Mesa Farmers’ Market Is Now the Downtown Mesa Farmer’s Market
You won’t find what is now called the Downtown Mesa Farmer’s Market at the Pioneer Park anymore. As of last weekend, the Mesa Arts Center, located at 1 East Main Street in downtown Mesa, is the new host of the market and mobile food court. Hours are still 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday and many of your favorite vendors (The Nile Shop, Noble Bread, Bored Baker Pizza Maker) are still on deck. And before you even ask, free parking is available at Center Street and First Avenue and in the Sirrine Parking Garage.
She was very proficient with one hand, Ryan said.
Over time the nerves kept growing, as did her pain. The next step was amputation of her hand and Cooper was looking forward to retirement in a few years. None of that will come to pass. She died Friday, March 5, at Banner Baywood Medical Center. She was 49.
Cooper was admitted to the hospital on February 27 after her lungs stopped. The night before, she had been ordered to work a 15-hour shift in the understaffed dispatch center despite reporting trouble breathing. She was still recovering from COVID-19, which her family believes she caught at work. Her asthma exacerbated the issues, but she was out of leave time. Yesterday, an attorney representing her husband and her estate filed a claim against the City of Phoenix alleging negligence and seeking a total of $35 million in damages.
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Too often the west Valley dining scene is overlooked. Well, no more. Thanks to newer eateries offering some of the best barbecue and tacos in town not to mention some Food Network favorites in Old Towne Glendale, an incredible mall food court, and a gas station favorite one could argue the western cities of metro Phoenix offer some of the more varied eats in town. Here s a guide to the best of the west.
Casa De Falafel 6730 West Cactus Road, Peoria Located inside a gas station at this intersection called Simon Xpress, Casa De Falafel is a Mediterranean grill churning out authentic Arabic street foods. A menu is stretched above the prep station on electronic screens, promising falafel sandwiches, beef shawarma plates, salads, and falafel rings. Aside from the saj-wrapped falafels, lentil soup is a favorite. The shop was opened in 2016 by Ali and Madda Shakir from Iraq, who dubbed it Casa De Falafel only because Falafel House was taken. (So, no, this isn t a Mexican-meets-Medit
“The Italian Daughter is a restaurant concept that I believe my father would have been really excited to see,” Maggiore Meyer says in a press release of her late father, who died in January. “I want people to experience the joys of our authentic Italian cuisine in an atmosphere full of music and energy.”
On the menu: handmade pastas, charcuterie boards, Neapolitan pizzas, and desserts all lateral to the menu items at sibling restaurants Tomaso’s (literally; her brother Joey Maggiore is executive chef), The Sicilian Butcher, and The Sicilian Baker.
To drink at The Italian Daughter: Italian-inspired craft cocktails, wines and beers, and something fun called a gelato martini.