Happy New Year! Before we roll onward into 2018, let’s take one last look at what made news in the East Valley food and beverage scene in 2017.
Here are last year’s top 10 posts, ranked by the number of reader clicks:
10. Riazzi’s Italian Garden in Tempe closes after 72 years, to be replaced by Quartiere
9. Flying Basset Brewing coming to Gilbert this fall
8. Shocked? Alice Cooperstown closes in downtown Phoenix
7. Vintage 95 closes in downtown Chandler, Equal Parts to take its place
6. Old Ellsworth Brewing, Queen Creek’s 1st brewpub, opens to public Monday
5. Brothers are opening Arizona’s 1st cider house & taproom in downtown Mesa
4. New all-day restaurant Meridiem scheduled to open May 10 in south Chandler
3. Pedal Haus brewer dies after motorcycle accident Saturday
2. Now open: Carolina’s Mexican Food in Mesa
1. Like to try new restaurants? Here are 27 opening in the East Valley
