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Author: Jess Harter

It’s National Pita Day & other food news tidbits

🥙 It’s National Pita Day! Pita Jungle is donating $1 from every pita sandwich sold today at its 23 Arizona locations to local non-profit Waste Not, whose mission is creating sustainable food systems that help people and the planet flourish.

Empower Coffee Roasters launches 1st bricks & mortar cafe in Mesa

☕️ Empower Coffee Roasters, which Denise and Zach Gamza (pictured) launched in 2020 with a mission to empower women through education and opportunity, has opened a bricks-and-mortar cafe on the southeast corner of Southern and Gilbert in Mesa. What’s on

Tempe’s Zu Izakaya opens 2nd location in northeast Phoenix

🍣 Zu Izakaya, an eight-year-old Tempe kitchen and bar offering Asian fusion cuisine and sushi, has opened a second location in the Sprouts shopping center on the northeast corner of Tatum and Cactus in northeast Phoenix. What’s on the menu?

Scottdale’s Gelato Cimmino opens location in downtown Gilbert

🍨 Gelato Cimmino, a locally owned gelato shop that opened in Old Town Scottsdale in 2018, has launched its long-in-the-works second location on the northeast corner of Gilbert and Vaughn (just north of OHSO Brewery) in downtown Gilbert. Owner Mario

Number 1 Buffet draws frequent lines in Avondale for its Chinese food

🥢 Number 1 Buffet, an all-you-eat Chinese restaurant, has opened at the Gateway Crossing shopping center on the northwest corner of I-10 and 99th Avenue in Avondale. What’s on the menu? A huge buffet of Chinese dishes (well, mostly Americanized