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🍷 Wine Spectator has released its annual Restaurant Awards honoring 3,700-plus establishments worldwide for excellence in their wine programs. The awards, which began in 1981, have three levels. Four restaurants – two in California and two in Europe – received
🍝 Italian-American fast-casual chain Fazoli’s has opened its second Arizona stand-alone location (not counting a mini store at Sky Harbor Airport) in Glendale. It takes over the former Boston Market building on the southeast corner of Peoria and 59th Avenue. Fazoli’s first
🔪 Former Bacanora chef Derek Christensen (shown on right) will compete Tuesday on the popular Food Network show ‘‘Chopped.’’ The episode, titled ‘‘Southwestern Strength,’’ will air at 8 p.m. on most TV providers. According to the network: ‘‘Four Southwestern competitors
🍸 Another day, another longtime Valley food and drink establishment is closing. This time it’s Merc Bar, the cocktail lounge that’s been pouring drinks at the Esplanade in Phoenix since 1996. This Saturday night will be the upscale bar’s swan
🐓 The Farmhouse, a fixture in Gilbert since 1989, is the latest longtime Valley restaurant to announce its impending closure. Its last day will be Sunday. Owners Sylvia Hilligardt and daughter Milli launched The Farmhouse in a stand-alone building — an
🇵🇭 Tambayan, which began as a Filipino food ghost kitchen in 2019 and then became a food truck in 2023, has opened a bricks-and-mortar restaurant on the northwest corner of Camelback and 15th Avenue in Phoenix. It takes over the 5,000-square-foot
🥡 Gilbert restaurant Dragon Wok, which has been closed since a despondent man crashed his vehicle into the restaurant and fatally shot himself May 14, began construction repairs over the weekend and hopes to reopen in three weeks. The Chinese eatery’s GoFundMe
🍞 Against the Grain, a gluten-free bakery, grocery, and cafe, has opened near the northwest corner of Main and MacDonald in downtown Mesa. It takes over the space formerly home to Smitholator Cookie Shop (across the street from Proof Bread). The
