Steampunk exhibit draws hundreds over month-long stay at the Alwun House
The Alwun House closes its exhibition on steampunk — futurism from the perspective of the Victorian era — with a special event today.
Jazz education center opens on Roosevelt Row
The Nash, a new jazz music venue in Phoenix, opened for special events on April 10 with a medley of famous musicians present.
Angels Trumpet Ale House will open in summer, serve craft beers
Angels Trumpet Ale House, a husband-and-wife-owned specialty alehouse serving craft beers on Roosevelt Row, will be ready to open mid- to late summer just a few blocks away from the Downtown campus.
Collective art gallery closes, vintage music center set to take its place
Indie ArtHouse closed its doors this week after only being in business for a little over a year. The space has already been rented out to a new tenant, music store Mods and Rockers, which is slated to open in late May.
Yoga-clothing store to open in Cityscape
Ra-Apparel, an organic yoga-clothing store, will open in downtown Phoenix's CityScape this summer.
Owner of family-owned barbecue food truck hopes to open restaurant
Q UP! BBQ, an up-and-coming food truck in Phoenix, brings an element of family values to the Phoenix Food Truck Coalition.
Revolver Records features live performances, record releases for Record Store Day
This week Revolver Records has plenty of reasons to celebrate the venerable music format, as the store prepares for the fifth annual Record Store Day on Saturday.
Treehouse Bakery opens permanent vegan bakery location
After baking in a rented restaurant kitchen for two years, the owner of Treehouse Bakery is grabbing a hold of a new area and introducing a vegan bakery to downtown Phoenix. Corianne Sizemore is opening a permanent Treehouse Bakery location near 15th and Grand avenues, the former home of Valley Pizza, this Friday.
Local vendor finds cure for Valley’s bland hummus
Sabeur Rouin saw one major problem with the state of Arizona when he moved here — the hummus. He’s Doctor Hummus, the man behind the name of the business he started. He mashes locally grown garbanzo beans and adds his “secret ingredients” to create the perfect low-calorie snack. Rouin said dips made by competitors cannot measure up to his top-notch product that he sells at the Open Air Market at the Phoenix Public Market on Saturdays.
Fair Trade Cafe offers new loyalty system at both locations
Fair Trade Café implemented a new reward system for both their regulars and new customers with the adoption of a points card. Belly, which started in Chicago, was developed as a platform to stimulate return visits and entice returning customers with varying rewards based on the amount of points they rack up, said David Evan, the Belly card representative for Phoenix.