Category: Food & Drink News

Phoenix Ale Brewery Central Kitchen, a collaboration between Phoenix Ale Brewery and former NYPD Pizza CEO Rich Stark, opens Wednesday in Phoenix. The gastropub is located in the Crown on 7th plaza on the east side of Seventh Street just south

Looks like the reopening of The Hungry Monk in Chandler is going to be a day later than planned. The restaurant and bar has been closed this week for a facelift including brick facing (pictured) behind the bar, new paints, new

The Hungry Monk in Chandler announced it will be closed until Thursday: ‘‘We are remodeling the Monk and updating our look (new kitchen flooring, paint, face-brick on a few walls, refurbish of the patio along with all new furniture on the

Craft beer and wine drinkers are quite familar with the idea of flights. Now it looks like coffee lovers are getting in on the fun. Infusion Coffee & Tea in Tempe is introducing coffee flights. For $8, you get five 3-ounce

The East Valley apparently loves food trucks. And with Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa, and Queen Creek hosting regular weekly roundups, it probably was inevitable Tempe would join in. Enter Saturday Food Trucks at Kiwanis Park. Starting this weekend, a food truck

While the East Valley long has been the epicenter of Arizona’s craft beer scene, it’s been slow to warm up to the growing craft spirits trend. That appears to be changing, though, as some of the Valley’s most prominent ‘‘mixologists’’

Arizona Wilderness Brewing in Gilbert, Yoli’s Cafe in Chandler, and Republica Empanada in Mesa are some of the East Valley restaurants that will be featured in Season 6 of ‘‘Check, Please! Arizona.’’ The four-time Emmy-winning TV series airs at 7 p.m.

Adios, The Good Egg. Florida-based First Watch, which bought The Good Egg chain last year, has announced it will convert all 19 Good Eggs in Arizona into First Watch restaurants. That includes four in the East Valley: Rural & Ray in