By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Residents of The Islands in Gilbert won’t be marooned without a neighborhood wine bar much longer. Ahwatukee’s My Wine Cellar is taking over the former DownUnder Wines & Bistro space on the northeast corner of McQueen and Warner. The new wine bar will
Gallagher’s Sports Grill, a popular gathering place for East Valley sports fans for two decades, has closed its doors on the northwest corner of Alma School and Warner in Chandler. It was the last Gallagher’s remaining in the East Valley.
Well, it appears Spurs Saloon in Chandler has kicked the bucket. The doors are closed and the phone is disconnected, making it the third concept to fail in the longtime Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant, located on Alma School between Elliot and
The Well, a juice bar in the Sun Devil Fitness Complex on the ASU campus, will celebrate its grand opening with free samples from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. The juice bar, owned by ASU alumna Laura Pich, has a
A new Italian restaurant called Via will open this week in the recently closed Tutti Santi space on the southwest corner of Greenfield and Warner in Gilbert. The kitchen – which will offer pizza, pasta, and paninis – will be headed
A while back, we told you about Salad and Go – the Valley’s first “drive-through salad bar” – beginning construction on a second Gilbert location. The concept, the brainchild of Gilbert resident Roushan Cristofellis and her husband, debuted in February on
Restaurant critic Laura Hahnefeld has given her notice at Phoenix New Times, and the ever-shrinking alt-weekly appears to be eliminating the position of full-time dining critic. Hahnefeld made the announcement today in a Facebook post. She was hired as dining critic in April
It’s official: After five years at Merchant’s Square antique mall, Pittsburgh Willy’s will close its doors Feb. 2. A new downtown Chandler location, dubbed Pittsburgh Willy’s Dog House, will open a few days later. Owner Randy Walters had been planning
Downtown Tempe’s newest destination – El Hefe Super Macho Taqueria – has opened on the southwest corner of Mill and Sixth. It takes over the former Canteen Modern Tequila Bar, which closed in October. El Hefe offers a menu of tacos,
Fast-expanding Blue 32 Sports Grill opens its second Gilbert location today on the northwest corner of Higley and Chandler Heights. Hours will be limited to 4-8 p.m. The sports bar and restaurant will be closed New Year’s Day,  then re-open Thursday
Sleepy Dog Pub & Bistro in Gilbert has crossed the Rainbow Bridge. The restaurant and craft beer bar, which opened in February on the southwest corner of Val Vista and Williams Field, has closed its doors, it announced Saturday on its
Looks like Mesa finally is getting its first brewpub. The Beer Research Institute is moving into the former Rotolo’s Pizza space in front of the AMC Grand 24 theaters on the northeast corner of Stapley and Baseline. The brewpub is
Three weeks ago, we told you Thai food was returning to downtown Chandler. Now it’s arrived. Charm Thai Cuisine, a new restaurant from the owners of Thai Basil, is now open in the former Latitude Eight Thai Grill space. (Latitude
The Watershed, a lakeside restaurant and bar, has opened on Lakeshore, the half-miler between Rural and McClintock, just south of Baseline in south Tempe. The newcomer takes over the once-ramshackle building longtime Lakes residents fondly remember as Charlie Brown’s (among
World of Beer opens at 11 a.m. today at SanTan Village shopping center in Gilbert, and the craft beer bar with 60 beers on tap and 500-plus in bottles and cans is hitting the ground running. On Tuesday, WOB will
Arizona gets its third World of Beer Monday when the national chain of craft beer bars opens at SanTan Village shopping center at the 202 and Williams Field in Gilbert. World of Beer made its local debut in August 2012
Recently closed De La Cruz Bistro in downtown has been replaced with Margaritas, but the revamped restaurant still is part of the de la Cruz family empire. The new owner is the nephew of Omar de la Cruz, who opened De La
24 Carrots, the acclaimed vegan/vegetarian cafe that opened in west Chandler in 2008, has moved into larger digs. Its new home is the former Efes Turkish Cuisine space on the southwest corner of McClintock and Guadalupe in Tempe. The new
Bisbee Breakfast Club, a southern Arizona favorite since 2001, is taking over the building just south of Cornish Pasty Company on the southeast corner of Dobson and Guadalupe in Mesa. The building most recently housed Peruvian restaurant Inka Fest. Other
First Round Draft, a longtime Gilbert sports bar on the northeast corner of McQueen and Warner, closed Monday, surprising its legions of patrons who often fill the place. A source tells MXSW the sports bar recently was bought by new
