By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🍺🍔 Scottsdale-based Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers has opened its 17th location at the Village at Prasada on the southeast corner of Waddell and the Loop 303 in Surprise. The menu features 19 speciality burgers, plus sliders, wings, sandwiches, hot dogs, and mac
🍣 Sakana Sushi & Grill, which is closing its longtime Ahwatukee restaurant at the end of this month, also will shut down its final location in central Scottsdale on Saturday, June 29, MXSW has confirmed. Sakana, which was founded in 1994
🌮 Señor Taco Express, a quick-service version of Mexican concept Señor Taco, has launched its third Valley location in the former Jack in the Box building near the southeast corner of Central and Osborn in midtown Phoenix. The menu focuses on tacos,
Award-winning Superstition Meadery is closing its downtown Phoenix location at the end of business Sunday, owners Jeff and Jen Herbert announced on social media. ‘‘Basically, from ingredients to labor to rent, everything is much more expensive and this rate of
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🍸 Amelia’s by Eat in Scottsdale and Roxx Vodka are celebrating National Martini Day with three special $14 pairings Wednesday: There also will be a build-your-own-martini bar from 4-6 p.m., giveaways, and more.
🍕 You have until midnight Wednesday to enter the drawing at Floridino’s Pizza & Pasta in Chandler to purchase tickets for its special four-course Pizza Muffin Dinner with Pizza Port Brewing pairings on Thursday, July 18. The raffle, which is being held because previous
🍣 Rock N Roll Sushi, an Alabama-based chain with locations in Glendale and Goodyear, is celebrating National Sushi Day today by kicking off a sweepstakes for free sushi for a year. The winner will receive a punch card good for $20
🍹 Phoenix has three finalists announced today in the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards, one of the top honors for bars and bartenders. Century Grand, which won Best U.S. Cocktail Bar last year, is one of four finalists for
🍣 Sakana Sushi & Grill, a popular Japanese concept that debuted in 1994, is closing its Ahwatukee location at Elliot and 51st Street at the end of this month. Several employees tell MXSW they learned the news when they showed up
🍺 Uncle Bear’s Grill & Tap has closed its location on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and Bell in north Scottsdale, where it took over the former Tipsy Coyote space less than two years ago. It’s the second Uncle Bear’s to close
🥗 Drive-through concept Salad and Go has opened its 56th Valley location on the northwest corner of Country Club and Baseline in Mesa. The menu offers chef-designed salads (also available as wraps), breakfast burritos, and soup. Launched in Gilbert in 2013, Salad
🌽 Queen Creek Olive Mill holds its annual Corn Roast from 5-9 p.m. today. Festivities include four featured street corn flavors, a corn-curated menu, live music, and fun and games in the grove. Admission is free. 🌮 El Patron New Mexican Restaurant &
🍗 Phoenix soul food restaurant Momma’s Soul Fish & Chicken has soft-opened a second location in the former JJ’s Grubb Shack & Sports Bar space near the northwest corner of Main and Higley in east Mesa. Momma’s debuted last May on the
🎤 Japanese-themed sushi and karaoke bar Geisha A Go Go, an Old Town Scottsdale fixture for 17 years, will close its doors this weekend. ‘‘The sun is setting on this girl as the property is being developed in the near
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Mexican restaurant Okay Maguey, a self-described ‘‘scratch kitchen gourmet taco bar,’’ has opened near the southeast corner of Tatum and Cactus in northeast Phoenix. Nine kinds of tacos, ranging from Michoacán-style pork to garlic shrimp to conchinita pibil, are the
🇮🇹 A Gourmet, an Italian-inspired artisan sandwich shop, has opened on the southeast corner of Bell and Litchfield in Surprise. The menu consists of 10 sandwiches, including the Prosciutto (pictured, with aged Italian prosciutto, truffle pecorino spread, burrata. basil pesto, and
🍳 Scottsdale-based brunch concept Over Easy has launched its 13th Valley location on the southwest corner of Gantzel and Combs in Queen Creek. The restaurant, built by Laurshan Construction, offers popular dishes such as banana nut french toast (pictured), waffle-wrapped sausages on a stick,
🍔 I’ve lived in the Valley long enough to remember when we had A&W Restaurant drive-ins. Back in the ’80s, I drove past one at Stapley and Broadway in Mesa every day on my way to work. Eventually, though, all Valley
