Category: Quick Bites

🥙 It’s National Pita Day! Pita Jungle is donating $1 from every pita sandwich sold today at its 23 Arizona locations to local non-profit Waste Not, whose mission is creating sustainable food systems that help people and the planet flourish.

🌶 The Mexicano’s Fire Roasted Tomato Salsa (Best Overall Salsa), Los Amaya’s Prickly Pear Salsa (Most Unique Salsa), and Los Muertos Extreme Hot Salsa Blend (Spiciest Salsa) were the winners at the new Arizona Salsa Fest, which made its debut

🍦 Celebrate Shaquille O’Neal’s birthday Wednesday with a free ice cream cone at the former NBA star’s Big Chicken restaurant in downtown Gilbert. No purchase is necessary, but there’s a limit of one cone per person. 🐘 Stroll select Phoenix

🌮 The Choco Taco, which Klondike discontinued in July 2022 after 40 years, is returning this summer thanks to a collaboration between Taco Bell and Salt & Straw ice cream. The new version will feature cinnamon ancho ice cream. 🐓🍕

☕️ Phoenix-based Press Coffee holds its annual Day of Giving today, donating 100% of the profits from all 17 of its Valley locations to the Phoenix Children’s Hospital’s Hope Fund. Eight other businesses have agreed to match Press’ donation. 🆓

🇵🇱 Today is Fat Tuesday, and Bashas’ again is selling made-from-scratch paczki (Polish pastries similar to jelly doughnuts) individually or in boxes of six. The grocery chain is donating 10% from all paczki sales today to St. Vincent de Paul.

🐓 Farish House in downtown Phoenix is offering its signature chicken pot pies (pictured) to go for the next three days. You can order here and pick up 2-10 p.m. through Saturday. The $12 pies are boxed, cooked, and just

🥓 Burger King is rolling out a limited-time Candied Bacon Whopper this week. Besides the traditional flame-grilled beef patty, tomatoes, lettuce, and sesame seed bun, it has crispy fried onions, garlic aioli, sweet bacon jam, and brown sugar candied bacon.

🥃 Federal American Grill in Scottsdale hosts its weekly ‘‘Whiskey Wednesday’’ at 5:30 p.m. today. This week, attendees will taste a Barrel Aged Old Fashioned as well as a flight of Federal Barrel, Woodford Malted and Woodford Sonoma Triple for

😺 Here’s a beer for cat lovers (or anyone who likes to collect unique can art): OHSO Brewery in Gilbert has released Kitten Jiggy Wit It, the latest ale in its hazy IPA series, in cans and on draft. Pounce

🐕‍🦺  HOP Central Brewing & Taproom in Chandler is donating $1 from every house beer sold in August to Poverty’s Pets, a local non-profit trying to reduce pet overpopulation in low-income communities. 🍕 Venezia’s Pizza is celebrating its 25th anniversary by

🍗 Mint Dispensary & Café in Guadalupe is teaming up with ATL Wings to celebrate National Chicken Wing Day with a pair of weed-infused specials Saturday and Sunday: eight 100mg-infused wings for $20 or two 20mg-infused honey biscuits for $5.