By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🍜 Ten Seconds Yunnan Rice Noodle, a global chain specializing in the cuisine of its namesake southwestern Chinese province, has made its Arizona debut on the northeast corner of Dobson and Broadway in east Mesa. It shares a building with Koreatown in front
Sexy Burger 🍔 Antibiotic- and hormone-free wagyu burgers with scratch-made sauces and preservative-free buns are the focus at Sexy Burger, located between Third and Fifth Streets on the west side of Mill in downtown Tempe. Sides include white truffle fries cooked
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🥙 Authentic German-style döner sandwiches have arrived in the Valley thanks to a new eatery, Kings Döner, in the Albertson’s plaza on the southeast corner of Cave Creek and Union Hills in north Phoenix. Döner kebab – seasoned meat sliced
Tikka N Taco 🌮 Tikka N Taco, a Indian-Mexican fusion restaurant, has opened near the northeast corner of 19th Avenue and Peoria in north Phoenix. Menu highlights include lamb tacos, tandoori chicken chimichangas, paneer burritos, spicy chicken flautas with mint chutney,
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Santo Arcadia closing, seeks smaller space 🔥 Santo Arcadia, a grill-focused modern Mexican restaurant and bar that was a 2025 James Beard Award semifinalist for Best New Restaurant in the country, is shutting down May 31 after 16 months in business.
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Shatera 🥙 Shatera, a counter-service Mediterranean restaurant offering halal shawarma and kabobs, has opened at Verde at Cooley Station near the southwest corner of Williams Field and Recker in Gilbert. It’s situated between Hash Kitchen and Vitality Bowls. The menu
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🍺 Four Arizona breweries and a cidery picked up medals at the 2025 World Beer Cup, billed as the world’s most prestigious professional beer and cider competition, in Indianapolis. Now What? from Saddle Mountain in Goodyear won a silver in Golden or
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Marisco Boys 🐟 If you’re one of the legions of fans of the Valley’s half-dozen Taco Boys eateries, you’ll definitely want to head to midtown Phoenix to check out its new sibling – Marisco Boys, an elevated full-service restaurant that’s
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🔥 Eat Up Drive In, an Arcadia eatery set to celebrate its four-year anniversary today, instead will be closed indefinitely after an attic fire Sunday night. ‘‘Everyone is safe and unharmed after a fire tonight at Eat Up Drive In,’’
🧡 Match Market and Bar, the signature restaurant at the Found:Re boutique hotel in downtown Phoenix, is taking reservations for its latest creative theme dinner. ‘‘The Orange Dinner,’’ which will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 10, will consist
📺 Nik Fields, chef and owner of Chic Chef 77 wine bar and The Grind coffee shop in downtown Phoenix, competes on the Food Network show “Guy’s Grocery Games” Wednesday. The show, hosted by Guy Fieri, features four chefs competing
🚫 Pescado Borracho, an elevated Mexican seafood restaurant, has closed after seven years on the southwest corner of Val Vista and Williams Field in Gilbert. The Baja-inspired restaurant was a sister concept of High Tide. ‘‘With heavy hearts, we share
🥐 Proof Bread, a bakery that started in a Mesa garage and now has three Valley storefronts, is expanding its northeast Phoenix location. The additional 1,150 square feet, which will bring the total of 5,950, will allow the bakery to to
