Category: Food & Drink News

After reading MXSW’s recent post on reported construction delays at its new Gilbert location, an official from Portillo’s reached out to say the restaurant still is on schedule to open by the end of this year as originally announced. Previously: Construction

Cheba Hut, the national chain of cannabis-themed sub shops that began in Tempe, has closed its original location on the northeast corner of Hardy and University for several weeks of renovations. The chain: Scott Jennings created the concept, featuring ‘‘toasted’’

Barro’s Pizza is planning to move its current restaurant on the northwest corner of Alma School and Germann in south Chandler. Its new home will be the former Village Inn building next to Macayo”s Mexican Food on the northeast corner of Alma School and

Pie Snob has closed its 11-year-old pie shop near the northeast corner of Indian School and 36th Street in east Phoenix in order to move to a new location near the southwest corner of Indian School and 40th Street. The new

Tempe-based Spinato’s Pizzeria, which is preparing to open its seventh Valley location at Epicenter at Agritopia in Gilbert in November, has reached an agreement to become the official pizza of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury. Its Chicago-style pizza will be

A car crashed through the glass front wall of the MOD Pizza on the northwest corner of Cooper and Warner in Gilbert this morning. The driver accidentally stepped on the gas instead of the brake, police told Channel 3. No

The Local Chandler sports bar in downtown Chandler closes today after a 5-year run, but owner Mike Smith isn’t leaving the Valley restaurant business. The ASU graduate, who has worked in the industry for 25 years, has purchased a We

El Charro Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge, the iconic Mexican restaurant in downtown Mesa that closed in 2017 but reopened last year, has closed agaon – but only for a month of summer vacation. The family-run restaurant, which was established in 1922