By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
Please support the businesses that support MXSW:
Back East Bagels
Bar/Restaurant Insurance
Brooklyn V’s Pizza
Craft 64
Creative Strategies
Cuisine & Wine Bistro
Floridino’s Pizza & Pasta
La Ristra New Mexican
Laurshan Construction
Sal’s Gilbert Pizza
Serrano’s Restaurants
SK Oil Sales
Sun Devil Hoods
Taqueria Factory
The Restaurant Brokers
Tott’s Asian Diner
Venezia’s Pizza
We Sell Restaurants
Please welcome Central Pop, a year-old Chandler shop offering 45 flavors of popcorn, as MXSW’s newest sponsor. Flavors range from Pecan Praline Caramel to Loaded Baked Potato to Texas Chili. The store, located on the southwest corner of Cooper and Ray,
Please welcome Hot Bamboo, a new restaurant on the northwest corner of McQueen and Pecos in Chandler, as MXSW’s newest sponsor. The Asian street food concept offers bao (steamed buns), dumplings, and rice bowls. Hot Bamboo, popular at Valley festivals
BKD’s Backyard Joint, a new sports bar and grill from the owners of the Valley’s three Melting Pot fondue restaurants, will open Thursday, Jan. 17, on the northwest corner of McQueen and Pecos in Chandler. It takes over former neighborhood grill Hangar
Tryst Café, a health-conscious restaurant at Desert Ridge in northeast Phoenix, will open a second location on the southeast corner of Gilbert and Ocotillo in south Gilbert this summer. Besides the typical all-day American menu items, there are a number of
Love pizza? Flancer’s will hold its 18th annual Charity Pizza-Eating Contest at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 8, at its Gilbert location. The annual event is a fundraiser for Warfighter Sports, Sunshine Acres Children’s Home, and Jewish Family & Children’s Services. The
Romeo’s Euro Cafe in Gilbert holds its weekly ‘‘Taste of Romeo’s’’ dinner, hosted by chef Romeo Taus and his wife, Janice, in a private dining room, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1. The dinners typically feature five courses selected from the restaurant’s regular menu. This
GRAZ Kitchen Fresh will celebrate the grand opening of its new home in the Palette Collective building behind Chandler Fashion Center from 6-9 p.m. Saturday. The independent gourmet sandwich shop launched in 2014 on the southeast corner of Arizona Avenue and Pecos in
Republica Empanada in downtown Mesa is the latest Valley eatery to catch the eye of the Food Network’s ‘‘Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.’’ Show host Guy Fieri and his crew spent Thursday filming at Republica Empanada for a future episode. The
Back in April, I wrote about Julian Wright, owner Pedal Haus Brewery in downtown Tempe, buying and closing popular Vintage 95 in downtown Chandler. At the time, he was planning to partner with Jim Bob and Kelsey Strothers, owners of Worth Takeaway in downtown Mesa, on
Please welcome Venezia’s Pizzeria, a family-owned group of New York-style pizzerias with five Valley locations, as MXSW’s newest sponsor. Domenick and Jaime Montanile opened their first location in Tempe in 1998 and later added others in Mesa (two), Gilbert, and Phoenix. Besides pizzas,
Please welcome IncogNitos, a neighborhood sports bar that opened on the northwest corner of Alma School and Warner in Chandler in September, as MXSW’s newest sponsor. Taking over the longtime Gallagher’s space, IncogNitos offers a all-star menu that ranges from Wisconsin
Please welcome Flancer’s, a pair of fun and casual cafés with a Southwest-inspired menu, as MXSW’s newest sponsor. Owner Jeff Flancer, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, opened the original Flancer’s in Gilbert in 2000 and added a northeast
Please welcome Wild Ginger Asian Bistro, an Asian fusion restaurant that opened in June on the northeast corner of Higley and Guadalupe in Gilbert, as MXSW’s newest sponsor. The father-and-daughter-run restaurant offers a menu of delicious dishes from China, Japanese, Thailand, Vietnam, and other
Today Grand opening of La Sala Tequila Cantina in Chandler 5th anniversary specials at Vintage 95 in Chandler Arizona Brewers Ball at Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix Saturday 2nd annual Phoenix Pizza Festival at Margaret T. Hance Park 4th Anniversary Party
Please welcome 55 Chicago, a contemporary cocktail lounge that opened in April in downtown Chandler, as MXSW’s newest sponsor. Located next to its sibling, The Perch Pub & Brewery, 55 Chicago features spirits and cocktails created with small-batch craft spirits. A recently
Please welcome Prime Dine Brokers, a new company from Valley restaurant specialist Thomas Yario, as MXSW’s newest sponsor. Yario has more than 25 years of experience with nationwide restaurants like Mastro’s and Eddie V’s to start-up concepts like Postino and Cold Beers &
Please welcome Phoenix Marketing Associates, a top Arizona agency for restaurant grand openings and public relations, as MXSW’s newest sponsor. PMA offers specialized public relations and grand-opening promotion of businesses, including restaurants, hospitality, entertainment, among others. Whether your restaurant is looking for
Please welcome Serrano’s Mexican Restaurants, a family-run enterprise that has six locations in the Valley, as MXSW’s newest sponsor. The Serranos lay claim to operating the oldest, continuously family-owned business in Chandler, having opened their doors in 1919. For the first
Please welcome SunUp Brewing Company, a brewpub at Camelback and Third Street in central Phoenix, as MXSW’s newest sponsor. SunUp was launched as a pub called Sonora Brewhouse in 2001. It added on-site brewing equipment in 2005, and rebranded itself as
Please welcome Pier 54, a lakeside patio bar and restaurant in The Lakes neighborhood in south Tempe, as MXSW’s newest sponsor. Located south of Baseline between McClintock and Rural, Pier 54 is an all-patio venue with two levels: A main deck with a
