By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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House of Brews in Gilbert is under new management, and changes include a new lunch menu and new happy hour food specials. The new, streamlined lunch menu: The new happy hour menu:
AZ Food Crafters is best-known for its delicious hand pies, but the Chandler shop and cafe also makes traditional, full-size pies. This holiday season, pies include: Classic Granny Smith Apple ($15) Caramel Apple ($15) Dutch Apple ($15) Fresh Roasted Pumpkin ($15) Chocolate Pecan ($18)
Citing professional and financial differences, chef Peter DeRuvo and business partner Nick Neuman are going their separate ways. DeRuvo will get custody of recently opened Citrine in Tempe – although it’s now closed – while Neuman will retain Evo in Old
Lou Malnati’s, one of the most revered names in Chicago pizza, has announced the site of its first out-of-state location. The pizzeria will open in the Uptown Plaza Shopping Center at First Street and Camelback in Phoenix. “Uptown Plaza is a
Skip & Jan’s Sports Bar, a popular south Tempe sports bar and pool hall that closed in May, has reopened on the northeast corner of McQueen and Warner in Gilbert. The former First Round Draft, which closed in 2013, has been completely gutted,
Mellow Mushroom, an Atlanta-based chain of pizzerias, is taking over the former On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina site in front of the AMC Mesa Grand 24 theaters. Located on the northeast corner of Stapley and Baseline, the location will be
Rania’s Kabob Grill, the year-and-a-half-old Afghani restaurant in Gilbert, has introduced a new weekly special. On Mondays, you can get any of Rania’s delicious chicken platters –chicken breast, chicken thigh, or chicken keemahfor – for just $5.99. The special, which
Oregon-based Thirsty Lion Gastropub & Grill, a chain of English-themed tavern/sports bar hybrids, will open its third Arizona location at SanTan Village in Gilbert in March. It will be located south across the street from Famous Dave’s Bar-B-Que and just
The Casual Pint, a fast-growing chain of craft beer bar and markets based out of Knoxville, Tenn., will open its first Arizona location in Chandler this spring. Each store offers hundreds of bottled beers as well as an ever-changing roster of beers on
Back in June, MXSW broke the news the much-anticipated Alamo Drafthouse Cinema had run into problems with its proposed site in a new downtown Chandler development called The Row. The issue – described by the developer as ‘‘a serious issue with
For the past two weeks, financial analysts have been wondering if Fresh & Easy was about to go into bankruptcy for the second time in three years. Turns out the answer is no – but only because the struggling West Coast chain is shutting
It’s food award season in the Valley, and local newspapers, magazines, and websites have been tripping over each other trying to tell you about the Best Place to Find Cronuts Before We Arbitrarily Decide Cronuts are No Longer Trendy. Not
Goose Island’s Migration Week, a touring series of promos for the Chicago brewery, arrives in the Valley this week and includes four events in the East Valley. (See the full list of Migration Week events around the Valley here.) Tonight at The
The monthly dinners, which start at 6:30 p.m., feature three new dishes from the creative kitchen crew paired with three wines selected by the knowledgable waitstaff at Romeo’s Euro Cafe in downtown Gilbert. Sept. 20 “3rd Tuesday†menu: Slider Trio: Chicken parmesan with spicy marinara and
Oregano’s Pizza Bistro has opened its 13th Valley restaurant (and 16th in Arizona) on the southeast corner of the Ellsworth Loop and Maya roads in Queen Creek. Oregano’s offers thin-crust and deep-dish Chicago-style pizzas, pasta, and sandwiches. Daily lunch specials include the oversized
Yet another fast-casual pizza concept that lets diners create their own individual pizzas from a bunch of different crusts, sauces, cheeses, and toppings is coming to Arizona. Pie Five Pizza, a Dallas-based chain with 70 locations in 18 states, will
Craft 64 in Old Town Scottsdale will host a two-year anniversary party for Beast Brewing at 6 p.m. tonight. A half-dozen of the Bisbee brewery’s ales will be on tap: Belgian Strong with local figs and honey Wolf Spider Wit
The sixth annual Arizona Taco Festival, the world’s largest taco competition, will take place 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale. General admission is $12 online or $15 at the gate. Kids 12 and under
Five of the East Valley’s top chefs are working together on an evening of great food and music Monday, Nov. 16, to raise money for local charities. The participating chefs, all of whom run their own small, independent restaurants, are (pictured
Few beer styles are as polarizing as pumpkin beers. Craft beer drinkers either love ’em or hate ’em. The former will want to take note: OHSO will host its annual Great Pumpkin Beer Day at all of its locations on Thursday.
