By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🔥 Eat Up Drive In, an Arcadia eatery set to celebrate its four-year anniversary today, instead will be closed indefinitely after an attic fire Sunday night. ‘‘Everyone is safe and unharmed after a fire tonight at Eat Up Drive In,’’
🧡 Match Market and Bar, the signature restaurant at the Found:Re boutique hotel in downtown Phoenix, is taking reservations for its latest creative theme dinner. ‘‘The Orange Dinner,’’ which will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 10, will consist
📺 Nik Fields, chef and owner of Chic Chef 77 wine bar and The Grind coffee shop in downtown Phoenix, competes on the Food Network show “Guy’s Grocery Games” Wednesday. The show, hosted by Guy Fieri, features four chefs competing
🚫 Pescado Borracho, an elevated Mexican seafood restaurant, has closed after seven years on the southwest corner of Val Vista and Williams Field in Gilbert. The Baja-inspired restaurant was a sister concept of High Tide. ‘‘With heavy hearts, we share
🥐 Proof Bread, a bakery that started in a Mesa garage and now has three Valley storefronts, is expanding its northeast Phoenix location. The additional 1,150 square feet, which will bring the total of 5,950, will allow the bakery to to
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🍛 Mostly mired in mediocrity for decades, Indian food options in the Valley are noticeably on the upswing. In just the past year, we’ve seen noteworthy newcomers ranging from fine dining (Indibar and Peacock in Scottsdale) to pizzerias (Curry N
🌮 CRUjiente Tacos, the award-winning Arcadia taqueria set to close this weekend, has been given a reprieve, although it may only be temporary one. Earlier this month, chef and co-owner Richard Hinojosa announced the eight-year-old restaurant would close April 26
🌯 Coming soon to a Circle K near you – Burrito Express? The convenience store and the East Valley-based Mexican chain are partnering on a ‘‘hub-and-spokes’’ model in which Circle K will host central kitchens that will support smaller delivery
☕️ Oregon-based Black Rock Coffee Bar opens its second Surprise location at 5 a.m. Friday on the northwest corner of 163rd Avenue and Pat Tillman Boulevard. To celebrate the grand opening, guests will receive a limited=edition Arizona sticker. It’s Black
🚧 There’s finally some news for those wondering if award-winning Mexican restaurant Cocina Madrigal is ever going to reopen. The Phoenix landmark, which has been closed since a kitchen fire in March 2024, finally is beginning renovations and expects to
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🍺 Borderlands Brewing, one of the staples of Tucson’s craft brewing scene for 14 years, has lost its downtown building. ‘‘After more than a decade of serving Tucson with heart, with pride, and with an unwavering belief in our city,
🥟 Bing Bistro, a Chinese restaurant specializing in handmade dumplings and noodles, has opened in north Scottsdale. It takes over the space formerly home to Veggie Village in the Best Buy plaza on the southeast corner of Hayden and Frank
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Cali Tacos, a California-based chain that recently added a location in Glendale, also has opened one on the southwest corner of Lindsay and Main in east-central Mesa. The menu offers tacos on a choice of corn or flour tortillas ($2.49-$3.99),
🍚 Good Fortune, a Chinese restaurant that also offers some Japanese and Thai dishes, has opened on the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Pinnacle Peak in north Scottsdale. Besides Americanized Chinese dishes – think sweet and sour pork and orange
🍎 Six Byrd Cider has opened a second Valley taproom at its new production facility in Tempe. The cidery, which offers a rotating selection of up to 75 ciders every year, was founded in 2019 in Tempe by Jared, Eric,
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