Category: Closings

The one constant on Mill Avenue in downtown Tempe is change. Restaurants come, restaurants go. The latest is the latter category is NYPD Pizza, which has closed in the Tempe Gateway building on the northwest corner of Mill and Third

Crisp Greens, a salad and wraps eatery in downtown Chandler, is closing its doors today after four and a half years in business. Owners Brandon Fisher and Darron Moffatt moved into the former Planet Sub on Arizona Avenue just south

The Melting Pot has announced it will close its 22-year-old Scottsdale fondue restaurant on the northwest corner of Hayden and Via de Ventura on Monday, Sept. 30. ‘‘This closure is strictly a carefully planned and weighed business decision,’’ the restaurant

Toh Zan Nagasaki Grill, a family-run Japanese restaurant on the northwest corner of Dobson and Southern in west Mesa, is closing after 36 years. Owners Yoshito and Yuko Eguchi made the announcement on Facebook: We are very saddened to announce

Burros & Bowls, a fast-casual Mexican eatery that opened in downtown Mesa in May to rave reviews, has closed after less than three months. It becomes the latest in a growing list of restaurants that have failed in the former

Tacos Tequila Whiskey, a Denver-based chain that opened on the northwest corner of 40th Street and Indian School in east Phoenix in 2017, has closed its first and only Arizona location. Owner and chef Kevin Morrison (who previously co-founded Spicy Pickle sub

Restaurant Mexico, a downtown Tempe favorite for more than four decades, is closing its doors for good on Thursday, Aug. 15. The no-frills cafe, which built its reputation serving good but inexpensive tacos, enchiladas, and beans, is one of the

Bar Pesce, chef Cullen Campbell’s highly regarded Phoenix restaurant that originally was known as Crudo, will close next Tuesday, July 30, after more than seven years in business. “It’s bittersweet to close Bar Pesce after seven years, but it was

Colorado-based Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant has closed after 19 years on the northwest corner of Mill and Fifth in downtown Tempe. The second-floor brewpub, whose patio was a prime perch for watching activities on Mill, offered pub fare and German-style

Less than a month after closing its original location in Chandler, Porkopolis announced its remaining location in Scottsdale will close tomorrow – Friday, July 12. Porkopolis announced the closure on Facebook this morning: It’s a sad day, Porko Fans. We’ll be serving

Pig & Pickle, one of the Valley’s top gastropubs, has closed after nearly seven years on the northwest corner of Hayden and Thomas in Scottsdale. No explanation is posted on the Pig & Pickle’s website or social media accounts, but

Boston Market, a Colorado-based chain of fast-casual American comfort food restaurants, has closed its location on the northeast corner of McClintock and Elliot in south Tempe. The closure leaves the chain with just three locations in the East Valley, including

The Novelist, a speakeasy-style restaurant and bar tucked inside OHSO Brewery in downtown Gilbert, will close Monday, July 1. The space will be converted into Barrel Room, a venue for large private parties. The Novelist opened in May 2018, a

Here’s something I missed over the Memorial Day weekend: The Italian Grotto in Old Town Scottsdale has closed after 42 years. The Italian restaurant and bar, prominently located on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and Main, closed May 26. According

Disappointing news for patrons of Old Town Gringos, Camp Social, and Hatter and Hare. All three concepts, known collectively as Glass Half Full Hospitality, have closed. GHFH, a Chicago-based restaurant group, arrived in the Valley in late 2015 to reopen

Porkopolis, a 7-year-old south Chandler barbecue restaurant, will close its doors for good Sunday, June 16. Matt Hamilton and Brady Bogen (pictured) launched Porkopolis in the newly built Santan Gateway South shopping center on the southeast corner of Arizona and

Tasty Kabob, a Middle Eastern restaurant and hookah bar on the northwest corner of Dorsey and Apache in Tempe, has closed its doors after 13 years. But the space won’t be empty for long. Curry & Scoop, a 2-year-old Indian

An MXSW reader sent me a heads-up that fast-food chain Slim Chickens has closed its last remaining Arizona restaurant on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Germann in Chandler. The Arkansas-based chain made its Arizona debut in September 2016 on the

Grubstak, a 2-year-old poutine-like concept in downtown Gilbert, has closed its doors. A second location, which opened in south Chandler in November, remains open. According to a notice on the door of the Gilbert location: ‘‘This location is currently closed

Gourmet Deli Chandler, a European-inspired eatery and shop on the southwest corner of Alma School and Germann in south Chandler, will close its doors this Sunday, April 28. The deli opened in December 2014, but owner Émilie Frances Foote (pictured)