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Get free ice cream at Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams in Scottsdale

🍦 Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, a Columbus, Ohio-based chain that made its Arizona debut last year in Old Town Scottsdale, celebrates the opening of its second Valley scoop shop at the Scottsdale Quarter from 7-11 p.m. today with free scoops

Randy’s Donuts expands with 3rd Valley store in Gilbert

🍩 Randy’s Donuts, a famed Los Angeles doughnut shop that has appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows, has opened its third Valley shop – all in the past six months – near the southeast corner of Queen Creek

Fire & Braids anchors at Pinnacle Brewing in Scottsdale

🌮 Fire & Braids, which has done Mexican food pop-ups at Pinnacle Brewing for several months, has set up a semi-permanent trailer next to the north Scottsdale brewery’s biergarten. The seasonal menu currently features corn masa sopes topped with Michoacán-style

MXSW Insider: New taphouse concept to debut in Peoria

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SanTan Brewing founder Anthony Canecchia passes away

Shocking news this morning for Arizona’s food and drink community: Anthony Canecchia – the founder of SanTan Brewing & Distilling, Arizona’s largest craft brewery – passed away Saturday. He was 51. ‘‘We are deeply saddened to receive news of the

Arizona breweries come up dry at prestigious GABF competition

🍺 Skunked! For the first time in three decades, Arizona breweries failed to win a single medal at this year’s prestigious Great American Beer Festival in Denver. GABF, the world’s largest commercial beer competition, judged more than 9,200 beers from

This weekend’s top food & drink events in the Valley

🍺 The Four Peaks Oktoberfest runs 5 p.m.-midnight today, 10 a.m.-midnight Saturday, and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday at Tempe Town Lake. General admission is $25 today and Saturday and free on Sunday. (Free all days for those under 21.) 🇬🇷

Central BBQ House opens lakeside in south Tempe

🇰🇷 Central BBQ House, a five-year-old Korean barbecue restaurant in south Phoenix, has opened a second location at The Lakes in south Tempe. It takes over the lakeside building formerly home to The Watershed (and, before that, Charlie Brown’s) on

Much-delayed Badlands Bar & Grill finally opens in Queen Creek

🍔 After nine months of construction delays, Badlands Bar & Grill finally has opened in Queen Creek. The American elevated comfort food restaurant closed its original Tempe location in January and planned to reopen that same month in the former

Stemistry launches 3rd Valley location at Scottdale apartments

💐 Eighteen-year-old entrepreneur Dylan Capshaw has opened a third Valley location of Stemistry, his unique concept that’s part coffee shop and part flower bouquet bar. It’s located in the Road Runner apartments near the southwest corner of McDowell Road and 68th

Starlite BBQ & Whiskey Bar closes after 6 years in Old Town Scottsdale

🍖 Starlite BBQ & Whiskey Bar, an upscale ’cue joint in Old Town Scottsdale, has closed after six years. The smokehouse was launched on the northeast corner of Indian School and Miller roads by Walter Sterling, the restaurateur/chef behind Phoenix’s

North Italia opens 4th Valley location today in Peoria

🍝 North Italia, the upscale-casual Italian restaurant that Fox Restaurant Concepts launched in 2002 in Tucson, opens its fourth Valley location today at The Park at 83 near the southeast corner of  the Loop 101 and Bell Road in Peoria.

Mother Tucker’s Tavern launches in Old Town Scottsdale

🍺 Mother Tucker’s Tavern, a vintage dive bar-style hangout, has opened in the former Bevvy space on the northwest corner of Saddlebag Trail and Shoeman Lane in Old Town Scottsdale. A streamlined menu offers burgers, sandwiches, tacos, and salads. Like

Wren & Wolf team debuts Creampuff Donuts in Phoenix

🍩 Creampuff Donuts, a pastry and coffee shop from Pretty Decent Concepts (Wren & Wolf, Chico Malo, Trophy Room), has opened on the southeast corner of Buchanan and First streets in downtown Phoenix. Chef Lucia Alferez’s menu features a rotating

Cielo Rojo in Phoenix temporarily closes after small fire

🔥 Cielo Rojo, a Mexican restaurant that opened in March in Phoenix’s Coronado neighborhood, has closed temporarily after a small fire broke out in a storage area at 2 a.m. Monday. The building was unoccupied so no one was injured. The

Thirsty Lion opens its largest Valley location in Glendale

🍔 Scottsdale-based gastropub chain Thirsty Lion opens its fifth Valley restaurant today at the Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale. The two-story building – the Thirsty Lion’s largest in the Valley – has a dining area, bar, and patio on the ground