By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🍝 Mama Linda’s Italian Kitchen, a restaurant and bar offering classic Italian dishes and flatbread pizzas, has opened on the south side of Main Street, about halfway between Greenfield and Higley in east Mesa. What’s on the menu? Entrees such
🍨 Phoenix’s historic Mary Coyle Ol’ Fashion Ice Cream, which has occupied several different locations over its 73 years, appears to have closed permanently. The business seemingly shut down for good in 2019, but was resurrected by a new owner
🍸 Lola’s Liquors, a trendy cocktail bar with a small food menu, has opened next to Murphy’s Law Irish Pub near the northwest corner of San Marcos and Boston in downtown Chandler. It’s the latest concept from Liquid Sunshine Projects,
🏷️ Looking for pots, pans, dishes, or cookbooks? Tempe bakery Tracy Dempsey Originals is hosting a Culinary Rummage Sale to benefit the non-profit Blue Watermelon Profit from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. today and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. 🎨 There will be
🌮 Pinche’s Tacos Al Carbon, a small counter-service taco shop, has opened in a strip mall on the northeast corner of Union Hills and Seventh Avenue in north Phoenix. What’s on the menu? Burritos ($10.99), tacos ($3.29), quesadillas ($2.99-$9.99), and
🎉 Backyard, an 8,000-square-foot indoor/outdoor bar and grill, opens today in the former Sandbar Mexican Grill building at Desert Ridge Marketplace in northeast Phoenix. Both Backyard and Sandbar are concepts from Scottsdale-based Evening Entertainment Group, which also includes Bottled Blonde,
🇻🇳 Pho Ngoc, a family-owned Vietnamese restaurant, has opened in the Safeway shopping center on the northwest corner of Alma School and Chandler Heights in south Chandler. What’s on the menu? Appetizers ($6.99-$9.99), pho ($14.99-$15.99), stir fry dishes ($14.99), broken
Adrianne Calvo, an award-winning Miami-based restaurateur, cookbook author, Emmy-nominated YouTube show host, and podcaster known for her cookbook “Maximum Flavor,” will be the featured chef for the fourth annual Swing Into Spring Social. The event, which will take place 6-10
🏨 After a covid-induced four-year delay, the Caesars Republic Scottsdale hotel opens today on the northeast corner of Goldwater and Highland on the north side of Scottsdale Fashion Square. The 11-story hotel has three restaurants – Luna by Giada, Pronto
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After more than a century, Chandler’s oldest family-owned business is closing. Serrano’s Mexican Restaurants has announced its flagship location in downtown Chandler will close June 1. The three other locations – two in Mesa and one in Queen Creek –
🐕 Scottsdale-based Echo Coffee opens its second location Wednesday inside the Arizona Humane Society’s new state-of-the-art Rob & Melani Walton Papago Park Campus on the southwest corner of Van Buren and 55th Street in east Phoenix. Echo Coffee owner Rob
🥪 C&C Fresh-N-Tasty Subs, a small independent sandwich shop that describes itself as ‘‘the best thing since sliced bread,’’ has opened in the former Wide Daddy’s strip-mall space on the northwest corner of Lindsay and University in east Mesa. What’s
🍦 Celebrate Shaquille O’Neal’s birthday Wednesday with a free ice cream cone at the former NBA star’s Big Chicken restaurant in downtown Gilbert. No purchase is necessary, but there’s a limit of one cone per person. 🐘 Stroll select Phoenix
🥂 Mon Cheri, a female-focused champagne café and charcuterie bar, has opened in the former Arcadia Farms Cafe space near the northeast corner of Goldwater and First Avenue in Old Town Scottsdale. Arcadia Farms sold the longtime property in 2022
🌺 Hawaiian Bros. Island Grill, a quick-service chain actually based in Kansas City, Mo., opens its third Valley restaurant at 11 a.m. today on the northwest corner of Bell and 73rd Avenue in northwest Phoenix. What’s on the menu? Plate
🚫 Taco Culture, a family-run Mexican restaurant, has closed after four years on the southeast corner of 32nd Street and Chandler Boulevard in Ahwatukee. In a social media post, owner Raully Herrera cites his wife’s heath issues as the reason
🏈 Raise a glass in Pat Tillman’s honor at Pints for Pat Tempe, which runs noon-4 p.m. Saturday – exactly 42 days (Tillman’s ASU jersey number) before Pat’s Run – at Hundred Mile Brewing. All proceeds go to the Tillman
Las Vegas-based TikTok sensation Keith Lee made good on last week’s promise to visit Arizona, posting reviews of several Valley restaurants this week for his 15.9 million followers on the platform. Where did he go? His first review was Republica
🍺 Barrio Brewing Co., Arizona’s oldest brewery, has opened its second licensed location in the Valley at the Deer Valley Airport at Seventh Avenue and Deer Valley Road in north Phoenix. The brewery, which debuted in Tucson in 1991, has
