Category: Closings

🚫 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

🚫 The Handlebar Diner, a restaurant housed in a vintage red-and-white Valentine diner at the master-planned Eastmark community in southeast Mesa, has closed. ‘‘As of 8am this morning July 12, 2024, Eastmark/DMB/Brookfield/Proving Grounds has chosen to close the diner effective

🍺 Fat Willy’s Sports Grill will close its 12-year-old location on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Chandler Heights in south Chandler on Saturday. MXSW Insider paid subscribers already know the behind-the-scenes story of The Parlay Kitchen & Cocktails taking over the space. Fat Willy’s still

🇲🇽 Chantico, a trendy Mexican restaurant and bar from Valley restaurateur Walter Sterling (Ocotillo, Starlite BBQ, etc.) has closed after three-plus years on the southwest corner of Camelback and 11th Street in uptown Phoenix. Named for the Aztec goddess of the

🍺 Philly’s Sports Grill has closed its location on the southeast corner of McClintock and Baseline in south Tempe. The restaurant had opened last August – less than a year ago – taking over 5 Star Dive Bar & Grill (which had the same

🌮 Tacos & Craft, a quick-casual concept offering 16 kinds of tacos and 10 beers on tap, has closed after four months near the northeast corner of Rural and Baseline in south Tempe. No reason was given for the closure. It’s

🦪 Rockefeller, an elevated seafood-centric restaurant on the northwest corner of Hayden and Via de Ventura in central Scottsdale, has closed. According to a notice posted on its website: ‘‘After two wonderful years of serving our community, Rockefeller in Scottsdale

🍕 Buon Padre Pizza, a neighborhood favorite known for its signature Gourmet Grilled Hot Dog Pizza, has closed after seven years in a strip mall on the northeast corner of McQueen and Pecos in Chandler. According to a notice on the