Category: Say Goodbye

🎹 Two-year-old piano bar and art space Gallery Bar has closed at High Street near the northwest corner of 56th Street and the Loop 101 in northeast Phoenix. No reason was given for the closure, and the bar has deleted its website

🍣 Downtown Phoenix sushi eatery Kaizen has closed after four years, but owners Troy Watkins and Kyu Utsunomiya plan to open a ‘‘mini Kaizen’’ inside their other sushi concept, Silo in downtown Tempe, in mid-August. Besides sushi, Kaizen offered a Japanese-Latin American fusion menu

An all-star lineup of Valley chefs – Adam Allison (right), Delilah Becerra, Jacob Cutino, Stephen Jones, Brent Kille, Jeff Kraus (left), Mat Meyer, and Dom Ruggiero – will prepare the second annual Nicole Learmont Cancer Benefit Brunch from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday

🍺 Ahwatukee brewpub Wicked Brews, Bites & Spirits, which opened in 2020 and released its first beer in 2021, has closed on the southwest corner of I-10 and Ray in Ahwatukee. The owners have partnered with the owner of Brews Burger Joint in

🌮 Mexican restaurant Jalapeño Inferno is closing its location at Market Street at DC Ranch in north Scottsdale. ‘‘We worked hard to renew our lease with the landlord after our initial 10-year run and were simply unable to come to reasonable terms

⏳ Several notable Valley restaurants are preparing to close for good this summer. So if you want to make a final visit, you’d better act quickly. Barrio Cafe: Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza’s groundbreaking Mexican restaurant, which opened in Phoenix in

🍝 Oregon-based Old Spaghetti Factory will close its Chandler Fashion Center location on June 9 after 14 years in business. The chain will have 41 remaining locations nationwide, including one in downtown Phoenix. Longtime Valley residents may remember Old Spaghetti

🚫 Peacock Wine & Book Bar, which opened in 2019 on the southeast corner of Gilbert and Baseline in Gilbert, is closing June 15. ‘‘This was not an easy decision but one that had to be made,’’ owner Tracy Schoenley