🍽 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 menus will be posted by May 1.
🍕 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 Pizzeria, Hot Daisy Pizza, and Il Bosco Pizza.
Previous: Dave Portnoy of ‘One Bite Pizza Reviews’ visits Craft 64 & Pizzeria Bianco
🍷 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 in the categories of Notable Wine List and Special Occasions.
Good news: Arizona’s first Black-owned wine bar 🍷 will reopen at 5 p.m. today, according to Chic Chef 77 owner/chef Nic Fields.
The Tempe venue closed last Saturday after an alleged drunk driver ran through its patio and window at 2:25 a.m.
The business had only been open for three days on the southeast corner of Apache and Terrace.
Scottsdale-based Evening Entertainment Group has reached a deal to open a location of its pizzeria and beer garden concept Bottled Blonde on the Las Vegas Strip in late 2024.
It will be located in a new four-story entertainment complex across from the Bellagio.
Bottled Blonde debuted in Old Town Scottsdale in 2014 and has since expanded to Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth, and Miami.
KickStand Cocktails, a line of vodka-based canned beverages with a spicy kick, make their Arizona debut today.
🌶 The spice levels: Roasted Jalapeno Cucumber (mild), Charred Pineapple Poblano (medium), Smashed Raspberry Serrano (medium) and Torched Peach Chipotle (hot).
🥫 The details: Made with vodka, fruit juice, and natural flavors, each can is 105 calories, 3 grams of carbs, and 5.5% ABV.
🎉 The party: A release party with celebrity DJ Dee Jay Silver will be held from 7 p.m.-close tonight at Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row in Old Town Scottsdale.
Yelp came out with a list of the top pizzerias in the U.S. and Canada this week, and one from Arizona is in the top 20.
No, it isn’t the legendary Pizzeria Bianco. Or Pomo. Or Il Forno.
Coming in at No. 18 in the rankings is My Slice of the Pie, a not-so-famous Arcadia pizzeria that puts a Southwest twist on New York-style pies.
The pizzeria: My Slice, which describes its offerings simply as ‘‘Mexican pizzas,’’ was launched by Randy Bortin in 2016, but sold to Carlos and Karen Zatarain last April.
The ranking: Yelp’s top 100 list, which takes into account review ratings and the number of reviews, doesn’t have the critical weight of, say, a James Beard Award.
⏰ Open: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday.
📌 Details: 3724 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix (map), 602-956-2098, mysliceofthepiepizzeria.com.
Salad and Go, one of the most successful restaurant concepts to come out of the Valley, opened its first Las Vegas location Monday, the start of a planned rapid expansion across Nevada.
🥗 The menu: Chef-designed salads, wraps, breakfast burritos, and soup.
The growth: The drive-though eatery, which began with a single store in Gilbert in 2013, now has 82 locations in Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, and Nevada.
🦞 Did you know: Roushan and Tony Christofellis, the Gilbert couple who created Salad and Go, sold the business in 2020 and recently launched Angie’s Lobster, a drive-through concept offering $9.99 lobster meals.
Phoenix restaurateur and chef Chris Bianco, who opened a downtown Los Angeles location of his flagship Pizzeria Bianco last June, is launching a Pane Bianco in the same mixed-use space known as Row DTLA.
The menu: Pane Bianco in Los Angeles will serve New York City-style slices and whole 18-inch pies, plus an array of sandwiches.
The timeline: Pane Bianco Los Angeles is expected to be open by March.
