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Author: Jess Harter

Graze Craze expands with 3rd Valley store in north Phoenix

🍓 On the heels of opening its second Valley store in Fountain Hills in March, Florida-based Graze Craze has launched a third on the southwest corner of Thunderbird and 32nd Street in north Phoenix. The stores specialize in grazing boards and boxes

Tempe-based Catalyst Crafted Ales launches southeast Mesa taproom

🍺 Tempe brewery Catalyst Crafted Ales, which made its debut in October, has expanded by soft-opening a taproom in southeast Mesa. It takes over the former Cork Crush Wine & Beer House on the southeast corner of Ellsworth and Ray. Some remodeling

Longtime bartender at Phoenix pub George & Dragon dies after surgery

🌹 Condolences to the family, friends, and co-workers of longtime George & Dragon bartender Haylee Hunsucker, who passed away from complications following May 2 surgery to remove a malignant pituitary tumor. Hunsucker, who was 37, had worked at the English

Peacock Wine & Book Bar in Gilbert to close June 15

🚫 Peacock Wine & Book Bar, which opened in 2019 on the southeast corner of Gilbert and Baseline in Gilbert, is closing June 15. ‘‘This was not an easy decision but one that had to be made,’’ owner Tracy Schoenley

Little Joe’s Italian Market opens in Gilbert

🇮🇹 Little Joe’s Italian Market, a bricks-and-mortar spinoff of the East Coast Joe’s food truck, has opened in the former Matcha Grove space on the southeast corner of McQueen and Elliot in Gilbert. The menu features pizzas, pastas, and sandwiches to go.

Cogburn’s closes 1 of 3 locations in Gilbert

🍗  Cogburn’s Big Wings, a country-themed sports bar concept, has closed its seven-year-old location on the southeast corner of Cooper and Warner in Gilbert. According to a notice on the door, the landlord locked out the restaurant for failure to

Cha Yen Pho & Boba debuts in north Phoenix

🍜 Cha Yen Pho & Boba, a strip-mall eatery offering Vietnamese and Thai food, has opened on the southeast corner of Seventh Street and Bell in north Phoenix. The menu includes 12 kinds of the namesake pho, plus rice vermicelli (bun),