By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🍣 Ginza Sushi Fusion Cuisine, which recently closed after a five-year run in north Phoenix, has reopened in Gold Canyon in the far East Valley. It takes over the former Wahoo’s Restaurant & Bar building near the northeast corner of
🍰 Portillo’s has introduced a new dessert – Salted Caramel Spice Cake, its first new cake flavor in more than 20 years – this week. You can try a slice for just $1 with the purchase of any entree in
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🍳 Scottsdale-based Eggstasy, a breakfast and lunch concept that debuted in 2014, has opened its seventh Valley location at The Colony in uptown Phoenix. It takes over the space formerly home to Tucson-based Fuku Sushi (and, before that, Pure Sushi)
🌮 Dos Familias Local Mexican, a restaurant launched by two Scottsdale families with a combined 100-plus years of food and beverage industry experience, has closed at the Adobe Ranch Plaza on the northeast corner of Shea and Frank Lloyd Wright
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🍣 Sushiholic, a nine-year-old modern Japanese restaurant in Arcadia, has launched a second location at SkySong in south Scottsdale. It takes over the space formerly home to Bitters Cocktail Bar & Food on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and McDowell
🌮 Casa Ramos Redux, a family-run Mexican restaurant near the northeast corner of Main Street and Stapley Drive in central Mesa, has closed. Casa Ramos had operated at the site from 2011-2017, then reopened in 2023 in a newly constructed
🍕 New York-based Prince Street Pizza will make its Arizona debut in the former Jimmy John’s space at Centerpoint on Mill Avenue in downtown Tempe. The pizzeria, famed for its slices of Sicilian-style square pies with cupped pepperoni, hopes to
🍑 Joyride Taco House in Phoenix and Gilbert is celebrating the rollout of its all-new frozen margaritas by hosting ‘‘Hella Chill Day’’ on Sunday. The first 100 guests at each restaurant will get a free Joyride trucker hat and a
🍺 Handlebar Pub & Grill in Apache Junction will hold its fifth annual Beer Float Day from 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday. Floats will be available featuring beers from The Shop Beer Co., Toppling Goliath Brewing, Prairie Artisan Ales, and Belching
🥤Cheba Hut, the toasted sub shop chain with seven Valley locations, is celebrating the end of summer by giving away free Kool-Aid on Saturday. No purchase or app is required.The free Kool-Aid is available in-store and for pickup, but not
🍖 The Thumb, a unique gas station/barbecue joint/gift shop hybrid in north Scottsdale, makes its second appearance on the Food Network tonight. The restaurant’s smoked meats were featured on ‘‘Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives’’ in 2015. Show host Guy Fieri returned
🎃 Today marks the unofficial start of fall as the hugely popular Pumpkin Spice Latte, as well as the rest of the fall beverage lineup, returns to Starbucks. Pumpkin Spice Latte is made with real pumpkin combined with Starbucks Signature
🍑 Peach Pizza, a fall seasonal favorite, returns today to Myke’s Pizza, the artisan pizzeria inside Cider Corps in downtown Mesa. The pizza is topped with aged Gouda and mozzarella cheeses, crispy sage, pistachios, and golden Utah peaches. It will
🌮 Illegal Pete’s, a Colorado-based chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants, has closed its only Valley location on Mill Avenue in downtown Tempe. The restaurant opened in October 2018 in a space formerly home to My Big Fat Greek Restaurant near
🌮 Tradiciones Mexican Grill, a new restaurant from the owner of Tacos El Paisain Chandler, has opened in south Tempe. It takes over the just-closed Pronto space on the southwest corner of Rural and Guadalupe roads. The Restaurant Brokers facilitated
🍳 First Watch, the national chain of brunch restaurants, has launched its latest Valley location in Surprise. It’s located at the Village at Prasada on the northeast corner of the Loop 303 and Waddell Road. What’s on the menu? Omelets,
🎵 Gilbert will launch a new event – the Sound Bites Music & Food Festival – to be held Saturday, Oct. 12, at Gilbert Regional Park. The Gin Blossoms will headline the music lineup. The Black Moods and cover band
