By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Tuesday night ramen is getting a restaurant of its own. Josh Hebert, chef at Scottsdale improvisational restaurant Posh, is opening a ramen shop called Hot Noodles, Cold Sake this summer. Dominic Armato broke the news on AZCentral.com, where Hebert says he’s been looking
Back in February, MXSW broke the news The Living Room would open its fourth Arizona wine bar in Ahwatukee at the end of May. It appears to be right on schedule. Assuming there are no problems with final inspections, the location is
I hate to start the week on a down note, but award-winning Dilly’s Deli has closed its north Scottsdale location (pictured) after 11 years on Scottsdale Road north of Thunderbird. The closure comes nearly six months after owners Shaun Kelley and Jeff Weninger
Craft 64 partner James Swann and Sun Up brewer Ross Perz got together this week to brew the Old Town Scottsdale pizzeria and bar’s newest contract beer – Wheat the People – at the Phoenix brewery. The American white wheat beer
Rancho de Tia Rosa has closed its last remaining full-service restaurant at Higley and Guadalupe in Gilbert. The restaurant made the announcement on its Facebook page: ‘‘With heavy hearts and lots of sorrow we are so sad to announce the
Hard to believe it’s been less than two years since MOD Pizza opened its first Arizona store in Gilbert. Friday, the Seattle-based chain opens its 10th Valley location next to Trader Joe’s on the southeast corner of 40th Street and Chandler Boulevard in
Made-to-order ice cream sandwiches seem to be a hot trend in the Valley. Slickables debuted in downtown Tempe in 2012 and was so successful it added a spinoff location in downtown Mesa last year. Earlier this year, downtown Chandler welcomed Ice
MJaye’s Pub & Eatery, a family-owned restaurant that focused on made-from-scratch comfort food, has closed its doors in Gilbert after less than a year. The restaurant opened last October in the country-themed JD’s Homestead center on Gilbert Road about halfway between Elliot
Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria is offering a one-day-only deal on gift cards today: Buy a $20 gift card, and Jimmy & Joe’s will add another $20 for a total of $40. The offer only is available through the pizzeria’s website. There’s
The awards keep coming for Little Miss BBQ in Phoenix. Gayot is the latest to honor the two-year-old Phoenix ’cue joint. The website, which reviews restaurants and hotels, named Little Miss one of the top 10 barbecue spots in the U.S.
Arizona’s twice-a-year Restaurant Week returns for its spring edition May 20-29. More than 100 participating restaurants will offer three-course prix-fixe menus for $33 or $44 per person or couple. As usual, only a handful of East Valley restaurants are participating (click link
If you want to be among the first to dine at Barrio Cafe Gran Reserva, one of the Valley’s most-anticipated new restaurants, get your dialing finger ready. Gran Reserva begins taking reservations at 10 a.m. Wednesday. That’s also when you’ll
Tempe-based Cartel Coffee Lab is closing its shop in the lobby of the building on the northeast corner of First Street and Washington in downtown Phoenix on Saturday, but will re-open in a new space right next door in early August. Until
Los Taquitos Mexican Grill, a family-run, fast-casual eatery, opened its fourth Valley location today on the southeast corner of the 101 and Ray in Chandler. It takes over the building that formerly housed the short-lived Burger 21, which closed last year when the local
The wait finally is over for Chicago deep-dish pizza fans in the Valley. Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria officially opens its doors to the public at 4 p.m. today in the Uptown Plaza Shopping Center on the northeast corner of Central and Camelback in Phoenix.
Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria may not serve alcohol, but that doesn’t mean it can’t celebrate happy hour. The local mini-chain – which has locations in Chandler, Mesa, and Ahwatukee – launches a trio of $3.99 happy-hour specials today: Serious Slice: The pizzeria’s signature
Downtown Gilbert’s newest restaurant, Nico Heirloom Kitchen, will open its doors at 3 p.m. Saturday at the new Heritage Marketplace. Nico is the brainchild of chef Gio Osso, a Gilbert resident who named the restaurant after his young son, and
Brunchies, a downtown Chandler breakfast-and-lunch spot owned by the family behind the Serrano’s Mexican Food restaurants, will close Saturday after more than three decades in business. “We thought long and hard,’’ Stephanie Serrano tells the East Valley Tribune. ‘‘It was not easy,
Creamistry – a California-based concept that uses liquid nitrogen to create made-to-order ice cream – has opened its first Arizona location on the southeast corner of Camelback and Marshall Way in Scottsdale. Creamistry makes several types of ice cream – including premium, organic, Greek
Sun Up Brewing in Phoenix is the latest Arizona brewery to start offering its beers in cans. Last Friday, the first 12-ounce cans of Sun Up’s flagship Trooper IPA rolled off the new canning line, part of the brewery’s recent
