By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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12 West Brewing in Gilbert releases Alma and Hannah – the first bottles from its new sour project, Cuvée Verdad – at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 24. Alma, a table sour ale, is $14 per 750-milliliter bottle. Hannah, a Brett New England
Romeo’s Euro Cafe in Gilbert holds its weekly ‘‘Taste of Romeo’s’’ dinner, hosted by chef Romeo Taus (pictured) and his wife, Janice, in a private dining room, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 26. The dinners typically feature five courses selected from the restaurant’s regular
Flancer’s has announced a ‘‘selfie’’ photo contest in which you can win free pizza just by posting on social media: Take a creative photo with your Flancer’s meal. Post the photo on the Gilbert location’s Facebook page or the Mesa location’s page. Share
Salad and Go, the Gilbert-based chain of drive-through salad shops, begins its Lower Price Initiative today by dropping the price of its salads with chicken or organic tofu from $7.18 to $6.82. The initiative, announced last month, is an ambitious, four-stage plan to lower
You can add Craft 64 in Old Town Scottsdale to the list of local restaurants and bars opening early to show World Cup games. The award-winning pizzeria and craft beer bar will open at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 11, for
Metalachi, the world’s first (and apparently only) heavy metal mariachi band will headline the musical lineup at this year’s Rockin’ Taco Street Fest in downtown Chandler. The seventh annual fest will take place noon-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. Besides tacos from
Meridiem Kitchen & Lounge, the year-old restaurant on Price Road just south of the Loop 202 in south Chandler, is dropping breakfast on weekdays. The restaurant’s new hours are 10 a.m.-11 p.m. weekdays and 7 a.m.-1 a.m. weekends. The restaurant recently
Grubstak, the 18-month-old poutine-like concept in downtown Gilbert, will open a second location this fall on the southeast corner of Gilbert and Ocotillo in south Chandler. Instead of using traditional poutine’s French fries, Grubstak’s offerings – known as Staks – are
Just one day after the Arizona Republic ran its biennial story on the growing number of restaurants in downtown Chandler, some of those restaurants may be preparing to leave. I’ve been hearing rumors in recent weeks that more than one restaurant
Helluva Brewing Company, a described ‘‘suds and smoke’’ brewpub, is planning to open this fall in the former Zipps Sports Grill building on the northeast corner of McClintock and Ray in Chandler. Owner Shawn Shepard says a 15-barrel brewing system will take up
Last August, MXSW broke the news that Texas-based Varsity Tavern was taking over the three-story building that formerly housed Hooters and Gringo-Star Street Bar on the southeast corner of Mill and Fifth Street in downtown Tempe. Besides a Varsity Tavern, we now know the upscale sports
Sweetest Season Artisan Eatery, a full-service brunch and lunch restaurant, will open later this summer in the former Miele’s Italian restaurant space on the southeast corner of McClintock and Guadalupe in south Tempe. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because the
Nation’s Restaurant News, a website that covers the food-service industry, has released its annual list of the Top 10 Fastest-Growing Restaurant Chains of 2018: MOD Pizza Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza Shake Shack First Watch Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers Fuzzy’s Taco
Cotton & Copper, which describes itself as ‘‘a modern take on the classic public house,’’ will open later this summer on the northeast corner of Rural and Warner in south Tempe. The corner also is home to Tempe Public Market Cafe,
Congrats to Venezia’s Pizza, which has been honored by the Food Network as one of the top spots for pizza in the 52 largest cities in the country. According to the network list: Ever wonder what kind of pizza Walter White
This is the final weekend for early breakfast service at Flancer’s in Gilbert. The restaurant began offering breakfast from 8-11 a.m. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in 2016. This Sunday, June 17, will be the final day. The good news for
Valley-based Quail Distributing is releasing a special collaboration beer Thursday, June 21, to raise money for the wife of a recently deceased employee. Jeff McCarty, a veteran of the local food and beverage industry, was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer
At a time when seemingly every restaurant across the Valley is raising prices, Gilbert-based Salad and Go is intent on going the other direction. The chain of drive-through salad shops has announced ambitious plans to lower the price of its 48-ounce salads full
Salad and Go, a fast-growing East Valley-based chain of drive-through salad shops, announced its 15th store will be constructed on the southeast corner of Gilbert and Queen Creek in south Chandler. Roushaun Cristofellis and her husband, Tony, launched the concept in 2013
Barro’s Pizza, the locally owned chain with 40 locations in Maricopa and Pima counties, is donating all proceeds from its lunch specials in June to help families dealing with the difficulties of pediatric cancer. The pizzeria’s popular lunch specials include: A slice for
