Category: Closings

🏀 Half Moon Windy City Sports Grill will close next Monday, Feb. 12 – the day after the Super Bowl – after 18 years on the southeast corner of Highland and 21st Street in Phoenix. The landlord has sold the

🥃 The Bar, a 2-year-old spinoff of the original in Arcadia, has closed in downtown Gilbert. It served a basic menu with three burgers, four sandwiches, and wings. It’s the space’s third concept to shut down in just over two

🍕 Grand Avenue Pizza Co., a popular late-night destination that closed in 2022 after eight years in downtown Phoenix but reopened last March in a larger space in Glendale, has closed again – this time for good. Owner Carson Wheeler

🚫 Burrito Shack, which had been operating for 17 years near the northeast corner of Power and Williams Field in southeast Mesa, has closed after Maricopa County inspectors declared the building unsafe. Co-owners John Grafing and Zeppelin Lucero, who were

🍺 Gilbert-based Uncle Bear’s Brewery has closed one of its five dog-themed Grill & Tap restaurants – the 2-year-old location on the northeast corner of Tatum and Shea in Paradise Valley. Why did it close? According to owner Todd Carey,

🍔 Badlands Bar & Grill, an American elevated comfort food restaurant, has closed after two years on the north end of the Hilton Garden Inn on the west side of the Loop 101 between Guadalupe and Elliot. The announcement ‘‘We

🛑 BS West, a popular Old Town Scottsdale gay bar that opened in 1988, will close permanently Sunday night, the venue announced on social media. ‘‘Although we have enjoyed serving the LGBTQ+ and allied community for over three decades, the

🛑 Parrish’s, a family-run restaurant and bar, has closed after four years on the southeast corner of South Mountain and Warner in southeast Mesa. ‘‘It is with a heavy heart to announce that Parrish’s has closed their doors for good,’’

🐓 Southern Rail, a restaurant specializing in what it calls ‘‘classic American food with a Southern twist,’’ will close Saturday after nine years at The Newton shopping center in uptown Phoenix. Owners Justin and Michelle Beckett and Scott and Katie

🚫 Teddy’s Preserve, an indoor-outdoor craft beer and wine bar in the same building as its sibling, Teddy Roosevelt-themed basement bar Rough Rider, has closed after 10 months on the northeast corner of Central and Roosevelt in downtown Phoenix. ‘‘Teddy’s

🚫 Piccolo Virtù, a critically acclaimed Italian restaurant and year-old sibling of Virtù and Pizzeria Virtù, has closed. Owner-chef Gio Osso, who launched the restaurant last December near the northeast corner of Main and Brown in Old Town Scottsdale, made

🚫 Fuego Bistro, the Latin-inspired restaurant at The Clarendon hotel in Phoenix, will close permanently this weekend. ‘‘After 18 years, we are sad to say Fuego will be no longer (after) Saturday, December 16th,’’ it posted on social media. No

🌮 Dos Pink,  a vegan Mexican restaurant specializing in plant-based tacos with pink tortillas, will close Saturday, Dec. 23, after 10 months in downtown Phoenix. ‘‘For personal reasons, the property owner of our restaurant has put the restaurant up for

🏈 Mug N Shot, an elevated sports bar concept near the northwest corner of Gilbert and Elliot in downtown Gilbert, has closed after just seven months in business. No reason was given for the abrupt closure. Mug N Shot was

🛑 The Larder + The Delta, chef Stephen Jones’ award-winning Southern restaurant, has closed after eight years in downtown Phoenix. ‘‘This decision wasn’t an easy decision but with so much change and unable to reach a deal on a new

🌭🇨🇴 Simon’s Hot Dogs, an eatery specializing in Colombian-style hot dogs and empanadas, is closing Saturday, Oct. 28, after nearly eight years in Old Town Scottsdale. Marcela and Felipe Roldan launched the business in 2010 at Oak Creek Brewery in

🥬 Lowdown Vegan, the late-night vegan drive-through on the southwest corner of McDowell and 15th Street in Phoenix, has shut down after nine months. Owners Theron Evans and Jai Jones had been operating out of Froth Coffee Roasters after the daytime

🍔🍺 Matty G’s Steakburgers & Lobsta’ Rolls has closed its year-old location in downtown Chandler. It had opened on Sept. 29, 2022, in the building formerly home to sports bar The Local Chandler on the southwest corner of Wall and

🐯 Khla, an Asian-inspired cocktail bar in downtown Phoenix, has closed after 18 months next to Thai restaurant Lom Wong near the northwest corner of Portland and Third Street. Earlier this year, Khla was named one of 10 semifinalists for

🐖 Pork on a Fork, a Chandler barbecue joint whose opening was delayed for more than two years, has closed after just 13 months in business. The original Pork on a Fork in north Phoenix remains open. The Chandler location