By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Andrew Zimmern, the host of the Travel Channel series “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern” and “Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World,” will be a featured guest at this weekend’s Great Arizona Picnic, the two-day culmination of the week-long Scottsdale Culinary Festival. Zimmern – who’s
Confirming one of the worst-kept “secrets” in town, Old Chicago has announced it’s closing its location at Arizona Avenue and Ocotillo Road in Chandler at 10 p.m. Friday, April 21. The announcement came in an email to those on the restaurant’s
Downtown Mesa isn’t often associated with cutting-edge nightlife, but Monsterland is hoping to change that. In an era when America’s pop culture is being over-run by vampires and zombies, Monsterland – Arizona’s first horror-themed bar and grill – opens Friday
Jolie’s Place, an all-day bar and grill, opened Wednesday in the longtime Chuy’s Mesquite Broiler building on the northwest corner of Arizona Avenue and Warner Road in Chandler. The family-owned business serves a full menu from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.,
The Great Chandler BBQ War of 2012 has begun, with Rudy’s Country Store & Bar-B-Q firing the first shot. The Texas import just opened in a large, garage-like roadhouse on the northeast corner of I-10 and Chandler Boulevard. (Only about
The day has finally arrived: Postino East, the second spinoff of Arcadia’s popular wine cafe, opens at 11 a.m. today in downtown Gilbert. Located on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Page, Postino takes over the southern half of the
New Mexican Grill is opening its second location today on the southwest corner of Gilbert and Queen Creek roads in Chandler. The strip-mall space formerly housed Ellie’s Native & Mexican Food. New Mexican Grill’s all-day menu offers traditional New Mexican favorites like huevos
After courting dozens of brewers over the past two years, downtown Mesa finally appears to have landed its first microbrewery. Joe Campbell and Jeff Bryant plan to open Desert Eagle Brewing Company this summer on the north side of Main
Ahwatukee finally gets a Pita Jungle restaurant today. The popular local chain’s 16th location opens at Ray Road and 49th Street. The Mediterranean-inspired eateries feature healthy salads, pitas, wraps and lavosh pizzas. The long-awaited Ahwatukee restaurant takes over the former
A third consecutive Italian restaurant, La Cucina di Venti, has taken over the north Mesa building formerly occupied by RigaTony’s and, most recently, Mardenely’s. Located on Brown between Center and Mesa, La Cucina di Venti offers Naples-style pizzas ($10.95-$14.95), pasta dishes
The Regal Beagle, a restaurant and bar on the southwest corner of Kyrene Road and Chandler Boulevard in west Chandler, has closed. The business had been locked in a three-year dispute with the city over noise complaints from music performances
Fritzs Footlong, a hot dog shop, has opened in the former Smokey’s Bar & Grill on the northwest corner of Main Street and Gilbert Road in Mesa. The menu features quarter-pound all-beef hot dogs, Polish dogs, bratwursts, spicy dogs, footlong
Gilbert’s New Mexican Grill is opening a second location next month at Gilbert and Queen Creek roads in Chandler. Owner Ralph Aranda opened his 32-seat eatery last January in the former Chef H space on the northeast corner of Lindsay
Tempe has a new late-night pizza option – and it’s cheap! Big Jimmy’s $5 Large Pizza has opened on Apache Boulevard just east of Dorsey (by Food City). Jimmy’s boasts it makes its crusts and sauce from scratch, and hand-cuts
Maybe the second third fourth time will be the charm? Devils Den Sports Grill opened yesterday on the northeast corner of Mill and University in downtown Tempe, the fourth restaurant to occupy the space in four years. Previous occupants were Ruby Tuesday’s,
The Spot, a self-described “upbeat neighborhood hangout” offering sandwiches, salads and flatbread pizzas, opened today on the northeast corner of Higley and Ray in Gilbert. Located next to Fresh & Easy and across the street from Agritopia, The Spot is a
Bay Leaf Cafe, a fast-casual Indian restaurant, has opened in a strip mall on the southeast corner of Alma School and Chandler Heights in south Chandler. The menu offers numerous traditional entrees, including Tandoori chicken ($8.99), goat curry ($11.95) and
Lafayette’s coneys, Better Made chips, Faygo Redpops, Vernors ginger ale, and Sander’s fudge. If you’re from Detroit, you’re undoubtedly familiar with these iconic Motor City foods and drinks. And now you can find them in the East Valley. Sunshine’s Motor
Romeo Taus is the first to admit he’s not a trained chef. But the many fans of his Romeo’s Euro Café over the past 20 years probably would be surprised to learn the round-about way he eventually found himself in the
Slickables, a new concept from former San Francisco residents Tina Chau and Sam Chang, has opened next to La Bocca in downtown Tempe. The shop sells $2 ice cream sandwiches – “sandwiches that are lickable,” thus the name Slickables – made
