Category: Food & Drink News

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