Category: Closings

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

NYPD Pizza is closing its south Tempe location on the northeast corner of Priest and Ray, effective Saturday. To encourage customers to seek out the next closest NYPD location – about five miles away on Chandler Boulevard between Price and

Four Silos Cafe, an ice cream parlor on the southeast corner of Higley and Elliot in Gilbert, has closed after just eight months in business. The shop offered 24 flavors of Thrifty ice cream, as well as smoothies, shakes, brownies,

Buon Gusto Gourmet Pizzas & Salads announced on its Facebook page it will close its doors Saturday: Unfortunately, our lease has ended and the landlord is going in a different direction. Our last day open will be this Saturday August 31st.

Just a few days short of its one-year anniversary, Brooklyn Eddie’s Subs has closed its doors. The New York-style deli, located on the northwest corner of Cooper and Elliot in Gilbert, served hot and cold subs, as well as some hot

McDuffy’s Grille, the last vestige of one of the Valley’s preeminent sports bars, has closed its doors in Chandler, making the surprise announcement on its Facebook page: We are officially closed. We wish our amazing staff well and thank our

El Rey Cafe, a spinoff of the legendary Globe restaurant, has closed its doors in Queen Creek. Owner Marisa Bracamonte says her small Mexican eatery just didn’t draw enough customers. El Rey opened on the southeast corner of Sossaman and

Has The Original Flame Burger Factory flamed out? The Chandler fast-casual restaurant closed its doors a couple of weeks ago for “remodeling,” according to a notice on its door. This week, though, there still are no signs of any remodeling

Well, that was fast. Jersey D’s House of Brews closed its doors today – just five weeks after reopening the former House of Brews in Gilbert. Confused? Here’s the chronology: On Jan. 28, House of Brews closed without warning after

Classic Italian Pizza, the award-winning pizzeria in south Tempe, has closed, but owner Azhar Began hopes to re-open in a new location. Began posted an update on Facebook: I have to admit that past few weeks have been really tough. Closing our

Sweet Tomatoes has reversed course and reportedly is killing Field Kitchen. The San Diego-based, all-you-can-eat buffet chain launched its Field Kitchen concept in November, converting its Sweet Tomatoes restaurant near Southern and McClintock in Tempe. Field Kitchen offered an expanded gourmet menu,

House of Brews, a Gilbert neighborhood sports grill that opened in May 2011, closed its doors for good early Sunday evening, surprising staffers and customers, most of whom received little or no warning. The restaurant and bar had taken over

La Cucina di Venti, an Italian restaurant that opened less than a year ago in north Mesa, has closed. It’s the third straight Italian eatery to fail in the stand-alone building on Brown Road between Center Street and Mesa Drive,

Sad news from downtown Mesa (doesn’t it seem like there’s rarely any other kind from downtown Mesa?): Monsterland is closing next Saturday, Jan. 19. The venue announced its impending closure on its Facebook page today: Well guys it’s been a

Tia Rosa Taqueria, one of three recent spinoffs of Mesa’s popular Rancho de Tia Rosa, has closed in Gilbert. Rancho de Tia Rosa, a Mesa institution for the past decade, embarked on an aggressive expansion in 2010, announcing additional sit-down