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Author: Jess Harter

One Water Brewing Showcase to feature beers made with recycled water

🍺💧 Eight Valley craft breweries will participate in the One Water Brewing Showcase, Arizona’s first festival dedicated to beers made with recycled water, today and Saturday at the Scottsdale Waterfront in Old Town Scottsdale. The event, which starts at 6

Southern-style eatery Bay Bay’s Fish & Chicken opens in west Tempe

🐟🐓 Bay Bay’s Fish & Chicken, a family-run Southern-style eatery specializing in fried catfish and chicken wings, has opened near the northeast corner of 48th Street and University in Tempe. Catfish dinners come with two or four pieces of hormone-free

Local First Arizona launches 3rd community kitchen in Maryvale

👩🏽‍🍳 Local First Arizona, which has incubated more than 200 restaurants and food businesses since 2017 through its Good Food Boot Camp and community kitchens in Mesa and south Phoenix, has launched a third community kitchen in Maryvale. Twelve female

Top BBQ pitmasters compete in downtown Mesa this weekend

🍖 The Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic, the only Kansas City Barbeque Society-sanctioned competition in Arizona, will take place 5-9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Main and McDonald. The event includes a one-meat challenge Friday and a four-meat

Día de los Muertos specials this week at Taqueria Factory & Frutilandia

🌮 Taqueria Factory and sibling concept Frutilandia are offering Día de los Muertos specials today through Thursday. The family-run taqueria, which has two locations in Chandler, has a BOGO 50% off deal on carne asada, chicken, shrimp, birria, or al pastor

Great Greek Mediterranean Grill makes Arizona debut in Scottsale

🥙 The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill, a Florida-based chain of counter-service restaurants, has opened its first Arizona location on the northwest corner of the Loop 101 and Via de Ventura in central Scottsdale. The menu offers salads, bowls, gyros, pitas,

A few tickets remain for unique Terroir Festival on Saturday in Gilbert

🍺🍷 A few tickets still are available for the Terroir Festival hosted by Arizona Wilderness Brewing from 2-6 p.m. Saturday at Agritopia urban farm in Gilbert. Created by Firestone Walker Brewing in 2019, the unique event features 20 of the country’s top breweries

Kona Grill opens new location at Desert Ridge in north Phoenix

🥩🍤 Kona Grill, a Valley-born upscale-casual concept that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2019 but appears to be on the upswing, has opened a new location at Desert Ridge Marketplace in north Phoenix. It’s located on the west side of

Cuisine & Wine Bistro owner/chef launches online store Quiches & Pies

🥧 Fabrice Buschtetz, the French owner and chef of family-run Cuisine & Wine Bistro in south Chandler, has launched an online gourmet bakery called Quiches & Pies. The menu features 10 different quiches, from bacon and caramelized onions to mushroom

Top food & drink events going on around the Valley this weekend

🍨 Latin dessert shop Frutilandia celebrates National Chocolate Day with a BOGO 50% off deal on any ice cream or milkshake Saturday at all eight of its Valley locations. 🌱 Sample local foods at ‘‘Seeding Our Harvest,’’ a free festival

La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen extends happy hour for World Series

⚾️ La Ristra New Mexican Grill in Gilbert and downtown Chandler is extending its happy hour specials during all World Series games: $3.50 domestic beers $4 craft beers/seltzers $4.50 imported beers $5 mixed drinks and shots $5 house wine $7

Big Nate’s Family BBQ launches 2nd location in east Mesa

🔥 Big Nate’s Family BBQ, a 3-year-old family-run smokehouse in northeast Mesa, has opened a second location on the northwest corner of Main and Power in east Mesa. Eric Solheim, brother-in-law Ray Dandridge, and their wives started the business as