Category: For a good cause

AZ Women in Food, a group created last year to support woman-led local food businesses, is offering a Labor Day package of shelf-stable sweets, recipe kits, seasonings, snacks, and more from its members. Included: Gwen’s Granola from FnB Potato chips

Matty G’s Steakburgers is donating 25% of all sales today at its Gilbert and Mesa restaurants to longtime employee Samuel Muñoz, whose wife, Dirielle, is undergoing expensive medical treatments for SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth).

Aioli Gourmet Burgers’ flagship location on the northwest corner of 32nd Street and Shea in Phoenix will unveil an outdoor mural created by Shadow Mountain High School students Monday, April 18. During the reveal party from 5 p.m. to close,

Craft 64, the wood-fired pizzeria and brew pub in Old Town Scottsdale and downtown Chandler, is promoting a GoFundMe campaign for its manager, Santos Rodriguez, whose 7-year-old daughter was killed and mother severely injured in a car accident.

Four Valley chefs who prevailed on the Food Network competition show “Chopped’’ are teaming up for a May 16 dinner to raise money for local cancer-related charities. Preparing the five-course Sunday night dinner at The Simple Farm in Scottsdale will

If you missed Thursday’s huge Bobby’s Block Party fundraiser at restaurants and bars in downtown Chandler and beyond, you have another opportunity to donate this weekend. South Tempe dive bar Casey’s Woodshed will host a Bulleitt Backyard BBQ to raise

Bobby’s Block Party, a fundraiser for the family of Bobby Kramer, from noon to 11:30 p.m. Thursday at businesses in downtown Chandler and throughout the Valley. Kramer, the 31-year-old beverage director for The Brickyard Downtown and The Hidden House was killed by a

Arizona Wilderness Brewing in Gilbert releases its seasonal March For Orange IPA, an annual fundraiser for the Arizona chapter of the national MS Society, on Thursday. The beer is brewed with brewed with oranges from Agritopia in Gilbert and Sinagua Malt

More heartbreaking news for the Valley’s food and beverage community: Kevin Lewis, sommelier and wine director at nationally acclaimed Kai at Wild Horse Pass Resort, has been diagnosed with stage 4 adenocarcinoma. Adenocarcinoma is a type of cancer that starts

A dozen restaurants and bars in downtown Chandler, as well as several others throughout the Valley, will participate in Bobby’s Block Party, a fundraiser for the family of Bobby Kramer, from noon to 11:30 p.m. Thursday, March 4. The 31-year-old

The Hidden House in downtown Chandler is the latest East Valley business to host a fundraiser for the family of Bobby Kramer. Kramer, beverage director at The Hidden House and The Brickyard Downtown, was killed Feb. 10 by a wrong-way

Not even the covid-19 panemic can cancel Bashas’ annual Fat Tuesday specials on pączki and Mardi Gras king cakes. More than 50 Bashas’ bakeries in Arizona will be selling pączki – Polish pastries similar to jelly doughnuts but richer-tasting – for

The Golden Pineapple in Tempe will hold a special edition of its weekly industry night with guest bartenders Brandon Casey and William Ludington donating all their tips tonight to the family of Bobby Kramer. Kramer (pictured), who was beverage director

Pedal Haus Brewery founders Julian Wright and Derek ‘‘Doc’’ Osborne kick off a week-long pizza competition today to benefit two Valley dog rescues. The pair will be making and selling their own specialty pizzas from 4-7 p.m. today at the

A GoFundMe page has been set up for a longtime employee at The Chuckbox who’s battling colon cancer and covid-19. The employee, identified only as Tony, has been working at the Tempe institution for more than 30 years. The grandfather

Culver’s kicks off its annual Concretes for a Cause campaign today. urchase any Concrete Mixer this week and the chain will donate $1 to Phoenix Children’s Hospital’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. Cancer kills more children than any other

Barro’s Pizza and Four Peaks Brewing have collaborated on a new beer, Angelo’s Ale, to honor the pizza chain’s late patriarch. Who was Angelo? Angelo Barro’s mother launched Barro’s Pizza in Chicago in 1961, and he brought the concept to

If you’re interested in the Valley’s food scene, you’re likely familiar with restaurateur and chef Adam Allison. Maybe you’ve eaten his incredible comfort food at his ’50s-era Handlebar Diner in southeast Mesa or from his Left Coast Burrito Co. food

Kudos to Venezia’s Pizzeria, which raised $5,000 for United Food Bank last week. The locally chain’s five Valley locations donated $1 from every pizza sold from Aug. 17-19. The $5,000 will provide 25,000 meals for families in need. “Food insecurity

Local chain Venezia’s Pizzeria is donating $1 from every pizza sold today, Tuesday, and Wednesday to United Food Bank, which provides meals to Arizonans in need. “We are incredibly grateful for the support we received during the last few months,