Category: Food & Drink News

💻 The recently closed Original Golden Skone restaurant in San Tan Valley has begun selling its pre-mix in two-pound bags for $15 online. Just add yeast and water to make 12 skone sandwiches at home. You can pick up the mix at

🌯 DEZ Burrito, an ex-food truck that opened a bricks-and-mortar restaurant on the southwest corner of Cooper and Ray in Chandler in January, finally celebrates its grand opening from 4-7 p.m. today with free paletas, a prize wheel, and special discounts.

🧑🏿‍🍳 Today is the kickoff of the Valley’s third annual Black Restaurant Week, meant to raise awareness and build support for Black-owned culinary businesses. Sweet Magnolia Smokehouse, Tempura Takeover (pictured), and Chic Chef 77 are just a few of local eateries and food trucks offering special menus

🍅 Sweet Tomatoes, a San Diego-based chain of soup and salad bars that permanently closed all 97 of its U.S. restaurants (including nine in Arizona) due to the coronavirus in 2020, is trying to make a comeback. New owner ST

🥐 Scottsdale-based Wildflower is spending $3 million to redesign seven of its Arizona restaurants with new booths, tables, chairs, and bakery displays. The Sonora Village location in north Scottsdale was the first to be renovated; others scheduled for 2023 are in Goodyear, Scottsdale

🍽 The Arizona Restaurant Association has announced the dates for its Spring Arizona Restaurant Week: May 19-28. Participating restaurants will offer special three-course prix-fixe menus for $33, $44, or $55 per person. A complete list of participating restaurants and their ARW

🍕 It turns out Dave Portnoy visited more than Pizzeria Bianco and Craft 64 for his famous One Bite Pizza Reviews while the Barstool Sports founder was here for the Super Bowl. Check out his videos of Sal’s Gilbert Pizza, Brooklyn V’s Pizza, Venezia’s Pizzeria, Spinato’s

🍷 Cuisine & Wine Bistro, a family-run French restaurant and wine bar in south Chandler, was awarded places in multiple categories on OpenTable’s exclusive Diner’s Choice list for the second straight year. Cuisine & Wine was voted best in Phoenix/Arizona region