Notes: Chandler D’Vine to celebrate one-year anniversary
August 4th, 2008, 12:42 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Jess Harter
D’Vine Bistro and Wine Bar celebrates the one-year anniversary of its Chandler location with day-long festivites Saturday. The day’s activities will include chef Ramon Rice’s barbecue buffet ($12) from 1 to 3 p.m., a champagne bar from 6 to 8 p.m., dinner specials and live music from Newton’s Theorem from 8 to 11 p.m.
The restaurant (pictured at left), on the northwest corner of Alma School and Ocotillo roads, also is offering a special rate at the Holiday Inn next door for patrons who don’t want to drive. Info: (480) 782-5550 or dvinewine101.com.
• Urban Campfire won’t re-open this Friday as planned. The restaurant on the southeast corner of University Drive and Rural Road closed 10 weeks ago for renovations. Chef and co-owner Robert Stempkowski says the building’s foundation needed unexpected repairs and the work is running about two weeks behind schedule.
• Chandler gelato shop Aunt Lena’s Creamery will be featured Monday on the popular Food Network show “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” hosted by Guy Fieri. The restaurant, located on the southwest corner of Arizona Avenue and Ocotillo Road, offers more than 140 flavors. Info: (480) 802-1100 or auntlena.net.
• Café Laguna, the American Indian frybread restaurant in Apache Junction, has opened a second location on Power Road, just south of Baseline Road, in east Mesa. The new restaurant is owned by Nicholas and Otis Lara, whose parents own the original, and is open for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday. Info: (480) 985-0030 or lagunafrybread.com.
• Malee’s Thai Bistro, which has two locations in Scottsdale, is celebrating its 21st anniversary with a three-course prix fixe menu for $21 during the montn of August. Tom Kai Gai soup is followed by choice of Coco Chili Chicken or glass noodles with vegetables, with coconut or Thai coffee ice cream for dessert. Info: maleesthaibistro.com.
• It’s not in the the East Valley, but Noca, one of Phoenix’s most-anticipated restaurants of 2008, has opened on the northwest corner of Camelback Road and 32nd Street. The dinner-only restaurant, owned by local foodie Eliot Wexler, features “modern American” cuisine from chef Chris Curtiss (Circa 1900). Info: (602) 956-6622 or restaurantnoca.com.
