Category: Food & Drink News

Salad and Go, a Gilbert-based drive-through chain launched as a healthy alternative to fast food, is making a major menu change this week. Since its debut six years ago, Salad and Go’s menu has featured eight ‘‘core’’ 48-ounce gourmet salads

Board & Brew, a California-based chain of surfboard- and skateboard-themed sandwich shops, will open its first Arizona location in Tempe. It will move into the former Even Stevens sandwich shop, which closed in March, on the east side of Rural

Tempe Public Market Cafe, which closed in early May for several weeks of remodeling, reopens today on the northeast corner of Rural and Warner in south Tempe. Physical changes to the 17-month-old restaurant include long high-top tables that have replaced

After its two wood-fired ovens were shut down for a day and a half by a technical issue, Craft 64 in downtown Chandler is making pizzas again (as co-owner Josh Ivey demonstrates above). ‘‘We were down for 36 hours,’’ says

Condolences to the family and friends of Go Lb. Salt co-owner Aaron Eckburg, who passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. Eckburg died Saturday morning from an aortic dissection, according to his wife, Liz. He was 48. The Eckburgs launched their Gilbert-based artisan salt

Mr Brews Taphouse, a Wisconsin-based chain of burger-and-beer eateries, will make its Arizona debut on the southwest corner of Alma School and Germann in south Chandler. It’s taking over the strip-mall space that formerly was home to the Chandler Gourmet

Longtime East Valley barbecue restaurateur Clay Caldwell apparently knows more than smoked meats. The founder of Waldo’s BBQ and Caldwell County BBQ is opening a hot dog shop called Clay Dawgs on Gilbert Road just north of downtown Gilbert. The stand-alone

Zesty Zzeeks Pizza & Wings, a trio of family-owned pizzerias in the East Valley, is planning to open a fourth location later this year in south Chandler. The restaurant will be a newly constructed building on the southwest corner of

Big news for barbecue lovers in the East Valley: Naked BBQ, one of Arizona’s best ’cue joints, is coming to Chandler this summer. The well-regarded smokehouse’s third location will take over the former Pizza Five85 space on the southeast corner

Borderlands Brewing, an 8-year-old Tucson brewery best-known for its Noche Dolce vanilla porter and Citrana sour gose, is expanding into the Valley. Borderlands Brewing & Public House will take over a former auto body shop on the southwest corner of

Truland Burgers & Greens, a popular Tucson eatery since 2016, will open its second location later this year in downtown Chandler. It will join several other restaurants in the new Overstreet development on the southwest corner of Arizona and Chandler

Someburros, the East Valley-based chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants, will open its first Phoenix location on the northeast corner of Seventh Street and Camelback this summer. “It’s been a dream of mine for some time to open a Someburros in

Matt’s Big Breakfast, the popular breakfast and lunch eatery, is opening a new location on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and Thunderbird in Scottsdale this fall. “Scottsdale was hungry,” owner Matt Pool says. “Local fans have even submitted suggestions on

Spooky’s Swirls, a horror- and sci-fi-themed, gluten-free bakery with a rotating display of movie props and wardrobes, is coming to the northeast corner of Alma School and Elliot in Chandler. The bakery is headed by pastry chefs Lola Forbes and Chris

Huge news for East Valley taco lovers! Tacos Chiwas, considered by many aficionados to make the best tacos in Phoenix, is coming to Chandler this summer. The husband-and-wife team of Armando Hernandez and Nadia Holguin debuted Tacos Chiwas on the southwest

Fate Brewing, a pair of Scottsdale-based brewpubs that recently gained the rights to their original name, will open a third East Valley location Wednesday, May 15, south of the ASU campus in Tempe. The new 6,000-square-foot brewpub will be located

Sean Hayes and Jo Ann Franko, the couple that owns 2-year-old Tipsy Cactus TapRoom & Bottle Shop in southwest Mesa, are launching a small-plates restaurant in east Mesa next month. Share Craft Kitchen & Bar will be located in the Safeway

In April 2018, MXSW reported local Mexican restaurant chain Barrio Queen was planning to open a location at Tempe Marketplace by the end of the year and was looking for a site in Queen Creek. It’s taken longer than expected, but both

I was shocked and saddened to learn of the recent passing of Clara Spataro, who, along with her husband, Giovanni, owned and operated La Calabria Ristorante in Gilbert. A memorial was held at the Italian restaurant on Sunday. I first met

Say goodbye to Beaver Choice, the sit-down restaurant with an eclectic menu of Polish, Scandinavian, and Canadian dishes. The 9-year-old restaurant, located on the southeast corner of Extension and Baseline in Mesa, is transforming itself into a fast-casual concept. No