By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🍳 This week’s closing of BLD – the Chandler restaurant was sold to another local brunch concept (see story) – wasn’t due to a lack of success, owner Jackson Armstrong says. ‘‘I always got offers on that store,’’ he says. ‘‘It’s
🚫 BLD, a comfort food brunch restaurant, has closed after 13 years in south Chandler, and another brunch concept – Brunch Snob – will move into the space on the northeast corner of Germann and Dobson. No reason was given
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🚫 Thaily’s, an acclaimed Cambodian-Arabic fusion restaurant, has closed after three years near downtown Chandler. The small eatery was located on the north side of Chandler Boulevard about halfway between Arizona Avenue and McQueen Drive. ‘This is not goodbye so
🌮 The Guadalupe on Main, a modern Southwest restaurant with a focus on Jalisco-style dishes, has opened in central Mesa. It takes over the building formerly home to Casa Ramos Redux, which closed last month, on the north side of
🥬 Green (pictured), Uniq Burger, Dilla Libre, and Freak Brothers Pizza are some of the restaurants, food trucks, and other food vendors participating in Phoenix Vegetarian Restaurant Week, which runs through Sunday. Check the website to see the special prix-fixe
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🐕 Three Dog Bakery, a Kansas City-based chain that bills itself as ‘‘the world’s first bakery for dogs,’’ has made its Arizona debut on the southwest corner of Alma School and Queen Creek roads in south Chandler. Small-batch treats include
🍹 Congrats to The Montauk bartender Barrymore ‘‘Bud’’ Shaw (pictured), who beat out 950 other bartenders to win the 2024 Coramino Cup, sponsored by Gran Coramino Tequila, in Las Vegas. Shaw won $10,000 and will appear with comedian/actor Kevin Hart
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🍕 Little Ray’s Pizzeria, a family-owned Italian restaurant, has opened on the northeast corner of Beardsley Road and 59th Avenue in Glendale. New York-style pizzas range from traditional thin-crust to Sicilian thick-crust (pictured). In addition to pizzas and calzones, the
🐓 Chick-fil-A has opened its first ‘‘elevated drive-thru concept’’ – four drive-thru lanes with an over-sized kitchen on the second floor (but no dining room) – in metro Atlanta. Food is sent down on conveyor belts to workers who deliver
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🍛 Indian Curry Bowls – a restaurant with two co-owners, one from northern India and the other from southern India – has opened on the southwest corner of Estrella Parkway and Elwood Street in Goodyear. The co-owners have resided in
🍺 September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and OHSO Brewery has just canned its seasonal 988, an IPA it launched in 2017 to raise awareness of the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Last year, more than 90 breweries from 30 states joined
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🥖 Paris Banh Mi Cafe & Bakery, a Florida-based chain of Vietnamese sandwich and coffee shops, opens its second Arizona location today in Chandler. It takes over the former Barro’s Pizza space on the northwest corner of Alma School and
🌭 Dog Haus, which has locations in Phoenix, Tempe, Chandler, and Gilbert, introduces its first-ever Oktoberfest menu today. It features a bratwurst with caramelized onions and sauerkraut, a beer cheese sausage burrito, King’s Hawaiian pretzel bites, and drink specials. Available
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🍣 Silo, a year-old pop-up from the team behind The Larry and the now-closed Kaizen in Phoenix, has moved into its permanent space at the Hayden Ferry Lakeside office campus on the northeast corner of Mill Avenue and Rio Salado
