Category: Food & Drink News

Kent Taylor, founder and CEO of Texas Roadhouse, committed suicide last week after his ‘‘long-haul’’ symptoms of covid-19 became unbearable. He was 65. Taylor had been suffering from an ongoing case of severe tinnitus – a loud ringing or buzzing

Chef Aaron Chamberlin, who closed his Phoenix Public Market Cafe and Tempe Public Market Cafe last year, has a new venture: cannabis edibles. Chamberlin founded Good Things Coming, a line of edibles using local, gourmet, and chef-driven ingredients. ‘‘If you’re

Perhaps Donald Trump’s recent move to Florida – along with his disdain for face masks and his bombastic social media commentary – have rubbed off on Kavasutra Kava Bar. The Florida-based chain, which has a location near the southwest corner

You may have noticed several of the Valley’s 14 ATL Wings restaurants – winners of numerous Best Wings awards – have a new name: Sauced & Loaded Chicken Wings. D. Mike and Cianna Kirksey, founders of the original Chandler location,

Tempe-based Four Peaks Brewing has jumped into the fast-growing hard seltzer game with the release of Sun Day Solar Seltzers. The seltzers’ name references the clean, renewable energy used to brew the beverage. Last year, Four Peaks installed 500 solar

A huge fire destroyed two buildings, killing 165,000 chickens, Saturday afternoon at Hickman’s Family Farms west of Phoenix. The family owned and operated farm, which was founded in 1944, is the largest egg company in the U.S. Southwest. Besides the

Alamo Drafthouse, a Texas-based chain of brewpub theaters, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today, nearly 10 months after the owner of Alamo’s three Valley franchises filed. The covid-19 pandemic forced Alamo’s 18 company-owned locations and 23 franchises to close for

An update on the rebranding of popular Buddyz A Chicago Pizzeria: Back in November, MXSW broke the news that Buddyz would begin selling franchises with the name Vero Chicago Pizza, the first of which opening around Feb. 1 at Val