Category: Save the Date

🌶 La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen will hold its 14th annual Chile Roasting Sale on Friday, Sept. 11, and Saturday, Sept. 12, beginning at 11 a.m. both days. Every year, restaurant staffers travel to Hatch, N.M., to pick up their own chiles,

🐖 Immersive nautical-themed tiki bar Undertow is kicking off a year-long celebration of its 10-year anniversary with a whole hog feast with guest chef Scott Baird from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, at its Arcadia location. Baird founded

🌭 If your idea of a good time involves soup, hot dogs, disco balls, or celebrity vino (or all four), the Valley’s early-year food festival calendar has you covered. Here’s a roundup of some of the most unusual upcoming food

🍽️ After a 10-year hiatus, the “Check, Please! Arizona” Food Festival will return 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort at Fort McDowell. The event, which will showcase more than 20 independent Valley restaurants, will be hosted

🦀 The Angry Crab Shack is bringing a taste of New Orleans to the East Valley with its inaugural Mardi Gras Festival, taking over Downtown Chandler’s Dr. A.J. Chandler Park on Saturday, Feb. 7. The all-day celebration will feature live

🌮 Mexico City’s El Califa de Leon, the world’s only Michelin-starred taqueria, drew long lines for a series of pop-ups around the Valley last summer. Now it’s coming back. From Dec. 26-Jan. 11, chef Mario Hernández Alonso is teaming up with

🍷 Tickets now are on sale for the We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort’s annual Celebrity Wine & Spirits Festival on Saturday, March 21, at the Scottsdale Civic Center. Scheduled to participate: former NBA player Tom Chambers (Bajaribba Tequila), ex-MLB player and manager Dusty Baker

🌵 The Devour Culinary Classic, arguably the Valley’s premier food and drink festival. has announced its 2026 dates – Feb. 21-22 at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. The event features more than 100 booths, many from the Valley’s most

🌶 La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen will hold its 13th annual Hatch Chiles Roast on Friday, Sept. 5, and Saturday. Sept. 6. Chiles must be ordered in advance online or by phone through La Ristra’s Gilbert or Chandler location. During the

🍫 The annual Chocolate Affaire returns to the City of Glendale February 15-16 at the Glendale Civic Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Attendees can enjoy a variety of chocolatiers, confectioners, food truck vendors, live music, craft

🍺 The Southwest’s premier beer festival returns to Salt River Fields this February 15, 2025, with a bonus baseball game, and an expanded lineup featuring 500+ beers, ciders meads and more, including low-alcohol or even non-alcoholic brews. Hosted at Salt

🍖 For the 73rd year, the Laveen BBQ brings together neighbors, small businesses, artisans and more to celebrate the region’s rural roots and serve up some of Arizona’s very best barbecue. “We are one of the largest all-volunteer community festivals

🍽️ Three of the Valley’s top chefs will team up for a multi-course dinner at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, at the recently reopened The Larder & The Delta in midtown Phoenix. The chefs: Stephen Jones (Larder & Delta), Bernie

👨‍🍳 Deuki Hong, chef for The Sunday family of restaurants in San Francisco and author of the new ‘‘Koreaworld: A Cookbook,’’ will team up with Kembara chef Angelo Sosa for a family-style dinner inspired by his Korean-American heritage at 6

🍽️ Tickets for the 2025 Devour Culinary Classic, the Valley’s premier food and drink festival, are now on sale to the general public. The two-day, 21-and-over event takes place Feb. 22-23 at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. General admission is

🎵 Gilbert will launch a new event – the Sound Bites Music & Food Festival – to be held Saturday, Oct. 12, at Gilbert Regional Park. The Gin Blossoms will headline the music lineup. The Black Moods and cover band