NoPho Neighborhoods, Schools & Events
Over the past 30 years, portion sizes have grown, as have calories, and the food has become less healthy, according to a new study of 10 of the most popular U.S. fast-food joints, including several in the North Valley.
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Culinary and restaurant management students are getting hands-on training at a new student-run restaurant that opened recently at the Barry Goldwater High School campus.
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Mass production of turkeys can mean a dry, flavorless bird raised on antibiotics. But there are a gaggle of options. Learn the truth about the different types of birds and labels, plus how to safely handle that fowl.
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It doesn’t look like much yet, but two retail stores were torn down to make way for restaurants with outdoor patios in what Shops at Norterra is billing as an “entertainment and dining district.”
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In addition to the carnival, beer garden and live entertainment, the Oct. 20-21 event features handmade goods, culinary creations, art, jewelry, photography, candles and furniture. Vendors can register through Sept. 14.
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Seventy-seven percent of respondents to a survey by In&Out Magazine and North Phoenix News said they’d switch if their favorite grocery store moved in. Find out why people shop where they do, and which stores are most desired.
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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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