By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🥤 McDonald’s brings back its nostalgic collectors cups today. The new cups – which are plastic, not glass as they were in the ’70s – feature Barbie, Hello Kitty, Beanie Babies, the Coca-Cola polar bear, Shrek, and McDonald’s mascots. You
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🍽️ The first-ever Queen Creek Restaurant Week kicks off today with 20 restaurants and bars offering special menus, prix fixe meals, and discounts. Who’s participating? Cold Stone Creamery Duck Donuts Jeremiah’s Italian Ice Menchie’s Mici Italian Old Ellsworth Brewing Palma
🇹🇭 LeDu Thai is the latest addition to the Roosevelt Row district arts district in downtown Phoenix. It’s located behind Taco Chelo on the southeast corner of Roosevelt and Fifth streets. What’s on the menu? Southern Thai noodle, rice, and
🐓 Boston Market, the pioneering rotisserie chicken restaurant, is on the verge of extinction. The fast-food concept, which once had more than 1,000 U.S. locations, is down to just two dozen. None remain in Arizona. What happened? Boston Market took
🦞 Cajon Breakfast Joint, a restaurant specializing in Cajun and Creole dishes, has opened at Dobson Plaza in Chandler. It takes over the former Mommie Cakes space on the northwest corner of Dobson and Elliot roads. What’s on the menu?
🌮 Caramba, a family-run group of Mexican sit-down restaurants, has opened its sixth Valley location at The Citadelle in Glendale. The restaurant near the southwest corner of the Loop 101 and 59th Avenue is the fourth in Glendale, where Caramba
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🥟 Din Tai Fung, a Chinese restaurant whose original location in Taiwan has received multiple Michelin stars, is coming to Scottsdale Fashion Square. The restaurant has 17 locations in the U.S. Nine are in California, four in Washington, two in
🌮 Family-run Latin American restaurant Achiote Latin Cuisine has opened at Chandler Commons in Chandler. The former Saguaros Tacos Y Churros food truck takes over the strip-mall space formerly home to DEZ Burrito on the southwest corner of Ray and
🍕 Mobile pizza pop-up Otra Pizzeria has found a semi-permanent home at Spce Coffee in Phoenix. Spce will continue to operate during the day on the northwest corner of McDowell Road and 18th Street, then Otra will take over the
🍺 Tickets for the third annual AZ Craft Beer Awards Festival in Tempe on Saturday, Oct. 19, are now on sale. This year’s festival, sponsored by the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild and Phoenix Magazine, moves from the Great Lawn at State Farm Stadium
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🍣 Simply Shroom, a cafe specializing in mushroom coffees and lattes, has opened on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Marshall Way in Old Town Scottsdale. In a market segment dominated by masculine themes, owners Crystal Carroll and Sharmi
🍣 Japanese restaurant Yuzu Omakase has soft-opened for takeout and catering at Tatum Point in northeast Phoenix. It takes over the former Copperhead Bistro space in the Walmart-Petco center on the southwest corner of Bell Road and Tatum Boulevard. Yuzu
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🔥 The Mexicano , a Mexico City-inspired restaurant that opened in Paradise Valley in 2021, was damaged by a kitchen fire Saturday. Phoenix firefighters were able to confine the fire to the kitchen, where the fire apparently started near the
🌮 Valle Luna Lunatics, a smaller ”cantina” concept from the owners of Valle Luna Mexican restaurants, has made its debut in west Phoenix. It takes over the former Mi Familia Mexican Food space on the northeast corner of Happy Valley
☕️ Curate Cafe, a coffeehouse and brunch eatery from Curate Cuisine chef Joseph Lerner, has opened at Grayhawk Plaza in north Scottsdale. It takes over the space formerly home to The Yogurt Bar near the northeast corner of Scottsdale Road
🍝 Just a week after shuttering its 25-year-old west Chandler location, Florida-based Italian chain Buca di Beppo has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The chain, which had nearly 100 locations a decade ago, closed 13 ”underperforming” restaurants last week,
