Category: Food & Drink News

🍣 Shinji Kurita, chef and founder of ShinBay in Old Town Scottsdale, has left the acclaimed sushi restaurant, saying he no longer can work 80 hours a week, according to Phoenix Magazine. Kurita launched and operated ShinBay in Ahwatukee from

Chris Osborn, a beloved figure in the Valley’s food and beverage community for three decades, passed away Tuesday. He was just 46. The Scottsdale native, known as ‘‘Oz’’ to his many friends, began working in restaurants at age 14. He

🏀 Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal made a surprise visit to his 9-month-old Big Chicken fast-casual restaurant in downtown Gilbert on Sunday. The current TNT commentator met with members of the six youth basketball teams sponsored by the restaurant, signing

🦞 Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux in southeast Mesa will celebrate its ‘‘grand reopening’’ under new management at 11 a.m. Wednesday by giving the first 100 guests to enter the restaurant a chance to win free food and drink for a year.

👩🏽‍🍳 Local First Arizona, which has incubated more than 200 restaurants and food businesses since 2017 through its Good Food Boot Camp and community kitchens in Mesa and south Phoenix, has launched a third community kitchen in Maryvale. Twelve female

💵 The owner of famed Phoenix soda fountain MacAlpine’s, which opened in 1929 but has been closed since 2020, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $93,500 to reopen. The diner, located on the northeast corner of Seventh Street and

🍕 Starting today, Fire & Brimstone, the wood-fired pizzeria inside Barnone at Agritopia in Gilbert, will be closed for two to three weeks to remodel the kitchen. The kitchen will be expanded by taking over the former LetterCraft space next door.

👨‍🍳🍻 When you’re known for making some of the best beers in Arizona, where do you look for a chef to head your first kitchen? In the case of Wren House Brewing, it’s Bacanora. The Phoenix brewery is partnering with