By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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👨🏻🚒 Birdcall has teamed up with the Mesa Fire Department on a 2025 firefighter calendar to benefit Stop Our Stigma, a nonprofit committed to reducing suicide among paramedics, EMTs, and firefighters. The calendars, which have monthly promos and coupons, are
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🍕 Giovanna’s Pizza, a family-run Italian restaurant specializing in New York-style pizzas, has opened on the southeast corner of Mountain View and Via Linda in central Scottsdale. It takes over the Mercado at Scottsdale Ranch strip-mall space formerly home to
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🧇 Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles, the iconic Southern comfort-food restaurant founded by Larry “Lo-Lo” White, closed its nine-year-old location in downtown Gilbert on Sunday. ‘‘If you’re ever looking for that #Loloschickenandwaffles Fix, We Still Going Strong in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Las Vegas
In no particular order: 🌮 Velvet Taco: Dallas-based chain’s first Arizona location offers more than 20 globally inspired tacos in Old Town Scottsdale. (see story) 🇮🇳 Curries Indian Cuisine & Bar: Popular Yuma restaurant’s second location boasts nearly 50 kinds of
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🍕 Barro’s Pizza holds its 13th annual Doran Barro Holiday Hunger Fight on Tuesday, Dec. 2. The chain will donate 100% of proceeds from all dine-in, carry-out, and delivery orders at all 49 Arizona locations to St. Mary’s Food Bank.
🐶 Fast-food chain Raising Cane’s has begun selling its annual Plush Puppies to benefit local pet welfare organizations. This year’s edition, “Raise a Little Cane,” features a plush dog dressed as a candy cane. The dogs sell for $9.99 with
🥃 Here’s an event that whiskey fans won’t want to miss: Dan McKee, master distiller for Michter’s, will be the featured guest for a four-course pairings dinner at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, at Proof at the Four Seasons Resort
🍝 American Way Pasta, a sit-down Italian restaurant featuring a variety of freshly made pastas, has opened in the Safeway plaza on the southwest corner of Elliot and 48th Street in Ahwatukee. It takes over the space formerly home to
🍽️ Three of the Valley’s top chefs will team up for a multi-course dinner at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, at the recently reopened The Larder & The Delta in midtown Phoenix. The chefs: Stephen Jones (Larder & Delta), Bernie
🐓 Full Speed Chicken & Ribs, the fast-casual sibling of acclaimed Little Miss BBQ, has closed after seven months in downtown Phoenix. Full Speed had opened in the former Trapp Haus BBQ space on the southeast corner of Roosevelt and
🕺 Thundercat Lounge, a 1980s- and ’90s-inspired dance club that opened in January, has closed on the southeast corner of Van Buren and Ninth Avenue in downtown Phoenix. ‘‘We have all seen countless restaurants and bars that we love close this
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🥧 Quiches & Pies, a French bakery from the owners of French bistro Cuisine & Wine, has opened on the southeast corner of Alma School and Ray in Chandler. Owners Fabrice (pictured) and Mairead Buschtetz launched the bakery online last
🐓 Sneakybird, a local fast-casual concept featuring oven-grilled chicken, has made its West Valley debut at the Village at Prasada on the northeast corner of the Loop 303 and Waddell in Surprise. Former Native Grill & Wings CEO Daniel Chaon
🌭 Short Leash Hotdogs & Taproom, a central Phoenix eatery offering gourmet hot dogs and craft beers, has been sold and will close at Indian School and Seventh Avenue on Dec. 21. On their website, Brad and Katherine “Kat” Moore,
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🍺 The third time was the charm for Pedal Haus Brewery. After failing to meet two announced opening dates, its new biergarten concept finally launched over the weekend in downtown Mesa. The brewery’s fourth restaurant and taproom takes over the
