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🍺 The Wayward Taphouse, a three-year-old craft beer bar on Grand Avenue in Phoenix, is closing. What happened? ‘We are incredibly saddened to share this news with everyone but we will be closing our doors in September,’’ owners Tyler Goolie and Hilda
💰 Smoaked Kitchen and Cocktails, a new concept planned for the southwest corner of Mill and Baseline in south Tempe, has launched a crowdfunding campaign. Contributors will get 120% back in credits to spend at Smoaked pop-ups and at the
🚧 Etta, a two-year-old New American restaurant at the Scottsdale Quarter, has been sold and will close Monday for several weeks of remodeling. Chicago-based Etta Collective, the restaurant’s parent company, filed for bankruptcy in February and its assets were bought
🍖 Charlie’s Backyard BBQ has opened in the former Tom’s BBQ strip-mall space on the northwest corner of Country Club and Southern in Mesa. The menu features traditional smoked meats such as ribs, brisket, and pulled pork, as well as fried fish. Rotating Saturday
🍕 Crust Brothers Pizza has closed its location on the northwest corner of Baseline and McClintock in south Tempe after just 17 months in business. The menu featured what it called ‘‘Midwest-style’’ square-cut pies that were ‘‘crispy on the bottom but soft
☕️ SW Grilled Coffee, a mobile coffee bar that launched in 2022 in a converted horse trailer, has opened a bricks-and-mortar cafe under a new name, Heat Coffee. It’s located inside the Sol Flower dispensary on the southwest corner of Thunderbird Boulevard
🥖 Oldies Subs & More, a sibling concept to Gold Canyon’s Oldies Ice Cream, has opened near the southwest corner of Apache Trail and Phelps Drive in Apache Junction. Build-your-own subs are served on bread baked fresh daily. You also can
🍜 Pho Anan, a small Vietnamese eatery offering pho, banh mi, and a variety of entrees, has opened at Westgate near the southwest corner of Glendale and 93rd avenues in Glendale. The owners also operate five-year-old Vietnamese restaurant Pho Vinh Long
