By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🍔 Aioli Burger in Phoenix celebrates National Cheeseburger Day today with a deal: Buy one cheeseburger and get a second free. (Also available 10:30 a.m-2 p.m. at its food truck at ASU.) One lucky diner will win free burgers for
🧇 Central Bean Cafe, a family-run bakery specializing in ‘‘croffles’’ (croissant waffles, pictured) and Filipino pastries, has opened in uptown Phoenix. It takes over the space formerly home to Infinity Sweets bakery near the southeast corner of Central Avenue and
🍕 Rosati’s Pizza celebrates its 60th anniversary today with throwback 1964 pricing – get a 14-inch two-item thin-crust carryout-only pizza for just $3.50. There’s a limit of one pizza per person per visit. See more details here. 🍕 Get $1
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🍲 Top One Hot Pot & Asian Cuisine, a restaurant specializing in traditional hot pots, has opened at Superstition Springs on the northwest corner of Power and Baseline roads in east Mesa. Besides hot pots (including a mini version for solo
🥑 Today is National Guacamole Day, and Los Sombreros in Scottsdale and Mesa is offering a $30 all-you-can-eat special on its freshly made guac (pictured). In Old Town Scottsdale, Diego Pops has 50% off its guac today. 🍷 Board &
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🥙 Spitz, a Los Angeles-based Mediterranean street food concept that made its Arizona debut last year, opens its third Valley location today near downtown Chandler. It takes over the former Roll-Em-Up Taquitos space on the southeast corner of Arizona Avenue and
🍕 Grimaldi’s Pizzeria, which has six Valley locations, holds its 13th annual No Kid Hungry campaign this month. For every $5 donated (up to $25 per visit), guests receive bounce-back cards matching the donation to use on their next visit. All
🧋 Pu’er Taiwan Tea & Coffee, a Texas-based chain specializing in its namesake fermented variety of tea, has made its Arizona debut at the Agua Fria Towne Center on the northeast corner of the Loop 101 and Camelback Road in
☕️ San Diego-based Better Buzz Coffee launches its second Valley location at 5 a.m. Thursday in south Tempe. The store, which has a double drive-through, is located on the northwest corner of Kyrene and Elliot roads. Besides hot and cold coffee
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🦞 Krazy Cajun Seafood & Hibachi, which debuted in Phoenix in 2021, has opened a second location in the Fry’s plaza on the northwest corner of Rural and Ray roads in south Tempe. Previous occupants of the space included Asian
👨🍳 Chilte co-owner Lawrence ‘‘LT’’ Smith (pictured) has been named one of the 13 Best New Chefs in the U.S. by Food and Wine. His Mexican restaurant, which opened at the Egyptian Motor Hotel in downtown Phoenix last year, was
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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
