By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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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
Cyprus Grill, a well-regarded Mediterranean restaurant on the southwest corner of Alma School and Queen Creek in Chandler, has closed its doors. The restaurant, which opened in 2011, offered salads, pitas, falafel, and soulvaki (meat skewer) dinners. In April 2015,
Modern Grove Neighborhood Eatery & Market, a two-year-old casual restaurant with a front lawn patio, has closed its doors on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Brown in north Mesa. The concept – which offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches,
Sad news for East Valley macaron lovers: After 10 award-winning years, Essence Bakery Cafe in Tempe is closing at the end of May. The restaurant and bakery, located on the southeast corner of Hardy and University, serves a European-inspired menu for
Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream has closed the Tempe location it took over just last summer. The location, on the northeast corner of McClintock and Southern, previously was home to Nello’s Pizza. Iowa-based Happy Joe’s entered the Arizona market by opening a Gilbert location
Rania’s Kabob Grill, a three-year-old Afghani restaurant on the northwest corner of Higley and Baseline in Gilbert, closed its doors Saturday night. As its name suggests, Rania’s specialized in kabobs (also spelled kebobs) – fire-grilled skewers of marinated beef, chicken
Harvey American Public House, a neighborhood-centric bar and grill in Gilbert, will close Saturday night after nearly five years in business. It made the announcement Wednesday on Facebook: Sadly, Harvey American will be closing on March 25th at 12am. Please come
HopWerks, the craft beer bar that replaced World of Beer at San Tan Village in Gilbert last October, has closed after less than five months. The two other former WOB locations in Arizona – in Tempe and Tucson – were
Flip’s Burgers & Brew has closed its doors at Mesa Riverview shopping center in west Mesa. The sports bar opened in January 2016, taking over a space formerly occupied by Volcano Buffet.
IncogNitos, a family-run sports bar specializing in made-from-scratch food, has closed after five months on the northwest corner of Alma School and Warner in Chandler. The restaurant, which had taken over the longtime home of Gallagher’s Sports Grill, posted the news Thursday
After two years on the southeast corner of I-10 and Ray in west Chandler, Stingray Sushi abruptly has closed it doors. According to various social media reports, staff was not informed of the closure until Sunday. The original Stingray Sushi debuted
Citing a disgreement with its landlord, Unwined Bar & Bistro has closed on the northeast corner of Desert Foothills Parkway and Chandler Boulevard in Ahwatukee. The wine bar opened in February 2014, and was sold to Jeff and Karen Stefl in
Cowboys Saloon appears to have ridden off into the sunset. The country music restaurant and bar concept, which was taking over former Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill locations nationwide, unexpectedly has closed its two Valley venues that reopened
After languishing for months, House of Brews has closed its doors on the southeast corner of Cooper and Warner in Gilbert. Based on reports from several MXSW readers and some of my own observations, it’s been a tumultuous week for
US Fries, which specialized in traditional Canadian poutine with an American twist, has closed after one year at Mill and Fourth Street in downtown Tempe. The Calgary, Alberta-based chain opened its first Arizona location in Tucson in 2014, and added the
TQLA, a stylish yet casual Mexican and Southwestern restaurant and bar, has closed after four years at Dana Park on the northwest corner of Val Vista and Baseline in Mesa. The spacious restaurant opened in September 2012 in a stand-alone building that originally
Asia – a small but popular Asian eatery that launched a dozen years ago as Simply Noodles and then was known as sN Asian Pacific, has closed on the northeast corner of Stapley and Baseline in Mesa. The restaurant abruptly shut down
Fine-dining restaurant ShinBay, a “Best New Restaurant†semifinalist in 2012 at the prestigious James Beard Awards, has closed on the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Indian Bend in Scottsdale. AZ Central’s Dominic Armato confirmed Sunday night’s closure with chef Shinji Kurita. Kurita originally
Is it game over for the legendary Cactus League hangout that famed sportswriter Roger Angell once called ‘‘the best baseball restaurant in the land?’’ The Pink Pony, a Scottsdale landmark for nearly 70 years, has closed for the third time in seven
