By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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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
Another piece of Mill Avenue history is succumbing to developers: The Sail Inn Bar & Grill is closing June 29, according to the New Times. Gina Lombardi took over the then-Last Chance Saloon – located at Farmer Avenue and First
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
The East Valley’s only Romano’s Macaroni Grill has closed on the northeast corner of Stapley and Baseline in Mesa. The casual dining restaurant specialized in Italian-American cuisine. Macaroni Grill revenues fell 6.5% in 2013, when the Houston-based chain was sold
Gallagher’s Sports Grill, a popular gathering place for East Valley sports fans for two decades, has closed its doors on the northwest corner of Alma School and Warner in Chandler. It was the last Gallagher’s remaining in the East Valley.
Well, it appears Spurs Saloon in Chandler has kicked the bucket. The doors are closed and the phone is disconnected, making it the third concept to fail in the longtime Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant, located on Alma School between Elliot and
Sleepy Dog Pub & Bistro in Gilbert has crossed the Rainbow Bridge. The restaurant and craft beer bar, which opened in February on the southwest corner of Val Vista and Williams Field, has closed its doors, it announced Saturday on its
First Round Draft, a longtime Gilbert sports bar on the northeast corner of McQueen and Warner, closed Monday, surprising its legions of patrons who often fill the place. A source tells MXSW the sports bar recently was bought by new
Goodbye, Cadillac Ranch. Hello, Stadium Sports Grill. The second-story roadhouse-style bar and grill at Tempe Marketplace is closing on Saturday, owner Ryan Gorman announced on Facebook today: “We have spent the last 3 months developing a new concept for our
Two months ago, we told you Canteen Modern Tequila Bar in Tempe would be closing sometime in October and be remodeled into the Valley’s second El Hefe Super Macho Taqueria. The first step happened about two weeks ago, when Canteen closed its doors
De la Cruz Bistro, the troubled American restaurant and wine bar located kitty-corner from the Mesa Arts Center in downtown Mesa, has closed. The space currently is being renovated. According to its sign, Margaritas Grill will open soon. No word
It’s not often that a sports bar closes just as football season begins, but that’s what happened at Fox and Hound Pub & Grill in Gilbert. The Stapley and Baseline location is only a few miles from my house, and I
Table 49, which opened in the former Sautee building on the northeast corner of Alma School and Chandler Heights in south Chandler, has closed after just seven months. The restaurant, which offered modern contemporary American cuisine, was a new concept
5 Star BBQ, which just celebrated its one-year anniversary two weeks ago, has closed its doors in Mesa, owners Jim and Joanne Hauer announced on Facebook today: The little train that could ran out of steam this week. We finally ran
Tempe apparently isn’t big enough for two chicken finger restaurants: Rock-N-Roll Fingers has closed. Adrian and Amy Moghina opened Rock-N-Roll Fingers on the southeast corner of Rural and Broadway in 2005. The menu offered freshly made chicken fingers with a
