By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🍺 Ground Control owner Ian Harwell, whose Litchfield Park gastropub closed in December, will bring back some of his most popular menu items for a pop-up from 4-8 p.m. Monday at Tombstone Brewing in Phoenix. The menu items: Cabo Burrito
🍽️ More than 30 restaurants are participating in the second annual Queen Creek Restaurant Week, which kicks off Monday and runs through Sunday. Unlike typical restaurant weeks – which offer prix-fixe menus for certain set prices – each Queen Creek
🥧 Chandler bakery Quiches & Pies has been named one of nine “Best Places for Pie in the West” by AAA’s travel magazine Via. The shop, which Cuisine & Wine Bistro owners Máiréad and Fabrice Buschtetz opened last November, was
🚫 The original location of Ra Sushi in Old Town Scottsdale has been ‘‘temporarily closed for a major renovation,’’ according to its Denver-based parent company, The One Group. Strangely, the location has been completely removed from Ra Sushi’s website, and
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🇮🇳 Chaat & Curry Point, an eatery specializing in north Indian street foods, has opened on the northwest corner of Val Vista and Ray in Gilbert. Besides street chaat, the all-vegetarian menu includes curries, rice bowls, and vegetable and paneer
🍲 BoSa Kobe Hot Pot, a sister concept of the Valley’s ubiquitous BoSa Donuts, opens its second location Friday on the northwest corner of Northsight and Raintree in north Scottsdale. BoSa Donuts owner Jackson Chao and his cousin Sovanna Srey
🚫 The Living Room, a neighborhood wine café and lounge, has closed its Ahwatukee location next to the AMC theaters on the southwest corner of I-10 and Ray. The location opened in June 2016. No explanation was given for the
🇹🇭 PP Thai & Sushi Bar has taken over the former Nunthaporn’s Thai Cuisine space just west of the Mesa Arts Center in downtown Mesa. Nunthaporn’s had occupied the space near the southwest corner of Main and Center since 2009.
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🍺 Major news for the Valley’s craft beer community: Huss Brewing, the second-largest craft brewery in Arizona, and PHX Beer Co., the 12th-largest, are merging into a partnership called Zonafide Beverages. Both breweries will retain their independent identities and brands,
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🍣 Sam’s Club has launched the membership warehouse chain’s first in-store sushi station at its just-opened location at Tempe Marketplace. The sushi station, headed by chef Bran Mai, features grab-and-go items, such as 10- to 15-piece rolls for under $10,
🐓 Zaxbys, a Georgia-based fried chicken concept, makes its Arizona debut Wednesday at the Vineyard Towne Center on the northwest corner of Combs and Gantzel in Queen Creek. The fast-casual restaurant and drive-through offers chicken tenders, wings, sandwiches, and salads. You
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🍕 Federal Pizza, which debuted in uptown Phoenix in 2012, launches a second location at 11 a.m. Tuesday at PV, the revitalized former Paradise Valley Mall, in northeast Phoenix. The Upward Projects concept – a sibling to Postino Wine Café,
🇮🇳 Veda Indian Cuisine, an elevated restaurant offering regional classics and contemporary dishes, has opened in the Best Buy plaza on the southwest corner of the 101 and Frank Lloyd Wright in north Scottsdale. Menu highlights include chicken malai kebobs,
🌍 Mercy’s Kitchen, a restaurant offering West African cuisine prepared by Ghanaian chefs, has opened in Gilbert. It takes over the former Thai Chili space on the southeast corner of Val Vista and Baseline. Signature dishes include: Jollof, a dish
