By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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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
Hangar 9 Bar & Grille, a 3-year-old neighborhood eatery on the northwest corner of McQueen and Pecos in Chandler, has closed. The bar and grill announced its impending closure a couple of weeks ago in a series of social media
Ice Cream Sammies, the two-and-a-half-year-old dessert shop in downtown Chandler, announced it will close this Sunday, Oct. 21, due to a lease dispute with its landlord. Jamie Votaw and Ariana Cooper, who met when their children played soccer together, launched the
Gino’s East, one of several iconic Chicago-based pizzerias that migrated to the Valley in recent years, announced it will close Oct. 28 after just 18 months in business. No reason was given for the impending closure. Gino’s East opened in April 2017
One of the Valley’s landmark restaurants – Cowboy Ciao in Old Town Scottsdale – announced on its Facebook page that Monday night’s dinner service was its last: ‘‘Unfortunately, an end of an era has come upon us. Tonight is the
Sharky’s Tacos & Tequila, a Mexican restaurant and cantina, has closed on the southeast corner of Hardy and Baseline in south Tempe. Sharky’s took over the longtime Barro’s Pizza space in May 2016. No reason was given for the closure. The restaurant’s
Steak and Stone, a steakhouse and BBQ restaurant, has closed its Gilbert location after just one year in business. The restaurant was best known for steaks cut in-house and cooked by diners on a 500-degree stone at their table. According
Wimpy’s Paradise, the beloved burger and hot dog joint in downtown Chandler, has announced it will close its doors for good at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3. Pittsburgh native Randy Walters originally opened a family-run hot dog stand called Pittsburgh
There were a couple of high-profile restaurant closures in Phoenix over the weekend. Donavan’s Steak & Chop House, part of a California-based steakhouse group, announced it has closed its only Arizona location on the southwest corner of 32nd Street and Camelback
If you read my recent post detailing the mounting troubles of Even Stevens, this should come as no surprise: The Utah-based chain of sandwich shops has closed five Arizona locations, including the one in busy downtown Gilbert (pictured above). The other closures were Scottsdale,
That was quick: Texas-based chain Bush’s Chicken has closed its Gilbert location after just 14 months in business. Bush’s, known for its marinated fried chicken, iced tea, and multi-lane drive-throughs serviced by carhops, opened on the southeast corner of Val Vista and
Pizza a Metro, a well-regarded Italian restaurant in Phoenix, has closed its 4-year-old second location on the southwest corner of Greenfield and Warner in Gilbert. Owner-chef Maurizio Benforte introduced his cuisine to Phoenix diners in 2007, earning an average Yelp
Well, that happened quickly. Just four days after I reported La Stalla Rustica Cucina might be closing or moving in the coming months, the 14-year mainstay of the downtown Chandler dining scene has shut down. Diners on Monday were greeted by an empty
The Iowa Cafe, a popular northeast Mesa dining destination for more than 30 years, has closed, the restaurant announced on Facebook. The cafe, which already had closed for the summer, was known for its Midwest favorites like Maid-Rite loose-meat sandwiches, breaded
