Category: Closings

🚧 Chart House, a high-end seafood and steak restaurant in Scottsdale’s McCormick Ranch neighborhood, has closed after 41 years in business. Houston-based Landry’s sold the restaurant, located on Camelback Lake on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and McCormick Parkway, to

🍕 The Rec Pizza & Detroit Eats, a popular Peoria pizzeria specializing in Detroit-style pies, has abruptly closed. ‘‘Unfortunately, we were notified that our lease would not be renewed and therefore today is the last day for The Rec Pizza,’’

🔥 Less than five years after The Hub Grill & Bar in east Mesa suffered a devastating fire, another Hub location in Mesa has been closed indefinitely by a fire. This time it’s The Hub near the northwest corner of

🔥 Eat Up Drive In, an Arcadia eatery set to celebrate its four-year anniversary today, instead will be closed indefinitely after an attic fire Sunday night. ‘‘Everyone is safe and unharmed after a fire tonight at Eat Up Drive In,’’

🚫 Pescado Borracho, an elevated Mexican seafood restaurant, has closed after seven years on the southwest corner of Val Vista and Williams Field in Gilbert. The Baja-inspired restaurant was a sister concept of High Tide. ‘‘With heavy hearts, we share

🚫 CRUjiente Tacos, an award-winning taqueria in east Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood, is closing after eight years. ‘‘It is with a very heavy heart that I share the news of CRUjiente Tacos final service, April 26,’’ chef and co-owner Richard Hinojosa

🍲 Crackers & Co. Cafe, the popular East Valley breakfast and lunch concept, is closing its Tempe location after 24 years. ‘‘It is with upmost regret to inform you our landlord has denied renewing our lease,’’ the restaurant posted on

🚫 Cheese ’n Stuff, a small sandwich shop in midtown Phoenix, is closing April 30 after 76 years in business. The deli, located on the northwest corner of Central and Camelback, began in 1949 as a cheese shop. It added

🍺 Walter Station Brewery in Phoenix is closing its taproom and kitchen at the end of April. The brewery instead will focus on distribution of its beers to stores, bars, and restaurants throughout Arizona. ‘‘Walter Station Taproom will remain open

🚫 The best pizza in San Diego apparently wasn’t a hit with Valley diners. Ambrogio15, which has been voted San Diego’s best pizza by several publications, has closed its first out-of-state location at Biltmore Fashion Park. The elegant concept reportedly

🚫 Hot Daisy Pizza, the concept that well-known Valley pastry chef Tammie Coe launched from her bakery storefront in downtown Phoenix, is closing April 30. It opened just over four years ago on the northwest corner of Sixth Street and

🌮 The old Mission-style Taco Bell in south Scottsdale – one of fewer than 10 remaining in the country with the original 1960s look – is closing. It’s being replaced by a new modern Taco Bell getting ready to open

🚫 Netta Cheta’s on Mill, a locally owned breakfast and lunch restaurant, has closed on the northwest corner of Mill and Southern in Tempe. ‘‘While this was not an easy decision, we know it’s the right one for us at

🍺 Tough economic times continue for Valley craft beer with The Beer Research Institute and Taproom-120 announcing their impending closures. Beer Research Institute BRI, Mesa’s oldest craft brewery, announced Saturday that Sunday would be its final day on the southeast

🍝 The downtown Tempe location of Oregano’s Pizza Bistro – the chain’s second-oldest and once one of the busiest restaurants in the Valley – is closing at the end of this month. During its heyday in the late 1990s and

🍰 Utah-based Kneaders Bakery & Cafe appears to have abruptly shut down six of its 11 Valley locations. The company has made no announcement and has not responded to inquiries, but its website now lists just two locations in Mesa,

🚫 Brekky/Brunch, a two-year-old breakfast and lunch eatery, has closed on the southwest corner of Alma School and Germann in south Chandler. No explanation was given for the closure, but soaring egg prices – up 58% in the past year

🌭 Myungrang Hot Dog, a worldwide chain specializing in Korean-style battered hot dogs, has closed its three-year-old location at Westgate in Glendale. The closure leaves Myungrang with just one remaining Arizona location – next to the now-closed AZ International Marketplace in

🍷 Sorso Wine Room, an Italian-inspired wine bar that opened at the Scottsdale Quarter in 2015, is closing in April. ‘‘Please help us make the next 2 months of Sorso a couple of months to remember,’’ owners Mark and Lauren

🚫 Mr. Moto Pizza, a San Diego-based chain of New York-style pizzerias, has closed its only Arizona location. The pizzeria opened at Arcadia Village on the southwest corner of Camelback and 40th Street in east Phoenix in April 2022. Mr.