By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Join The Hungry Monk in Chandler as it welcomes Seattle’s Elysian Brewing to the Arizona market from 5-9 p.m. today. They will be tapping seven beers: Spacedust IPA, Immortal IPA, Hawaiian Sunburn (pineapple habanero sour), Loser Pale Ale, Zephyrus Pils, The Wise ESB,
Peanut Butter Milk Stout, a new beer from Sleepy Dog Brewery in Tempe, will get its official launch party from 6-8 p.m. Friday at The Beer Research Institute in Mesa. The peanut butter ale, which already is on tap at
Get to know the breweries of central Phoenix when Arizona Brewery Tours offers a special tour Sunday, Feb. 14. The tour, which will start at 10:30 a.m. and last about four-and-a-half hours, will include: SunUp Brewing Wren House Brewing Phoenix
Looking for a new way to impress your sweetheart this Valentine Day? Zappone’s Italian Bistro in Gilbert will host a Romantic Cooking Class at noon Saturday, Feb. 6. You will learn how to make: Lobster bisque Filet & lobster tail
Get your butt off the Chesterfield and put on your tuke: The Queen Creek Olive Mill kicks off its third annual Canada Week today. Food specials all week will include poutine, Montreal-style pastrami on rye, lox bruschetta, butter tarts, Nanaimo bars,
Attention, Michiganders: Koegel’s will be in the East Valley this weekend. The iconic Koegel Meat Company, founded in Flint, Mich., in 1916, still produces 27 types of meat products, led by its signature hot dogs. (According to hot dog connoisseurs, you’re not
Singing Pandas Asian Restaurant & Bar, which offers a mix of Americanized and authentic Chinese dishes, has opened on Chandler Boulevard, a half-mile east of Arizona Avenue, in Chandler. The mostly Hispanic neighborhood is a somewhat unusual location for a Chinese restaurant, but the owner liked
Eklectic Pie, a fast-casual build-your-own pizza concept that debuted in Mesa last year, announced its second location will open in Chandler next month. The original location is on the northeast corner of Stapley and Baseline. The second one is next to the
Arizona Wilderness Brewing in Gilbert, Yoli’s Cafe in Chandler, and Republica Empanada in Mesa are some of the East Valley restaurants that will be featured in Season 6 of ‘‘Check, Please! Arizona.’’ The four-time Emmy-winning TV series airs at 7 p.m.
Adios, The Good Egg. Florida-based First Watch, which bought The Good Egg chain last year, has announced it will convert all 19 Good Eggs in Arizona into First Watch restaurants. That includes four in the East Valley: Rural & Ray in
Please welcome SunUp Brewing Company, a brewpub at Camelback and Third Street in central Phoenix, as MXSW’s newest sponsor. SunUp was launched as a pub called Sonora Brewhouse in 2001. It added on-site brewing equipment in 2005, and rebranded itself as
In a move surprising yet not totally unexpected, Guedo’s Cantina Grille in downtown Chandler closed over the weekend after three decades in business. The closure wasn’t publicized in advance, and one longtime employee said he didn’t learn of it until he showed
There’s a decidedly global flavor to my 2015 list of favorite new restaurants in Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, and Mesa (restaurants listed in alphabetical order): BP Street Cafe What: Malaysian food, sorta where Chinese meets Indian. The menu is split between rice and rice dishes.
Orange Table, the former Scottsdale brunch favorite that moved to Tempe in 2014, apparently has closed. There is no notice or explanation on the eatery’s Facebook page, but the doors have been locked since early December. Its website is down, and phone calls go unanswered.
Sad news to share this morning from neighborhood favorite Mark’s Cafe in Tempe: Chef-owner Mark Vojtek suffered a heart attack Sunday. Vojtek’s wife, Karen, posted the news on the restaurant’s Facebook page late Sunday night: It is will great sadness that I
Condolences to Elmer’s Tacos, the longtime Chandler taco shop that lost its founder this week. Claudio ‘‘Elmer’’ Cuen passed away Sunday at age 70. Cuen, a Sonora native, moved from Los Angeles and opened Elmer’s in 1974 just a few feet north of
The East Valley may be ground zero for Arizona’s craft beer scene, but other parts of the metro area are developing quickly. Look no further than downtown Phoenix, home to Mother Bunch Brewing, which opened in September 2014, and Flowers Craft Beer
Women from more than 30 Arizona breweries will get together Jan. 15 to create what’s being called the first official all-female-brewed beer in Arizona. The beer, simply named Red IPA, will be brewed at Huss Brewing in south Tempe and
Cactus Moon Sports Grill, the large sports bar and billiards hall at Mesa Riverview, has closed its doors after five years. It’s the second straight year the northwest Mesa open-air shopping center has lost a major food-and-drink destination. Cactus Moon’s neighbor, Toby Keith’s I
Scottsdale’s burgeoning craft beer scene just took a bit of a hit with the closing of Union Barrelhouse. The restaurant and craft beer bar made the announcement on its Facebook page: ‘‘We are sad to say that Union Barrelhouse is now
