Geri Koeppel

1 week ago | phoenix.org | Geri Koeppel

After six years of building a loyal customer base with its food truck, Green Chile Love opened a bona fide restaurant in Ahwatukee Foothills. It’s open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday on East Chandler Boulevard at South 40th Street, near Trader Joe’s. The 28-seat shop still offers food truck fan favorites like the chile-smothered Mexican hamburger and pork green chile burritos.

1 week ago | phoenix.org | Geri Koeppel

A former owner of Biscuits Foothills has started a new stage in his life – and on the Ahwatukee Foothills culinary scene – with a new restaurant called. “This restaurant is my passion,” said Charles Stewart. “Da’ KiTcHiN is the theme of the food, the feel. When I think of the kitchen, I think of my grandmother, how she used to cook on the wood stove.” Stewart is a longtime Ahwatukee resident.

1 week ago | phoenixnewtimes.com | Geri Koeppel

A year after Cindy Dach and Greg Esser bought the 1920 bungalow on the corner of Roosevelt and Fifth streets in downtown Phoenix a quarter of a century ago, they planted three ficus trees on the property. They weren't even as tall as the petite Dach at the time. Now, two of those trees tower over the courtyard, the branches shading the entire corner in front of their retail gallery, MADE Art Boutique, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last month.

2 weeks ago | phoenix.org | Geri Koeppel

Bubba’s 33, a nationwide sports bar chain, hit a milestone when it reached 50 locations. The 50th location happens to be in Tempe, just south of Warner Road near the I-10 freeway, where it brings burgers, wings, pizza, 50 TV screens and more in its first East Valley outpost. In a market that seems saturated with similar concepts, Bubba’s 33 aims to distinguish itself through its scratch-made food and a commitment to friendly, attentive service.

2 weeks ago | phoenix.org | Geri Koeppel

Coffee connoisseurs in the Ahwatukee Foothills have a new place to get their java jolt: Hadas Cafe Lounge. It offers drinks made with medium roast Ethiopian beans and serves traditional, thick Ethiopian coffee brewed in a special pot on Sundays. The shop is in the Ahwatukee Plaza on East Elliot Road near South 48th Street. Owner Binyam Tekae, who is Eritrean by heritage but born and raised in Sudan, said he was inspired by his mother, Hadas Bituo, after whom he named the cafe.