By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🍣 Downtown Phoenix sushi eatery Kaizen has closed after four years, but owners Troy Watkins and Kyu Utsunomiya plan to open a ‘‘mini Kaizen’’ inside their other sushi concept, Silo in downtown Tempe, in mid-August. Besides sushi, Kaizen offered a Japanese-Latin American fusion menu
🍺 Cogburn’s Big Wings, an East Valley group of country-themed sports bars that just closed a location at Cooper and Warner in Gilbert, is back to four locations overall with the launch of a new one on the northwest corner of
🥙 The Green Olive, a Mediterranean counter-service restaurant and caterer, has opened in the former Supreme Shawarma space on the southwest corner of Country Club and Southern in central Mesa. The menu offers kabobs (steak, ground beef, chicken, shrimp, or salmon), gyros, falafel,
🍦 Artisan ice cream shop Sweet Republic, launched by Jan Wichayanuparp and Helen Yung in Scottsdale in 2008, celebrates its Sweet 16 anniversary by giving away free scoops from 8 p.m.-10 p.m. tonight. You can choose from 21 flavors and four
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An all-star lineup of Valley chefs – Adam Allison (right), Delilah Becerra, Jacob Cutino, Stephen Jones, Brent Kille, Jeff Kraus (left), Mat Meyer, and Dom Ruggiero – will prepare the second annual Nicole Learmont Cancer Benefit Brunch from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday
An all-star lineup of Valley chefs – Adam Allison (right), Delilah Becerra, Jacob Cutino, Stephen Jones, Brent Kille, Jeff Kraus (left), Mat Meyer, and Dom Ruggiero – will prepare the second annual Nicole Learmont Cancer Benefit Brunch from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday
🌮 Taco Chelo, the popular taqueria on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix, finally has opened its long-awaited Tempe location on the northeast corner of College Avenue and Sixth Street, just south across the street from Sun Devil Stadium. The menu focuses
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🍺 Ahwatukee brewpub Wicked Brews, Bites & Spirits, which opened in 2020 and released its first beer in 2021, has closed on the southwest corner of I-10 and Ray in Ahwatukee. The owners have partnered with the owner of Brews Burger Joint in
🏡 Garden Bar, an award-winning cocktail bar that opened in downtown Phoenix in 2021, is up for sale. Owner Kim Haasarud, former president of the United States Bartenders’ Guild, and her husband, Kevin, say they’re selling for a better work-life balance,
🍹 Congrats to several Phoenix bars and bartenders named among 10 finalists in their respective categories in Tales of the Cocktail Foundation’s 18th annual Spirited Awards, the Oscars of the bar industry: U.S. Bartender of the Year: Nicole Giampino of
🍛 Avasa, an Asian fusion restaurant whose menu ranges from Indian to Thai, has opened in the Changing Hands Bookstore plaza on the southwest corner of McClintock and Guadalupe in south Tempe. It takes over the longtime Mac’s Tap & Broiler
🐓 Sneakybird, a fast-casual oven-grilled chicken concept from former Native Grill & Wings CEO Daniel Chaon that debuted in Scottsdale in 2022, has launched a second location at Verde at Cooley Station on the southwest corner of Recker and Williams Field
🌮 Mexican restaurant Popo’s Fiesta del Sol has opened its third Valley location on the southwest corner of McDowell and the Estrella Parkway in Goodyear, joining others in west Phoenix (since 1964) and Glendale. House specialties include rolled quesadillas, green
🥌 Lane Park, believed to be the first restaurant or bar in the U.S. to have indoor “bar-style” ice curling, has opened on the northwest corner of First Street and Brown in Old Town Scottsdale. Besides four lanes of curling (pictured
🌮 Mexican restaurant Jalapeño Inferno is closing its location at Market Street at DC Ranch in north Scottsdale. ‘‘We worked hard to renew our lease with the landlord after our initial 10-year run and were simply unable to come to reasonable terms
🍺 Tempe-based Huss Brewing is giving away $500 in beer to someone getting married in the next 12 months. If you’re 21 or over (and planning to get hitched), you can enter here to win the brewery’s Happily Ever After wedding package. The drawing
🍹 Oliver’s Modern American, a new concept from the owners of The Eleanor and Fate Brewing, opens today near the northeast corner of Hayden and Thomas in south Scottsdale. The 1960s building, once the country’s only Polynesian Dairy Queen, was moved from
咽 Phoenix-based drive-through concept Angie’s Lobster has launched its sixth Valley location – this one also with inside ordering and dining – on the southeast corner of Rural and Ray in west Chandler. Maine lobster meals (warm or chilled lobster roll or
