Category: Closings

C-Fu Gourmet, the Chinese restaurant that introduced many East Valley diners to the concept of dim sum, has closed after 23 years in business. The 9,000-square-foot restaurant was located on the southwest corner of Dobson and Warner in Chandler. C-Fu Gourmet

Flanny’s Bar & Grill, a mainstay of the Tempe craft beer scene for the past eight years, is closing its doors Wednesday, Feb. 27. Owner John Flanagan made the announcement on the bar’s Facebook page: Flanny’s, located on the southeast corner of

Blasted Barley Beer Company, an unusual combination of brewpub and college nightlife hotspot, has closed its doors after four-plus years in downtown Tempe. Taking over the 5,000-square-foot Hayden Square building that previously housed the longtime Balboa Cafe and then the Tavern on Mill,

Bold Roost Espresso Bar & Cafe has announced it will close Wednesday, Jan. 30, after seven years on the northeast corner of Higley and Ray in Gilbert. ‘‘We are saddened to say that this Wednesday, January 30th, will be our last

Meridiem Kitchen & Lounge, which began as an all-day restaurant on Price Road, just south of the Loop 202, in south Chandler, has closed after 19 months. According to an announcement on its Facebook page: ‘‘We regret to inform you that Meridiem

Mac’s Broiler & Tap, once one of the East Valley’s more popular burger-and-beer bars, has closed after 14 years next to Changing Hands Bookstore on the southwest corner of McClintock and Guadalupe in south Tempe. The bar was known for its

Applebee’s, which once had close to 20 locations in the East Valley, has closed its last two in Tempe, leaving just five remaining in the East Valley. The Tempe closures were on the southeast corner of Rural and Broadway and, most

The Nitro Live Icecreamery (website | Facebook), a Gilbert dessert shop offering custom ice cream dishes frozen with liquid nitrogen, announced it will close Sunday, Jan. 13. It plans to reopen at a yet-to-be-announced location in Queen Creek in March. In the

Mexican restaurant Taqueria Louie, which opened in late August, already has closed on the northwest corner of McClintock and Elliot in south Tempe. The restaurant, which was launched by what it called ‘‘two guys from Chicago,’’ featured ‘‘generational family recipes from

El Palacio Mexican Restaurant & Cantina: Just four days after appearing the Food Network’s ‘‘Chopped,’’ owner-chef Anthony Serrano is forced to close his eight-year-old restaurant on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Germann in Chandler. (January) Happy Joe’s Pizza: Undersized

With this month’s flurry of restaurant and brewery openings in the East Valley, I completely forget to write about the closing of Jimmy T’s Holy Crab in Chandler. The seafood restaurant, which took over the former China King building on the northwest corner

Just 10 days, MXSW broke the news that Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom, which once had several locations in the East Valley but had dwindled to just one, was opening a new location in the former El Palacio Mexican restaurant

Osteria, an ambitious Italian restaurant that opened in March on the southeast corner of McKellips and Alta Mesa in northeast Mesa, was locked out – temporarily, it turns out – by its landlord. Doors were locked Wednesday, and the landlord retook