Category: Closings

🍺 Buqui Bichi, a Mexican craft brewery based in Hermosillo, Sonora, has closed its first U.S. taproom in downtown Chandler. The restaurant and bar opened 15 months ago on the southeast corner of Arizona and Frye roads. The menu offered

🍽 Arboleda, a high-end Mediterranean concept from San Francisco restaurateurs Björn Kock and brothers Mitchell and Steven Rosenthal, has closed after 19 months at the Scottsdale Quarter. No reason was given for the closure. Arboleda’s menu was inspired by the cuisine

🥞 Mr. Zeke’s, a popular all-day restaurant in Pinetop-Lakeside, has closed its second location near the northeast corner of McQueen Drive and Warner Road in Gilbert. The restaurant, whose comfort-food menu featured omelets, burgers, sandwiches, pastas, and steaks, had opened

🚫 Belly Kitchen & Bar, a well-regarded Southeast Asian-inspired concept launched in November 2020, is closing its original location on the southeast corner of Camelback and Seventh Avenue in Phoenix. ‘‘Our last day of service will be October 30,’’ it posted

🍖 Starlite BBQ & Whiskey Bar, an upscale ’cue joint in Old Town Scottsdale, has closed after six years. The smokehouse was launched on the northeast corner of Indian School and Miller roads by Walter Sterling, the restaurateur/chef behind Phoenix’s

🍺 Throne Brewing is closing its four-year-old Peoria taproom on Sunday, Sept. 29. ‘‘Despite our best efforts, we have been unable to overcome the challenges faced by our Peoria location,’’ the brewery posted on social media. The space originally was

🚫 BLD, a comfort food brunch restaurant, has closed after 13 years in south Chandler, and another brunch concept – Brunch Snob – will move into the space on the northeast corner of Germann and Dobson. No reason was given

🚫 Thaily’s, an acclaimed Cambodian-Arabic fusion restaurant, has closed after three years near downtown Chandler. The small eatery was located on the north side of Chandler Boulevard about halfway between Arizona Avenue and McQueen Drive. ‘This is not goodbye so

🌮 Dos Familias Local Mexican, a restaurant launched by two Scottsdale families with a combined 100-plus years of food and beverage industry experience, has closed at the Adobe Ranch Plaza on the northeast corner of Shea and Frank Lloyd Wright

🌮 Casa Ramos Redux, a family-run Mexican restaurant near the northeast corner of Main Street and Stapley Drive in central Mesa, has closed. Casa Ramos had operated at the site from 2011-2017, then reopened in 2023 in a newly constructed

🌮 Illegal Pete’s, a Colorado-based chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants, has closed its only Valley location on Mill Avenue in downtown Tempe. The restaurant opened in October 2018 in a space formerly home to My Big Fat Greek Restaurant near

🚫 OHSO Brewery & Distillery spinoff Little O’s abruptly closed its original Seventh Avenue location in Phoenix today. What happened? ‘‘Our proprietor Summer has made the difficult decision to leave the desert,’’ the neighborhood hangout posted on social media. ‘‘Without

🚫 Maskadores Taco Shop, a local chain of Mexican wrestling (lucha libre) themed eateries, has closed its Ahwatukee location. The franchise location had opened in 2021 on the southeast corner of Warner Road and 48th Street. No reason was given for the closure. The

🌯 Serrano’s Mexican Food Restaurants has closed its new fast-casual concept Pronto in south Tempe after just 12 months. The history: Pronto had taken over a former Serrano’s sit-down restaurant on the southwest corner of Rural and Guadalupe. Take note:

🚫 Florida-based Italian chain Buca di Beppo has closed its restaurant on the southwest corner of Ray Road and 54th Street in west Chandler after 25 years. Other Valley locations: Buca di Beppo still operates restaurants in Scottsdale, Mesa, and

🍝 Mora Italian, the osteria-inspired Phoenix restaurant founded by celebrity chef Scott Conant, has closed. The announcement: ‘‘Mora Italian has closed its doors after seven incredible years,’’ the restaurant posted on its website. No reason was given. The background: Conant, perhaps best-known as a judge

🍷🍺 The Pairing Room, which took over the former home of The Larder & The Delta on the northwest corner of Central and Portland in downtown Phoenix, has closed after three months. The announcement: ‘‘Thank you everyone for your support but for now

🍺 The Wayward Taphouse, a three-year-old craft beer bar on Grand Avenue in Phoenix, is closing. What happened? ‘We are incredibly saddened to share this news with everyone but we will be closing our doors in September,’’ owners Tyler Goolie and Hilda

🍕 Crust Brothers Pizza has closed its location on the northwest corner of Baseline and McClintock in south Tempe after just 17 months in business. The menu featured what it called ‘‘Midwest-style’’ square-cut pies that were ‘‘crispy on the bottom but soft

🥗 Modern Market Eatery, a Denver-based chain of health-focused fast-casual restaurants, has closed all three of its Valley locations. Known for its mindfully sourced ingredients, Modern Market Eatery eschews the use of artificial flavors or colorings, trans fats, hormones, or