Category: Say Goodbye

🍝 Mora Italian, the osteria-inspired Phoenix restaurant founded by celebrity chef Scott Conant, has closed. The announcement: ‘‘Mora Italian has closed its doors after seven incredible years,’’ the restaurant posted on its website. No reason was given. The background: Conant, perhaps best-known as a judge

🍷🍺 The Pairing Room, which took over the former home of The Larder & The Delta on the northwest corner of Central and Portland in downtown Phoenix, has closed after three months. The announcement: ‘‘Thank you everyone for your support but for now

🍺 The Wayward Taphouse, a three-year-old craft beer bar on Grand Avenue in Phoenix, is closing. What happened? ‘We are incredibly saddened to share this news with everyone but we will be closing our doors in September,’’ owners Tyler Goolie and Hilda

🍕 Crust Brothers Pizza has closed its location on the northwest corner of Baseline and McClintock in south Tempe after just 17 months in business. The menu featured what it called ‘‘Midwest-style’’ square-cut pies that were ‘‘crispy on the bottom but soft

🥗 Modern Market Eatery, a Denver-based chain of health-focused fast-casual restaurants, has closed all three of its Valley locations. Known for its mindfully sourced ingredients, Modern Market Eatery eschews the use of artificial flavors or colorings, trans fats, hormones, or

🚫 The Handlebar Diner, a restaurant housed in a vintage red-and-white Valentine diner at the master-planned Eastmark community in southeast Mesa, has closed. ‘‘As of 8am this morning July 12, 2024, Eastmark/DMB/Brookfield/Proving Grounds has chosen to close the diner effective

🍺 Fat Willy’s Sports Grill will close its 12-year-old location on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Chandler Heights in south Chandler on Saturday. MXSW Insider paid subscribers already know the behind-the-scenes story of The Parlay Kitchen & Cocktails taking over the space. Fat Willy’s still

🇲🇽 Chantico, a trendy Mexican restaurant and bar from Valley restaurateur Walter Sterling (Ocotillo, Starlite BBQ, etc.) has closed after three-plus years on the southwest corner of Camelback and 11th Street in uptown Phoenix. Named for the Aztec goddess of the