By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🍞 The Food Nanny, a Utah-based store that sells kitchenwares and specialty wheat flour, has made its Arizona debut in downtown Gilbert. It takes over the recently closed Batch Cookies space near the southeast corner of Gilbert and Page. The
🦞 Cajun Breakfast Joint, which opened last summer in Chandler to rave reviews, has relocated to the former Tempe Eats food hall. The food hall launched in February 2024 on the southeast corner of Mill and Southern, offering 10 different
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🌵 Süss Pastries, a bakery specializing in European-style pastries with Sonoran flavors, has opened a storefront on the southeast corner of Seventh Avenue and Missouri in Phoenix. Launched by Jasmin Smith in 2018 out of her apartment kitchen, Süss (pronounced
🍲 Crackers & Co. Cafe, the popular East Valley breakfast and lunch concept, is closing its Tempe location after 24 years. ‘‘It is with upmost regret to inform you our landlord has denied renewing our lease,’’ the restaurant posted on
☕️ Better Buzz Coffee, a San Diego-based chain that expanded into Arizona in last year, has opened its fifth Valley location on the northeast corner of 107th Avenue and McDowell in Avondale. In addition to hot and cold coffee drinks, Better
🚫 Cheese ’n Stuff, a small sandwich shop in midtown Phoenix, is closing April 30 after 76 years in business. The deli, located on the northwest corner of Central and Camelback, began in 1949 as a cheese shop. It added
🥯 Don Guerra’s Barrio Bagel & Slice, a bakery and pizza slice drive-through from the James Beard Award-winning Tucson baker, has opened in Gilbert. The new concept takes over the former Sonic Drive-In just south of Arizona Wilderness Brewing near the southeast corner of
🍣 Handroll & Poke By Gohan, a small Japanese restaurant, has opened on the northwest corner of 91st Avenue and Glendale – just north of Westgate Entertainment District – in Glendale. The compact menu features four appetizers ($7-$11), nine specialty
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☕️ Locally owned Mission Coffee & Tea has opened just north of Eggstasy and Kodo Sushi at the Watermark near the southwest corner of Gilbert and Germann in Chandler. The cafe sources its coffees and teas directly from growers around
🍺 Walter Station Brewery in Phoenix is closing its taproom and kitchen at the end of April. The brewery instead will focus on distribution of its beers to stores, bars, and restaurants throughout Arizona. ‘‘Walter Station Taproom will remain open
🍍 Chris Bianco, Wren & Wolf, and Course Restaurant were among the honorees Monday night at the 11th annual Foodist Awards sponsored by the Arizona Restaurant Association. Bianco, best-known for his iconic Pizzeria Bianco, received this year’s Food Pioneer Award, given
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ç 🥤 California-based smoothie shop Juice It Up has made its Valley debut on the northwest corner of Rural and Ray in south Tempe. The menu offers 11 ‘‘classic’’ smoothies and 11 ‘‘specialty’’ ones. The latter include superfruit-infused, protein-infused, and
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🌮 Sonoran wood-fired restaurant Glenrosa has opened at Grass Clippings Rolling Hills golf course and entertainment venue in north Tempe. The 5,800-square-foot restaurant is the final piece of a $15 million renovation of the longtime Rolling Hills, Arizona’s only night
🚫 The best pizza in San Diego apparently wasn’t a hit with Valley diners. Ambrogio15, which has been voted San Diego’s best pizza by several publications, has closed its first out-of-state location at Biltmore Fashion Park. The elegant concept reportedly
🚫 Hot Daisy Pizza, the concept that well-known Valley pastry chef Tammie Coe launched from her bakery storefront in downtown Phoenix, is closing April 30. It opened just over four years ago on the northwest corner of Sixth Street and
🌮 The old Mission-style Taco Bell in south Scottsdale – one of fewer than 10 remaining in the country with the original 1960s look – is closing. It’s being replaced by a new modern Taco Bell getting ready to open
