder, and grilled mahi
Hot on the heels of Lou Malnati’s move to the Valley, another iconic Chicago deep-dish pizza icon is headed to Arizona. Gino’s East, a Windy City institution since 1966, will move into a new building on the site of the recently
The Rockin’ Taco Street Fest is on the move. Launched by El Palacio Mexican Restaurant & Cantina in 2012, the annual celebration has outgrown the Chandler restaurant’s parking lot and will move to downtown Chandler this fall. The fifth annual fest, which will
My Wine Cellar in Ahwatukee will hold an fun and instructional Blind Wine Tasting from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday. There’s an art to tasting a wine blind: Think of a glass of wine as a jigsaw puzzle with the label of
