Barro’s Pizza Moving to New Anthem Location
Barro’s Pizza is moving from its far-east Anthem location into a 4,000-square-foot space under construction in Anthem Marketplace (aka Safeway Plaza).
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Food & Drink
Fast Food Just Gets Worse
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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Students Cook Up a Fine Idea
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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Coming Soon: New Entertainment & Dining District
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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Arts & Crafts Vendors Sought for Anthem’s Autumnfest
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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The No. 1 Factor in Picking a Grocery Store
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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Starbucks Breaks Ground on Dove Valley Road
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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New Restaurant & Retail Planned for Empty Anthem Lot
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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The Satisfied Frog: 80-Year-Old ‘Crazy Ed’ is Back, Again
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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Cafe’s Offbeat Architecture Taking Shape
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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New Filiberto’s Mexican Restaurant Under Construction
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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