Category: Closings

🍲 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.

🌮 On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina, a Dallas-based chain of Tex-Mex restaurants, abruptly has closed all three of its Valley locations: • On the southeast corner of Ray and 50th Street in Ahwatukee; • On the southwest corner

🍝 Buca di Beppo, a Florida-based chain of Italian-American restaurants, has closed its Old Town Scottsdale location. It’s the chain’s second Valley closure in less than a year. A Chandler location shut down last summer just days before the chain

🍕 Lou Malnati’s, a Chicago-based chain known for its iconic deep-dish pizzas, is closing two more Valley locations this month. One is its original Arizona restaurant, which opened in 2016 on the northeast corner of Central and Camelback in uptown

💥 ComicX, a Mexico-based chain of comic book-themed restaurants, is closing its first U.S. location after five years at Desert Ridge Marketplace in northeast Phoenix. ‘‘After years of serving amazing food, sharing unforgettable moments, and building a community of incredible

🍿 Look Dine-In Cinemas – a nine-screen movie theater, restaurant, bar, and brewery in downtown Chandler – has closed after being locked out by its landlord. The Dallas-based chain took over the former Flix Brewhouse on the southwest corner of Chandler and Arizona in

🚫 Gadzooks Enchiladas & Soup, a local fast-casual concept offering a customizable menu of enchiladas, has closed its locations in downtown Tempe and downtown Chandler. The Tempe one, on University just west of Mill, opened in 2019. The Chandler one,