By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Umami, the contest-born ramen restaurant that opened near downtown Tempe in September 2013, is closing its doors this week. In its Facebook announcement, the restaurant blamed Mill Avenue’s high costs of doing business: It’s with a heavy heart that we
Arizona Wilderness Brewing in Gilbert will begin selling 32-ounce cans of beer – starting with its flagship Refuge IPA – on the first of the year. Although other breweries offer the can/growler hybrids known as ‘‘crowlers,’’ Arizona Wilderness will fill theirs in advance,
Hanger 24 will be the featured brewery for this month’s Beer & Bacon Night, which takes place 5-9 p.m. Thursday at The Hungry Monk in Chandler. Beers from the Redlands, Calif., brewery that will be on tap: Betty IPA Double IPA
Ease your kitchen workload this holiday season with a batch of take-home meals from Rania’s Kebob Grill in Gilbert. The restaurant is offering two specials this weekend: A 4-ounce chicken breast kabob, rice, and mixed veggies for $6. A 4-ounce sirloin
In Arizona, the holidays mean tamales, and a couple of local restaurants already are taking take-home orders for the seasonal favorite: • At El Palacio Mexican Restaurant & Cantina in Chandler, get a dozen pork chile Colorado tamales, a pint of
According to the latest statistics from the national Brewers Association, the United States now has more breweries – 4,144 – than ever before. The previous record of 4,131 was set way back in 1873. What’s truly remarkable, though, is how fast that number
Kai Restaurant at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort in Chandler is the third-best restaurant in the entire country, according to OpenTable. The online restaurant-reservation service just released its annual list of the Top 100 restaurants in the United States, based on
Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria, which has locations in Chandler, Mesa, and Ahwatukee, introduces a new menu item today: Bacon Ranch Cheese Fries. The pizzeria also announced its Slice of the Month for December is Chicken Parmesan with chicken, breadcrumbs, extra
Well, that didn’t take long. Just a week after his surprise resignation from SanTan Brewing, Chip Mulala announced on Facebook he’s joining Huss Brewing in Tempe: I’m very happy to announce that starting after the new year I’ll be joining the
Tickets for the 2016 Arizona Strong Beer Festival will go on sale at 9 a.m. Friday, but in the spirit of Black Friday you can get a great deal if you’re willing to line up earlier in the day. The
Chip Mulala, ‘‘Minister of Craft Beer’’ for SanTan Brewing and a well-known figure in the Arizona craft beer community, is leaving the Chandler brewery. Mulala announced his resignation today on Facebook: It is with an extremely heavy heart that I let all
Tracy Dempsey, one of Arizona’s premier pastry chefs, has opened a new, expanded Tracy Dempsey Originals on the southeast corner of Priest and University in Tempe. Dempsey rose to prominence a decade ago at Old Town Scottsdale’s Cowboy Caio thanks
Craft 64, the artisan pizzeria and craft beer bar that opened in Old Town Scottsdale in March, has reached an agreement with SunUp Brewing in Phoenix to contract-brew a line of Craft 64 beers. The first three will be Crafty Blonde Ale,
It’s the end of an era: Dos Gringos, one of the few fixtures of Old Town Scottsdale’s dining and nightlife scene for 19 years, has closed in the wake of the venue’s sale. New Chicago-based owners will reopen the business as Old Town
Blaze Fast Fire’d Pizza, yet another fast-casual, build-your-own pizza concept, will open in the former Zia Records building in downtown Tempe this spring. It’ll mark the Arizona debut of Los Angeles-based Blaze, which has grown to 88 locations in 22 states
In the wake of owner Joe Busone’s unexpected death in September, his family has decided to close the Fired Up Grill in Chandler. An announcement on the restaurant’s Facebook page reads, ‘‘With very heavy hearts we are announcing the closing
Get a free pizza or salad from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. today when Fired Pie celebrates the grand opening of its newest location on the northwest corner of Farmers and University in downtown Tempe. The deal only is available at the Tempe
This Saturday night, Mesa will see the soft opening of the city’s first weekly food truck roundup, dubbed the Mesa Feastival Forest, at Pioneer Park on the east edge of downtown. The roundup, which will run 5:30-9 p.m., is from the organizers of
Pita Jungle, the Mediterranean-inspired hangout for the health-conscious, opens its new Tempe location today in the former Firehouse space on the northeast corner of Mill and University today. It replaces the original Apache Boulevard location opened by ASU graduate students Bassel Osmani, Fouad Khodr,
Veterans Day specials for U.S. military veterans at MCSW sponsors: AZ Food Crafters: Free hand pie. Baja Joe’s Mexican Cantina: Free regular-menu meal or 50% off special. Bourbon Jack’s: Free meal with purchase of entrée equal to or greater in
