Category: Things to Do

It’s National Coffee Day! Here’s where you’ll find giveaways today in the East Valley: Peixoto Coffee: Get a free 8-ounce drip and cold-brewed coffee. Dunkin’ Donuts: Get a free medium cup of hot or iced dark roast coffee. Krispy Kreme:

Ravioli Marco Polo and Pork Molise (pictured) are the featured entrees of this week’s “Taste of Romeo’s Euro Cafe” dinner, hosted by chef Romeo Taus and his wife, Janice, on Thursday. The weekly five-course dinner, held in a private dining room, highlights a

JC’s Steakhouse in Gilbert will host its monthly craft beer dinner at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The steakhouse is offering a four-course menu paired with beers from Mudshark Brewing in Lake Havasu City: Reception beer: Full Moon Belgian-style white ale 1st course: Spicy pork belly paired with

Garlic gelato, anyone? That’s just one of the things you’ll find at the second annual Garlic Festival, which will take place 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Queen Creek Olive Mill. The fest will feature organically grown bulbs of

Spokes on Southern in Tempe will host its third annual beer festival – featuring 21 rare and speciality ales – from 4-8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $35, which include 15 4-ounce samples. Here’s the tap list: Ninkasi Mango IPA Ska

Ahoy, matey! Saturday is annual Talk Like a Pirate Day, and The Perch Pub & Brewery in Chandler is celebrating with a rooftop patio starting at 6 p.m. All night, you can enjoy $4 Piraat beers, a Belgian pale ale from Van Steenberge brewery

Fibber Magees Irish Pub in Chandler is holding a “Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day” promotion tonight. Get 20-ounce Guinness drafts for $5, and pints of Guinness Golden Lager, Smithwick’s, and Harp for $4.50. The Guinness Golden Lager girls will be

Two dozen East Valley restaurants will participate in Arizona Restaurant Week’s fall edition, which starts Friday and runs through Sunday, Sept. 27. Restaurants will offer special prix fixe menus for either $33 or $44 per person. Typically, the menus include

Uncle Bear’s Brewery in Ahwatukee will celebrate its second anniversary with a party beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday. The highlight of the evening will be the tapping of its seasonal Barktoberfest, a traditional German-style Octoberfest beer brewed with Munich malt and Czech

1. The fourth annual Rockin’ Taco Street Fest will take place 4-10 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of El Palacio Mexican Restaurant on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Germann in Chandler. 2. Taco-related activities will include a taco-eating contest;

Weekly five-course “Taste of Romeo’s Euro Cafe” dinners, hosted by chef Romeo Taus and his wife, Janice, in a private dining room, highlight a rotating selection from the regular menu of the downtown Gilbert restaurant. Sept. 17 “Taste of Romeo’s” menu: Greka: Baked feta

JC’s Steakhouse in Gilbert will hold its monthly wine tasting at 7 p.m. Wednesday. This month’s focus will be on Chilean wines. The food and wine pairings: Santa Rita Organic Sauvignon Blanc paired with humitas (Chilean tamales). Santa Rita Reserve

The Perch in downtown Chandler will host a Sierra Nevada beer brunch at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. Special guest will be James Conery, assistant brewer and barrel master for the California brewery. The food menu: Crab cake Benedict with Pale

Just 3 spots remain for a French bistro cooking class Saturday, Sept. 19, at Zappone’s Italian Bistro in Gilbert. Chef Sal Zappone will cover four dishes: Braised leeks with tarragon-mustard cream Steak au poivre Pommes Anna Profiterole with vanilla gelato

The weekly five-course dinners, hosted by chef Romeo Taus and his wife, Janice, in a private dining room, typically highlight a rotating selection from the regular menu at Romeo’s Euro Cafe in Gilbert. Sept. 10 “Taste of Romeo’s” menu: Portobellini: Grilled portobello mushroom with roasted peppers, basil