NoPho Neighborhoods, Schools & Events
Yet again, Starbucks is opening next to Starbucks. Ground was broken last week on a free-standing version of the Seattle-based java company in Canyon Crossing (aka Fry’s plaza) on Dove Valley Road, on a pad that will include one or two other businesses at the southeast corner of the plaza.
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The undeveloped corner lot in the Anthem Marketplace (aka Safeway Plaza) that’s been a Christmas tree lot and an overflow for event parking will finally be put to its intended use.
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A new restaurant, coming this fall to the vacant historic New River Station building on the frontage road north of Anthem, has its own colorful history stretching back five decades.
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The clever and offbeat interior of Amped Coffee Company in Anthem is taking shape as the owners aim for a late-February opening. The bar/cafe will serve wine, local craft beers and gourmet coffee, plus feature live music on a dedicated indoor stage back by a green room. The progress is best explained in pictures.
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Construction recently began on Filiberto’s Mexican Food’s newest franchise location in North Phoenix, at 19th Avenue and Pinnacle Peak Road.
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Owners of the restaurant that started as Roberto’s, in a gas station 23 years ago, envision the first and only restaurant in Anthem built specifically as a restaurant and not within a pre-planned plaza.
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In a cavernous, empty retail space on Anthem’s east side, construction is about to begin on a cafe envisioned to be unlike anything in the region. Among the planned offerings: organic and fair-trade gourmet coffee, tea, specialty drinks, local craft beer and select wines, along with lite fare from donuts to panini. And music.
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Anthem Community Council voted unanimously to allow Del Rio Springs Vineyards to offer wine samples and sell bottled wine at the weekly market. Find out what they’ll be bringing, and when.
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Two farmers markets will soon provide an entire weekend of fresh finds in NoPho. The Anthem Farmers Market is slated to open Oct. 29 and run every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Meanwhile, a new market is starting up Saturday, Oct. 21 at Wet ‘n’ Wild Water Park, a 12-minute drive from the I-17/Carefree Highway interchange.
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As fall festivals go, Anthem School has an impressive line-up of activities and, get this: a dozen food trucks. There will be inflatables, crafts, classic carnival games (25 cents each) and a giant raffle (tickets: $1) with goods from local businesses.
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Filiberto’s opened recently in Anthem because, the manager said, there are too many restaurants downtown. During the lunch hour today, there was just one table available. Find out what’s good, and what’s planned for this Southwest chain’s newest franchise.
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