By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🥩 Urban Butcher has opened its doors at Gilbert’s Verde at Cooley Station, specializing in premium Wagyu and Sonoran-inspired meats, house-made spices, and curated prepared foods. This is no chain – Urban Butcher is independently owned and operated, and it
🐟 Just six months after closing his family-run Seafood Market & Restaurant at Dana Park in Mesa and announcing his retirement after 31 years, Pablo Reynoso has ‘‘unretired’’ and soft-opened SoCal Seafood Market in downtown Gilbert. The market’s name may
🍣 Sam’s Club has launched the membership warehouse chain’s first in-store sushi station at its just-opened location at Tempe Marketplace. The sushi station, headed by chef Bran Mai, features grab-and-go items, such as 10- to 15-piece rolls for under $10,
🍞 The Food Nanny, a Utah-based store that sells kitchenwares and specialty wheat flour, has made its Arizona debut in downtown Gilbert. It takes over the recently closed Batch Cookies space near the southeast corner of Gilbert and Page. The
🐕 Three Dog Bakery, a Kansas City-based chain that bills itself as ‘‘the world’s first bakery for dogs,’’ has made its Arizona debut on the southwest corner of Alma School and Queen Creek roads in south Chandler. Small-batch treats include
🧀 Graze Craze, a Florida-based chain of stores specializing in grazing boards and boxes, has opened its fourth Valley location on the northeast corner of 16th Street and Campbell in Phoenix. The store sells platters and boxes featuring meats, cheeses, vegetables,
🍺 Valley Craft, a retail store and tasting bar highlighting Arizona-made craft beers, wines, and meads, has opened near the southwest corner of I-10 and the Estrella Parkway in Goodyear. Customers can sample beers from approximately 30 of Arizona’s 100-plus breweries
🇰🇷 Busan Mart, a Korean convenience store selling a huge variety of Korean ramen as well as pork gyoza, egg rolls, Spam musabi, kimchi, and many other Korean snack foods and beverages, has opened in the former 7-Eleven building on the
🧀 Graze Craze, a Florida-based chain of stores specializing in grazing boards and boxes, has opened its second Valley location on the southwest corner of Avenue of the Fountains and Saguaro Boulevard in Fountain Hills. What’s on the menu? A
🥧 Fabrice Buschtetz, the French owner and chef of family-run Cuisine & Wine Bistro in south Chandler, has launched an online gourmet bakery called Quiches & Pies. The menu features 10 different quiches, from bacon and caramelized onions to mushroom
🥧 Piefection celebrates the grand opening of its fourth location on the northeast corner of Queen Creek and Ellsworth in Queen Creek from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. The locally owned pie shop debuted in northeast Mesa in 2012 and later added
🥖 Tucson-based Barrio Bread officially opens its much-anticipated Gilbert location today at Hayden Flour Mills’ new kitchen on the northeast corner of Arizona and Guadalupe. Barrio owner Don Guerra, who was named the country’s outstanding baker at last year’s James
🍪 The first 100 customers will receive a special gift when California-based Cookie Co. opens its second Arizona store at 10 a.m. Saturday at the new Verde at Cooley Station development on the southwest corner of Recker and Williams Field
🥤 Utah-based chain Swig, home of the ‘‘Dirty Soda,’’ has opened fifth Valley location in the former Papa Murphy’s strip-mall space on the northeast corner of McQueen and Ray in Chandler. The space: Laurshan Construction did the renovations. The drinks:
🛒 Sprouts Farmers Market will open its newest Valley store at 7 a.m. Friday on the northwest corner of Gantzel and Combs in Queen Creek. Grand opening: Friday through Sunday, a “pop-up party” out front will give guests the chance
