By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🍽️ According to the Arizona Restaurant Week website, only five Tucson restaurants have signed up for the twice-a-year promotion, which runs Sept. 19-28. That’s probably because Arizona’s second-largest city is in the midst of its own Sonoran Restaurant Week, which
🚫 Early Bird Vegan, one of the Valley’s top plant-based restaurants, announced it will close Sept. 27 when its lease runs out on the northwest corner of the 101 and Broadway in Tempe. ‘‘Our lease is coming to an end,
🚫 The Genuine, the flagship restaurant of Phoenix-based hospitality group Genuine Concepts, has closed after three years in uptown Phoenix. It had taken over the space formerly home to one of its sister concepts, The Vig, in April 2022. Its
🌮 Taco Bitch, a Mexican concept from caterer Rosalinda Jimenez, has opened inside Aguila’s Hidaway Lighthouse on the southwest corner of Indian School and El Mirage in Avondale. The menu offers carne asada and chicken street tacos, hard-shell tacos, flautas,
🍕 Happy Joe Coffee, a three-year-old Tempe shop known for its CBD-infused coffee, has launched Happy Joe Pizza, an in-house concept serving Detroit-style pies. Only 40 pizzas are available from 5-9 p.m. Fridays at the shop on the southeast corner
🚫 Quartz, a downtown Phoenix cocktail bar that offers a dozen gemstone-inspired specialty drinks, announced it will close Sept. 15. In a social announcement, no reason was given for the closing of the 2,000-square-foot lounge, which opened in April 2023
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🥪 Sourdough & Co., a California-based chain of sandwich shops, has opened its sixth Valley location on the northwest corner of Hayden and Chaparral in Scottsdale. Founded in 2010, Sourdough & Co. has about 100 locations, mostly in California. Its menu
🍔 McDonald’s, which has seen a drop-off in low-income diners, is reviving its Extra Value Meals starting Monday, Sept. 8. The two biggest discounts will be a limited-time $5 Sausage McMuffin with Egg Meal and an $8 Big Mac Meal.
🎬 Fork n’ Film, a self-described ‘‘experiential hospitality company’’ that transforms movies into edible journeys, is bringing its immersive dinner series to Arizona for the first time. The Westin Tempe in downtown Tempe will host the dinners during which a
🇻🇳 Amy Pho, a family-owned Vietnamese restaurant, has opened on the northeast corner of Seventh Avenue and Union Hills in north Phoenix. It takes over the space formerly home to PT Pho Express, which closed in June. The signature Amy
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🌮 Street Queen Tacos, a four-year-old Mexican eatery in Casa Grande, has opened a pair of Valley locations. One is on the northwest corner of John Wayne Parkway and Smith Enke in Maricopa. The other is on the southwest corner
🚫 SakeBomber Sushi & Grill, a Japanese restaurant on the southwest corner of McClintock and Broadway in Tempe, has closed after 18 years in business. ‘‘You have been our extended family and friends – celebrating life’s big and small moments
🥗 Cultivate, a refined weekday-only eatery operated by Tarbell’s owner and chef Mark Tarbell, has opened at Bond, formerly known as the Biltmore Commerce Center, on the northeast corner of Camelback and 32nd Street in Phoenix. The breakfast menu offers avocado
🍕 Il Bosco Pizza, the well-regarded wood-fired pizzeria and bar, has launched its first East Valley location. It takes over the former Sacred Pi space in the Changing Hands Bookstore plaza on the southwest corner of McClintock and Guadalupe in Tempe.
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🫒 Queen Creek Olive Mill, Arizona’s only family-owned and -operated olive farm and mill, has launched six new artisanal jams crafted to highlight vibrant fruits, warm spices, and unexpected pairings. The new jam collection, available online and at the mill:
