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Mesa Riverview hosts Copper State Beer Festival on Saturday

🍺 The Copper State Beer Festival, Mesa’s largest craft beverage and food festival, takes place from noon-5 p.m. Saturday at Riverview Park. Besides craft beers, the 21-and-over event features wines, ciders, hard kombucha, and other spirits. There also will be

Sizzle Korean Barbecue launches 3rd Valley restaurant in Glendale

🔥 Sizzle Korean Barbecue, a popular restaurant from Scottsdale-based HL Concepts, has opened its third location at Arrowhead Towne Center on the northwest corner of Bell and 75th Avenue in Glendale. The menu offers a dozen different cuts of beef

Chinese restaurant Hao Hao opens in central Scottsdale

🥢 Hao Hao, a Chinese restaurant from the former team behind Nee House Chinese Restaurant in Phoenix, has opened on the northwest corner of the Loop 101 and Via de Ventura in central Scottsdale. The menu features both authentic Cantonese and Americanized Chinese dishes. Highlights

SnapBack Pizzeria shuts doors after 2 years near downtown Phoenix

🍕 SnapBack Pizzeria, a slice shop serving a cross between Neapolitan and New York-style pizza, has closed after two years on the southeast corner of Grand Avenue and Fillmore near downtown Phoenix. Chef and owner Ryan Moreno became popular as The Hungry

Family-run restaurant Yod Thai Eatery opens in north Scottsdale

🇹🇭 Yod Thai Eatery, a small, family-run restaurant, has opened in the former BK Lobster space on the northwest corner of Scottsdale and Thunderbird in north Scottsdale. The menu features traditional noodle and rice dishes, such as pad Thai ($11), drunken

Angie’s Chicken makes debut with sibling concepts in Buckeye

🐓 Phoenix-based Angie’s Food Concepts launches its latest Valley multi-location – the first to feature its newest concept, Angie’s Chicken – at 10:30 a.m. today at Indian School and Jackrabbit Trail in Buckeye. Angie’s Chicken offers $3.99 fried or charbroiled chicken sandwiches and

Peacock Indian Bar & Grill brings Indian fine-dining to Scottdale

🍛 Peacock Indian Bar & Grill, an Indian fine-dining restaurant already drawing rave reviews, has opened on the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Bell in north Scottsdale. It takes over the strip-mall space formerly home to Famiglia Modern Italian Trattoria and,

Paris Baguette opens 3rd Valley location in uptown Phoenix

🥖 Paris Baguette, a South Korea-based chain of bakery cafes, has opened its third Valley location just south of Postino near the southwest corner of Central and Colter in uptown Phoenix. The menu offers a wide variety of breads ($3.89-$7.99), pastries

Shish & Slices in Tempe offers Mediterranean food – and pizzas

🧆🍕 Shish kebabs or pizza for dinner? You don’t have to choose one or the other at Shish & Slices, a new fast-casual eatery offering Mediterranean food and Italian-style pizzas on the northwest corner of Apache and McClintock in Tempe. During

Ah-Wok-Tukee to close today after 2 years in Ahwatukee

🥢 Ah-Wok-Tukee Asian Cuisine, a two-year-old restaurant serving Americanized Chinese dishes, is closing today on the northeast corner of Chandler and Desert Hills Parkway in Ahwatukee. ‘‘Your unwavering patronage has been a cornerstone of our success, and we are grateful for

Wine Down Lounge opens in ex-Peacock space in Gilbert

🍷 Wine Down Lounge, whose elevated menu features a clever twist on charcuterie boards it calls ‘‘jarcuterie,’’ has opened in the former Peacock Wine Bar space on the southeast corner of Gilbert and Baseline in Gilbert. The signature starter features small jars

85°C Bakery Cafe expands with 2nd Valley store in Glendale

☕️ 85°C Bakery Cafe, a Taiwanese chain with more than 1,000 locations worldwide, has soft-opened its second Valley location at Arrowhead Ranch near the northeast corner of Bell and 75th Avenue in Glendale. Best known for coffee, tea, bread, and cakes,

Patricia’s Pizza is homage to original Maggiore restaurant

🍕 Patricia’s Pizza, a new restaurant from The Italian Daughter owner Melissa Maggiore Meyer, has opened in the Safeway/Target shopping center on the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Ashler Hills in far north Scottsdale. The wood-fired pizzeria takes its name from