Category: Food & Drink News

It’s Fat Tuesday, which means it’s time for paczki. The decadent Polish pastries, similar to doughnuts, traditionally were made to use up all of the fat, sugar, eggs, and fruit in a household before Lent. If you didn’t make your own this year,

Over the weekend, I got a peek at the construction progress at Craft 64, the acclaimed pizzeria and bar in Old Town Scottsdale that is taking over the former La Stalla Rustica Cucina space near the new Flix Brewhouse in downtown Chandler. The restaurant’s front windows

Big changes are in the works at Cider Corps in downtown Mesa. The craft cidery and taproom is expanding its production capacity, installing a bottling line, making room indoors for Myke’s Pizza, and adding a patio. It’s all possible because Cider

Kind Hospitality, the Mesa-based company that runs several restaurants at Valley airports, announced it has purchased six of the eight Macayo’s Mexican restaurants in the Valley. Woody and Victoria Johnson opened the first Macayo’s, then known as Woody’s El Nido, in Phoenix

The Chandler Craft Spirits Festival has a new name for its sixth year: The Arizona Craft Spirits & Cocktail Festival. The 21-and-over event, which promises ‘‘more spirit samples and entertainment opportunities’’ this year, will be held 3-9 p.m. Saturday, April 27,

Anthony Serrano, former owner and chef of El Palacio Mexican Restaurant & Cantina, has joined Ginger Monkey in south Chandler as a temporary guest chef and culinary consultant. Serrano says he is helping the two-year-old Ginger Monkey with ‘‘planning an amazing new

JC’s Steakhouse in Gilbert launches a weekly jazz and wine night featuring saxophonist Rachelle Romeo and drummer Roy Cameron at 6 Tuesday, Feb. 26. Customers who buy a bottle of wine for $30 or more will receive a second bottle for

We now have an opening date for Culinary Dropout at the Yard, the newest addition to the downtown Gilbert dining scene. Fox Restaurant Concepts announced the 25,000-square-foot venue will open Wednesday, April 3, on the northeast corner of Gilbert Road