By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🦉 Hooters — the Atlanta-based restaurant chain known for chicken wings and its skimpy wait-staff outfits — has filed for bankruptcy. It plans to sell all of its 100 company-owned restaurants to two of its franchisee groups and exit bankruptcy this
🚫 Netta Cheta’s on Mill, a locally owned breakfast and lunch restaurant, has closed on the northwest corner of Mill and Southern in Tempe. ‘‘While this was not an easy decision, we know it’s the right one for us at
🍝 Pasta Love, an Italian takeout concept offering pastas and salads, has opened in north Phoenix. It’s moved into the former Dirty Dough space next to Mesquite Fresh Street Mex near the northeast corner of 19th Avenue and Happy Valley.
🍷 Jamie’s Bottle Shop, a wine bar and retail shop from Wrigley Mansion owner Jamie Hormel, has opened in Old Town Scottsdale. It takes over the former River Trading Post art gallery space near the southeast corner of Goldwater and
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🍺 Tough economic times continue for Valley craft beer with The Beer Research Institute and Taproom-120 announcing their impending closures. Beer Research Institute BRI, Mesa’s oldest craft brewery, announced Saturday that Sunday would be its final day on the southeast
🚧 Glenrosa, a much-anticipated Sonoran wood-fired restaurant, will open Saturday, April 5, at Grass Clippings Rolling Hills Golf Course in north Tempe. But James Beard-nominated chef Samantha Sanz (Talavera, Virtú Honest Craft, Elements) no longer is partnering with the 5,800-square-foot
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📺 Paradise Valley Burger Co. will be one of three restaurants featured Friday on the Food Network’s ‘‘Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Triple D Nation.’’ The episode, titled ‘‘All-American Eats,’’ will air at 6 p.m. and repeat at 9 p.m. on
⚾️ Tom’s Watch Bar, a Colorado-based chain of sports bars, has made its Arizona debut in downtown Phoenix just in time for the start of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ season. It takes over the former Hard Rock Cafe space (most recently
🍜 Shio Ramen & Crudo, a new concept from the owners of Sushiholic, has soft-opened on the ASU SkySong campus in south Scottsdale. It takes over the space formerly home to Clever Ramen, which closed last summer, on the southeast
🍖 Queen Creek Barbecue Co., a bricks-and-mortar restaurant from the owners of the Bama BBQ 4 Ever food truck, has opened in Queen Creek. It takes over the former OG’z Original Empanada Shop on the northwest corner of Ellsworth and
☕️ Moka & Co., a chain specializing in traditional Yemeni coffee, has made its Arizona debut in front of the Walmart on the southwest corner of Greenfield and the U.S. 60 in Mesa. Yemini coffee, made from beans cultivated on
🍣 California-based Kura Sushi, the country’s largest revolving sushi bar chain, has opened its third Valley location in north Scottsdale. It takes over the former Flo’s New Asian Cuisine at The Promenade on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and Frank
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🍖 Mission BBQ, a Maryland-based chain dedicated to giving back to veterans, police, and firefighters, has made its Arizona debut near PV, the $2 billion redevelopment of the former Paradise Valley Mall in northeast Phoenix. The fast-casual restaurant is located
🍳 Da Kitchin Grill, an all-day restaurant that’s been under construction since 2022, finally has soft-opened in Ahwatukee. The new concept from Charles Stewart, a former managing partner at Biscuits and Cactus Jack’s, takes over the former Trattoria D’Amico space on
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