Category: Closings

Looks like head coach Earl Watson might not have been the only victim of the Phoenix Suns’ poor play over the weekend. Alice Cooper’stown, Alice Cooper’s famed music-and-sports-themed restaurant and bar across the street from the Suns’ arena in downtown Phoenix, closed Sunday.

Riazzi’s Italian Garden in Tempe has closed after 72 years in business. Mary Pacinelli moved from Pennsylvania to the Valley in 1945 and opened the restaurant with her youngest daughter, Emma Riazzi. The original location was at 15th Avenue and

The rollercoaster ride continues for Modern Grove. The restaurant-bar-grocery concept from developer Aaron Klusman, founder of Chandler-based Zoyo Yogurt, debuted in Flagstaff in 2013 and expanded quickly with locations in northeast Phoenix in 2014, Mesa in 2015, and north Scottsdale in 2016. Almost

Valley-based Press Coffee Roasters has closed its location at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport’s Terminal 4 after five years. “We will continue to represent Arizona’s growing specialty coffee community to locals and visitors alike through our streetside cafes,” Press owner Steve

Ticoz Latin Kitchen, a Latin fusion restaurant that’s operated on Seventh Street just north of Camelback in Phoenix for more than 10 years, will close after Sunday’s dinner service. According to the restaurant’s Facebook post: It is time to announce

The Mining Camp Restaurant, an Old West-themed family and tourist destination on the outskirts of Apache Junction for more than 50 years, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Open since 1961, the rustic wood structure – part restaurant, part historical museum

Chef Stephen Jones has closed his acclaimed Southern-style counter restaurant The Larder + The Delta at DeSoto Central Market in Phoenix. Jones will look for a dedicated space for a traditional sit-down version of his restaurant, which had operated out of a six-seat

Jimmy’s of Chicago, a neighborhood Italian restaurant and sports bar in Gilbert, has closed after nine years in business. Owners Kerry and Zalena Kersting originally opened Jimmy’s, a popular hangout for Cubs and Bears fans, in a strip mall on the northeast corner

Señor Pancho Villa, an ambitious Mexican restaurant and nightclub near I-10 and Ray in west Chandler, apparently has closed after less than two months. No official announcement has been made, but the doors were locked Thursday and the phone disconnected. The

FrinGo’s Kitchen, a family-owned Puerto Rican restaurant on the northwest corner of Alma School and Warner in Chandler, is closing. The restaurant, which opened in February 2015, made the announcement on Facebook: After much consideration we have decided not to

Acclaimed Valley chef Silvana Salcido Esparza is closing Barrio Urbano, her two-year-old restaurant at Sam Fox’s The Yard complex on Seventh Street and Montebello in north central Phoenix. Salcido Esparza made the announcement herself with a lengthy Facebook explanation, citing several factors, including a

Citing rising costs and Arizona’s minimum wage increase, Native Grill & Wings on the northeast corner of Alma School and Queen Creek in south Chandler has announced it will close its doors Saturday night. The first thing that came to my mind: I

Blooming Beets Kitchen’s foray into the Arizona market has abruptly ended after less than seven months. The Boulder, Colo.-based concept, which focused on Paleo-centric eating, made its Arizona debut in December, taking over the former Fired Up Grill on the southwest corner

Eklectic Pie, one of several fast-casual pizza concepts that have popped up in the Valley in recent years, has closed its location on the northeast corner of Stapley and Baseline in Mesa. Its other location on the northwest corner of

Posh Improvisational Cuisine, one of the Valley’s most acclaimed fine-dining restaurants, has closed in the Optima Camelview Condominium Building near Scottsdale Fashion Square. Posh opened in 2009 and featured a ‘‘improvisational’’ menu – diners chose the number of courses they wanted, listed any

Social Box Neighborhood Eatery, a unique restaurant that paired comfort food with community stewardship, has closed in Chandler. Social Box opened in November 2014 in the longtime Iguana Macks space on Alma School between Warner and Ray. In its two-plus years, Social Box held