By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Oma’s Place, a sandwich shop and bakery that also offers daily German food specials, has opened on the northeast corner of Alma School and Southern, kitty-korner from Fiesta Mall, in Mesa. It is the first restaurant venture by East Valley resident Astrid
The Bistro, a spinoff of the popular Queen Creek eatery The Deli, opened today on Ellsworth Road between Ocotillo and Chandler Heights. The space previously was home to Rhino Caffe  and Sorella Caffe. The Bistro’s breakfast menu features a breakfast burrito ($7), BLT ($6), granola
Cork begins its annual summer hiatus July 1, but this year the south Chandler fine-dining restaurant is using the time to reinvent itself as an entirely new concept called Earnest. The new restaurant still will have executive chef Brian Peterson, who’s planning
Last month, MXSW reported health-focused cafe Nourish had closed its original Scottsdale location and was moving to Tempe. Now we know where the location will be: On the campus of the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine at 101 and Broadway. Nourish, which offers in vegetarian,
Troubled Bill Johnson’s Big Apple has closed its Mesa location, leaving the former landmark Valley chain with just one restaurant in operation. Founded in 1956, the Bill Johnson’s grew to five restaurants in the Phoenix area, well-known for its barbecued
Tempe Mexican restaurant Mucho Gusto will close Saturday and reopen July 1 as The Revival. Mucho Gusto founder and general manager Chad Withycombe will partner with longtime House of Tricks chef Kelly Fletcher, who left the Tempe fine-dining restaurant earlier this year,
Tokyo Joe’s, a Colorado-based chain of Asian restaurants, made its Arizona debut over the weekend on the northeast corner of Val Vista and Baseline in Mesa. The Dana Park eatery is the fast-casual chain’s first outside Colorado. It plans to
The wait is over: Classic Italian Pizza finally reopens today in its new digs on the southwest corner of McClintock and Guadalupe in Tempe. The acclaimed pizzeria lost its lease at its original location at Lakeshore and Baseline early last
OHSO Eatery + Distillery, a spinoff of east Phoenix’s OHSO Eatery + Nanobrewery, opens today on Hayden Road, just south of Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, in north Scottsdale. The new site has 36 craft beers on taps, a little more
MWC Bistro, a spinoff of Ahwatukee’s My Wine Cellar, opened its doors at McQueen and Warner in Gilbert in March, but the wine-focused neighborhood bar and bistro finally is celebrating its grand opening all this week. Monday: Wine flights are only
Arizona has a new beer festival, and it looks like a good one. The Arizona Craft Brewers Guild announced today it will hold the inaugural Real, Wild and Woody on Saturday, July 19, at Tempe Center for the Arts. The indoor event,
Fractured Prune, a Maryland-based chain of doughnut shops, will make its Arizona debut Tuesday on the northeast corner of Rural and Ray in west Chandler. Doors will open at 6 a.m. The first 100 people in line will receive prizes,
Fusion Burrito, a new independent restaurant offering burritos with globally inspired fillings, opens today on Gilbert Road just south of Guadalupe in Gilbert. The 1,500-square-foot building, which has a dog-friendly patio and drive-through, most recently was home to Rienda’s Mexican
The Arizona Restaurant Association unveiled its second annual Foodist Awards winners tonight at the Montelucia Scottsdale. The awards “honor the culinary minds that have helped shape Arizona’s vast culinary landscape.” Craig DeMarco and Lauren Bailey, the pair behind Postino and
Another week, another fast-casual burger concept comes to the Valley. This week it’s Florida-based BurgerFi, which made its Arizona debut on the northeast corner of Val Vista and Baseline in Gilbert. It takes over a restaurant space that’s seen frequent
Prominent Valley chef Payton Curry, responding to a less-than-flattering review in Phoenix Magazine, posted a photo of Valley dining critic Gwen Ashley Walters on his Twitter feed Monday. The chef behind Brat Haus and Taco Haus wrote, “Looking forward to
The East Valley will get its first Panera Bread next week when the St. Louis-based chain opens a bakery-cafe on the northeast corner of Arizona Avenue and Ocotillo in south Chandler. Panera Bread, which is scheduled to open its Chandler
Philly’s Sports Bar & Grill, a mainstay for the past 19 years on Scottsdale Road in north Tempe, opened a spinoff location, Philly’s on Priest, Monday in west Tempe. The new location, on Priest about a half-mile north of Broadway,
Hot N Juicy Crawfish, a Las Vegas-based chain known for its crawfish in a signature spice-laden sauce, made its Arizona debut this weekend at Centerpoint on Mill in downtown Tempe. Although the chain’s social media accounts announced Saturday the Tempe
The day East Valley pizza lovers have been waiting for for more than a year – the reopening of award-winning Classic Italian Pizza – is almost upon us. Owner/chef Azhar Began says his new location, now dubbed Began’s Classic Italian Pizza, will open
