Category: Food & Drink News

Breakfast Bitch, a popular 2-year-old restaurant at the Cambria Hotel in downtown Phoenix, has moved a couple of blocks to a larger space on the northeast corner of Roosevelt and Third Street that formerly was home to Golden Margarita. Menu

• Mesquite Fresh Street Mex and Arizona Helping Hands have launched their third annual Toys for Tacos fundraiser. Bring a new, unwrapped toy to any of the local taco shop’s nine locations and get a free taco (pictured). • Tempe-based

Arcadia Farms Cafe in Old Town Scottsdale has sold and closed the cottage that housed its cafe but plans to reopen the breakfast and lunch restaurant across the street in December. What’s happening: Arcadia Farms Cafe, which chef and owner

Downtown Mesa sandwich shop Worth Takeaway is bringing back its hugely popular Jim Bob’s Burgers pop-up from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. What: The annual pop-up, an homage to the Fox animated sitcom ‘‘Bob’s Burgers,’’ will feature a menu

Citing the difficult environment for restaurants in recent years, the Golden Pineapple Craft Lounge in Tempe has announced some major changes for the 2-year-old restaurant and bar. The changes: Hours will now be 5-10 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday; Counter service will replace full

James Beard Award-winning chef Chris Bianco is rolling back hours at his four Valley restaurants due to staffing shortages, he announced Tuesday on Instagram. The new hours: Pizzeria Bianco (Heritage Square): 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Pizzeria

Brooklyn V’s Pizza has remodeled the private room available for reservation at its Gilbert location on the northeast corner of Lindsay and Warner. Available for: Birthday parties, bridal and baby showers, wedding receptions, rehearsal dinners, business meetings, and more. Reservations:

After reading MXSW’s recent post on reported construction delays at its new Gilbert location, an official from Portillo’s reached out to say the restaurant still is on schedule to open by the end of this year as originally announced. Previously: Construction

Cheba Hut, the national chain of cannabis-themed sub shops that began in Tempe, has closed its original location on the northeast corner of Hardy and University for several weeks of renovations. The chain: Scott Jennings created the concept, featuring ‘‘toasted’’

Barro’s Pizza is planning to move its current restaurant on the northwest corner of Alma School and Germann in south Chandler. Its new home will be the former Village Inn building next to Macayo”s Mexican Food on the northeast corner of Alma School and

Pie Snob has closed its 11-year-old pie shop near the northeast corner of Indian School and 36th Street in east Phoenix in order to move to a new location near the southwest corner of Indian School and 40th Street. The new

Tempe-based Spinato’s Pizzeria, which is preparing to open its seventh Valley location at Epicenter at Agritopia in Gilbert in November, has reached an agreement to become the official pizza of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury. Its Chicago-style pizza will be

A car crashed through the glass front wall of the MOD Pizza on the northwest corner of Cooper and Warner in Gilbert this morning. The driver accidentally stepped on the gas instead of the brake, police told Channel 3. No

The Local Chandler sports bar in downtown Chandler closes today after a 5-year run, but owner Mike Smith isn’t leaving the Valley restaurant business. The ASU graduate, who has worked in the industry for 25 years, has purchased a We

El Charro Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge, the iconic Mexican restaurant in downtown Mesa that closed in 2017 but reopened last year, has closed agaon – but only for a month of summer vacation. The family-run restaurant, which was established in 1922

Condolences to the family and friends of Gregory Elias, a longtime Scottsdale restaurateur who died while swimming at Lake Pleasant on Saturday. He was 72. Elias was best-known as the owner of popular Eli’s American Grille from 1992 until its

Wicked Brews, Bites, & Spirits in Ahwatukee has unveiled its new Brewer’s Den, a banquet room and second bar that offers high-end spirits. The room, which is adjacent to the 20-month-old restaurant’s brewing equipment, can be booked for private events.

Three Valley pizzerias are among the top 50 in the United States according to 50 Top Pizza, a pizza evaluation website based in Italy. Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix ranks No. 12, Pomo in Scottsdale is No. 38, and Craft 64

With the annual summer slowdown and the upcoming holiday weekend, several Valley restaurants are temporarily closing in order to take well-earned vacations, including: Los Dos Molinos in Mesa is closed until Tuesday, July 5. Cuisine & Wine Bistro in south

Heads up, Wendy’s fans: The fast-food chain introduced a limited-time Strawberry Frosty on Monday in conjunction with the seasonal return of its Summer Strawberry Chicken Salad. It’s only the second new Frosty flavor Wendy’s has debuted in the U.S. in the