By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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New restaurants just keep piling up in downtown Gilbert. Opening today is Snooze, an A.M. eatery, located in the former parking lot between Joyride Taco House and Oregano’s. The Denver-based chain promotes itself as offering “creative twists on America’s favorite breakfast
1. The second annual Real, Wild & Woody beer festival takes place 2-6 p.m. Saturday at the Phoenix Convention Center South Building (map). 2. The 21-and-over fest was created to highlight cask (real) beers, Brett (wild) beers, and barrel-aged (woody) beers. See
Seems like it’s taken forever, but Pomo Pizzeria Napoletana finally is open in downtown Gilbert. It joins a row of recently opened eateries – including Zinburger, Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles, and Barrio Queen – at the Heritage Marketplace. Pomo is one of
Henry’s Taiwan Kitchen, once a well-regarded eatery on the southeast corner of Mill and Southern in Tempe, has closed. Chef-owner Henry Ku, known for a string of successful Taiwanese restaurants in Seattle, opened Henry’s Taiwan in March 2013. He added a
When Eduardo Nunez first tasted Angel Ochoa’s grilled chicken, he asked, “Why aren’t you selling this and getting rich?” It turned out Ochoa didn’t have the money to open a restaurant, so Nunez, who worked 14 years at Panda Express,
FatCats, a Utah-based chain of family entertainment centers, opened its first Arizona location this week in the former Bashas’ on the southwest corner of Greenfield and Baseline in Gilbert. The venue’s restaurant – Pizini Pizzeria, which will serve artisan pizzas,
The Valley’s newest brewery, which renamed itself this week after having trademark issues with its original moniker, is located on 24th Street about halfway between McDowell and Thomas (map). It’s a three-building complex – a 1922 house-turned-taproom, a brewhouse, and a refrigerated storage building –
Owners Troy and Krista Daily made the announcement today via email: “Every summer has been difficult for us to get through and starting this one with a bad spring was enough to force us into closing. It has been a
The Arizona Republic reports Shake Shack, the famous fast-casual burger chain out of New York City, will make its Arizona debut at Scottsdale Fashion Square next year. It’ll be the chain’s third location west of the Mississippi, following locations in Austin, Texas, and Las
Transplanted Midwesterners from across the Valley will be flocking to Gilbert today for the opening of Arizona’s first Happy Joe’s Pizza. The Iowa-based chain, which has 52 locations in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Illinois, has a devoted
Texas-based Alamo Drafthouse Cinema caused quite a stir last December when it announced it was opening its first Arizona location in downtown Chandler later this year. The new development on the southwest corner of Arizona Avenue and Chandler Boulevard also is supposed
First, there was the Gilbert Food Truck Food Court. Then, last month, came the Chandler Food Trucks. Now, there’s the Queen Creek Feastival. The East Valley’s newest large-scale food truck roundup will take place 5:30-9 p.m. Saturday at Horseshoe Park &
The roundup’s new home is the Shoppers Supply parking lot on the northwest corner of Alma School and Queen Creek (map). Inspired by the weekly Gilbert Food Truck Food Court, south Chandler residents launched their own food truck roundup April
Armato, who created the well-respected Skillet Doux and The Killer Dish blogs as well as the PHX Food Nerds message boards, replaces Howard Seftel, who retired last month. In the wake of print journalism’s financial collapse, Seftel was the last remaining full-time staff dining
Owners Don and Candy Ellis, New Hampshire natives who bought the iconic restaurant in 1981, announced it will close May 31. The Landmark truly is a landmark, listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Located on the southwest
The festival, which features barrel-aged ales and specialty casks, debuted last summer at Tempe Center for the Performing Arts. It will run 2-6 p.m. The larger downtown Phoenix venue will: Give attendees more elbow room. Allow as many as 70 breweries
1. The fifth annual festival takes place on the grounds of the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall (see map). Gates open at noon for VIP ticket holders and 1 p.m. for general admission. The 21-and-over event ends at 6 p.m. 2. AmeriCan
This weekend’s winners from the competition portion of the Ameri-Can Canned Craft Beer Festival have been announced: American Pale Ale: 1. Fist City, Revolution; 2. Pride of Texas, Rahr & Sons; 3. Osiris, Sun King. English Pale Ale:  1. Snow King, Snake River; 2. 8th Street, Four Peaks; 3. Lumberyard
With Barrio Queen finally open in downtown Gilbert, we can turn our attention to the next restaurant scheduled to open at the new Heritage Marketplace – Pomo Pizzeria. The acclaimed wood-fired pizza kitchen, which already has locations in north Scottsdale and
The small, family-owned chain has a half-dozen locations around Arizona, including Prescott, Payson and west Phoenix. On Saturday, Alfonso’s opened its first East Valley location on the southwest corner of Gilbert and Queen Creek in the space that formerly housed New
