By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Clive Collective has ambitious plans to open five new Valley restaurants and bars in 2026. The hospitality group will be doing it without celebrity chef Beau MacMillian. The former ‘‘Iron Chef America’’ winner and two-time James Beard Award semifinalist known
🧑🍳 Just four months after losing its James Beard Award semifinalist chef, one of Phoenix’s top restaurants now has lost its Beard Award finalist pastry chef. Crystal Kass, who was a semifinalist for the prestigious award as the country’s Outstanding
🍔 Paradise Valley Burger Co., which opened in north Phoenix in 2011, is moving to the southwest corner of Hayden Road and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard in Scottsdale. The acclaimed burger eatery’s Phoenix location will close Oct. 24 and the
🍳 This week’s closing of BLD – the Chandler restaurant was sold to another local brunch concept (see story) – wasn’t due to a lack of success, owner Jackson Armstrong says. ‘‘I always got offers on that store,’’ he says. ‘‘It’s
👨🍳 Celebrity chef Scott Conant (left), who launched Mora Italian in Phoenix in 2017 and The Americano in Scottsdale in 2020, has left the restaurants. Owner Creation Hospitality has partnered another Food Network veteran, chef Beau MacMillan (right) from Cala in Scottsdale, to oversee both kitchens.
