Category: Food & Drink News

Former Valley chef William Bradley, now heading Addison at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar in San Diego, gets some major love from the New York Times’ T Magazine this week in a glowing profile headlined ‘‘This is a Chef’s Chef.’’ This

Last week, equipment failures forced JC’s Steakhouse in Gilbert to postpone its monthly beer dinner. Unfortunately, repairs are more extensive and taking longer to complete than expected. As a result, the restaurant has canceled the August beer dinner. The next one will

I stopped by Brooklyn V’s Pizza in Gilbert today to check out its expansion work. The restaurant, located on the northeast corner of Lindsay and Warner, is building an addition over its former patio to create capacity for another 30 or diners. Since

Cuisine & Wine Bistro in Gilbert is celebrating Bastille Day, a French holiday commemorating the 1789 storming of the Bastille during the French revolution, with a free wine tasting Thursday. Fabrice Buschtetz, the chef who opened the wine bar 15 months ago, is a

AZ Food Crafters, which lengthened its weekday hours of operation last month, announced it now will be open on Sundays as well, starting this weekend. Sunday hours will by 8 a.m.-3 p.m. to enjoy brunch in the cafe or to

Uh-oh. After just 10 months, big changes are coming to Pedal Haus Brewery in downtown Tempe. Julian Wright’s 14,000-square-foot, European-inspired brewery, restaurant, and beer garden will close Monday for three months of retooling. It’s scheduled to reopen Sept. 26. According to

After years of closing at 4 p.m., AZ Food Crafters finally is open for dinner. The Chandler hand pie shop and cafe has extended its hours from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Saturday hours remain 8 a.m.

Phoenix Ale Brewery Central Kitchen, a collaboration between Phoenix Ale Brewery and former NYPD Pizza CEO Rich Stark, opens Wednesday in Phoenix. The gastropub is located in the Crown on 7th plaza on the east side of Seventh Street just south

Looks like the reopening of The Hungry Monk in Chandler is going to be a day later than planned. The restaurant and bar has been closed this week for a facelift including brick facing (pictured) behind the bar, new paints, new

The Hungry Monk in Chandler announced it will be closed until Thursday: ‘‘We are remodeling the Monk and updating our look (new kitchen flooring, paint, face-brick on a few walls, refurbish of the patio along with all new furniture on the

Craft beer and wine drinkers are quite familar with the idea of flights. Now it looks like coffee lovers are getting in on the fun. Infusion Coffee & Tea in Tempe is introducing coffee flights. For $8, you get five 3-ounce

The East Valley apparently loves food trucks. And with Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa, and Queen Creek hosting regular weekly roundups, it probably was inevitable Tempe would join in. Enter Saturday Food Trucks at Kiwanis Park. Starting this weekend, a food truck

While the East Valley long has been the epicenter of Arizona’s craft beer scene, it’s been slow to warm up to the growing craft spirits trend. That appears to be changing, though, as some of the Valley’s most prominent ‘‘mixologists’’

Arizona Wilderness Brewing in Gilbert, Yoli’s Cafe in Chandler, and Republica Empanada in Mesa are some of the East Valley restaurants that will be featured in Season 6 of ‘‘Check, Please! Arizona.’’ The four-time Emmy-winning TV series airs at 7 p.m.

Adios, The Good Egg. Florida-based First Watch, which bought The Good Egg chain last year, has announced it will convert all 19 Good Eggs in Arizona into First Watch restaurants. That includes four in the East Valley: Rural & Ray in

Sad news to share this morning from neighborhood favorite Mark’s Cafe in Tempe: Chef-owner Mark Vojtek suffered a heart attack Sunday. Vojtek’s wife, Karen, posted the news on the restaurant’s Facebook page late Sunday night: It is will great sadness that I

Condolences to Elmer’s Tacos, the longtime Chandler taco shop that lost its founder this week. Claudio ‘‘Elmer’’ Cuen passed away Sunday at age 70. Cuen, a Sonora native, moved from Los Angeles and opened Elmer’s in 1974 just a few feet north of

Pier 54, the lakeside patio restaurant in south Tempe, is marking National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by spotlighting OneHope Chardonnay as its wine of the month for October. OneHope Wines were launched to make a positive worldwide social impact. Half of

Already known for an all-Arizona roster of 35 craft beers on tap and a well-curated wine list, Craft 64 in Old Town Scottsdale now is pouring spirits as well. The pizzeria opened in March with just six tap handles and wine. It