Category: Food & Drink News

Say goodbye to Beaver Choice, the sit-down restaurant with an eclectic menu of Polish, Scandinavian, and Canadian dishes. The 9-year-old restaurant, located on the southeast corner of Extension and Baseline in Mesa, is transforming itself into a fast-casual concept. No

Dilla Libre, formerly known as United Lunchadores Street Gourmet, will open its second bricks-and-mortar location in south Scottsdale next month. The quesadilla and street taco shop will take over the 2-year-old Pho King Asian-Mexican fusion restaurant on the northeast corner of Hayden and Thomas.

The Sleepy Whale, a craft beer bar and bottle shop, will hold its grand opening at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 4, on the northwest corner of Arizona and Frye in downtown Chandler. The 2,400-square-foot building with a 1,100-square-foot patio will

Tempe Public Market Café, which opened last August on the northeast corner of Rural and Warner in south Tempe, will close Monday, May 6, for several weeks of renovations. The changes, which will allow the order-at-the-counter restaurant and bar to

Brat Haus, a sausage-and-beer joint in Old Town Scottsdale, has applied for a liquor license for a north Phoenix location. Launched in July 2012 by restaurateur Dave Andrea and chef Payton Curry, the concept is loosely modeled on a German

It looks like Phoenix Ale Brewery Central Kitchen is opening a second location in Scottsdale. The gastropub, a partnership between Phoenix Ale Brewery (which doesn’t serve food) and former NYPD Pizza CEO Rich Stark, opened in uptown Phoenix in May

The Buffalo Spot, a California-based chicken and ribs chain, will open its second East Valley restaurant on the southeast corner of Val Vista and Williams Field in Gilbert. It’ll take over the building that formerly housed Bush’s Chicken, which closed

Craft 64 pizzeria and bar will hold three hiring fairs seeking managers, servers with bar shifts, bussers, and barbacks next week at its new downtown Chandler location: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, April 23; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, April 25; 10