Category: Closings

Didn’t see this coming: Pita di Vita, a popular Mediterranean eatery on Warner, just east of Gilbert, in Gilbert, has closed. No explanation is given on Pita di Vita’s website or Facebook page. The phone is out of order. The

For the past month, I’ve been trying to confirm a rumor Uncle Bear’s Grill & Bar in Chandler was preparing to close. I guess I can stop trying. The restaurant and bar now is closed. It’s the second restaurant to

The Cove Grill, a small but well-liked neighborhood hangout in south Chandler, has closed on the southwest corner of Gilbert and Chandler Heights. The restaurant, well-hidden behind a drug store, opened in January 2010 as The Boatzhouse, named for owner

Shocking news for northeast Mesa residents: Longtime popular Mexican restaurant Rancho de Tia Rosa is closing Saturday after a 13-year run. Owners Dennis and Lizbeth Sirrine reportedly were unable to reach agreement on a new lease for the stand-alone building,

Yikes! Chao Urban Asian Eatery, which opened less than 10 months ago on the northeast corner of Dobson and Germann in Chandler, has closed. Chao was the offshoot of tiny Latitude Eight Thai Grill, which enjoyed a successful five-year run in

Wild Side Grill, the five-year-old steakhouse-turned-bar-and-grill at Power and Pecos roads in Queen Creek, will close Sept. 30. Kevin Dettler, a South Dakota farmer and avid big-game hunter, originally opened the restaurant as Trophy’s Steakhouse, a 3,000-square-foot space decorated with

Biscuits Cafe, an Oregon-based chain of breakfast-and-lunch eateries, has closed its location on University, just west of Mill, in Tempe. It had opened less than a year ago. A location in Chandler and another in Glendale remain open. Biscuits Cafe

The Big Bang, a dueling-pianos basement bar on the southeast corner of Mill and Fifth in downtown Tempe, is closing for good next Saturday, Sept. 6, the bar announced on its Facebook page. Hello friends. It’s with a heavy heart

American Taphouse, a large restaurant and bar on Gilbert Road just south of Warner in Gilbert, has closed its doors after just seven-plus months. It had taken over for a similar concept – Louisville-based BoomBozz Pizza & Taphouse – in

New Mexico-style Mexican restaurant Secreto has closed at 42d Street and Chandler Boulevard in Ahwatukee. More accurately, it’s been locked out by the landlord of the strip mall, according to a notice posted on the door. Secreto opened in June 2010,

Cork begins its annual summer hiatus July 1, but this year the south Chandler fine-dining restaurant is using the time to reinvent itself as an entirely new concept called Earnest. The new restaurant still will have executive chef Brian Peterson, who’s planning

Troubled Bill Johnson’s Big Apple has closed its Mesa location, leaving the former landmark Valley chain with just one restaurant in operation. Founded in 1956, the Bill Johnson’s grew to five restaurants in the Phoenix area, well-known for its barbecued

Chandler-based Serrano’s Mexican Restaurants has closed its location on the southeast corner of Dobson and Guadalupe in south Mesa. The family-owned chain, which launched in 1979, says it decided not to renew its lease. The Mesa location opened in 1994

Grimaldi’s Coal Brick-Oven Pizzeria is closing its location on Alma School and Queen Creek in south Chandler. The restaurant’s final day of business will be Sunday, April 6. The closure will leave the New York-born chain with seven locations in

Sbarro has announced the closure of 155 of its food-court pizzerias, including the one at Fiesta Mall in Mesa. Other East Valley locations remain open. The closures all are corporate-owned locations. Last year, according to Nation’s Restaurant News, the chain had 417 company-owned

Tonic Tavern & Kitchen, an ambitious attempt to bring a trendy Old Town Scottsdale nightlife vibe to Chandler Fashion Center, has closed its doors after four years. Located across from the mall on the northwest corner of the 101 and