Joey and Melissa will continue to operate Tomaso’s Italian Restaurant, with plans to give it a refresh this year. Melissa also plans to soon open her own concept, The Italian Daughter, in north Scottsdale. In addition, the Maggiore family will launch The Tomaso Maggiore Culinary Education Scholarship (more details on that to come).
According to a press release, Maggiore had “stirred up more than 49,000 pots of his famous marinara, something he enjoyed personally making every morning until his last days.”
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Celebrated Valley chef Tomaso Maggiore dies at 73 after battle with cancer Audrey Jensen, Arizona Republic
Local chef and restaurateur Tomaso Maggiore has died at 73 years old following a two-year battle with brain and lung cancer, according to a statement released Saturday.
Maggiore, who was born and raised in Sicily, Italy, launched more than 50 restaurants in Arizona and California since opening his first restaurant in 1977 with his wife Patricia Maggiore in the Camelback Corridor, Maggiore s PR agency, The Knight Agency, said in the statement.
The Knight Agency said Maggiore battled glioblastoma brain cancer and small cell lung cancer for a little over two years and received treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Prominent Valley chef, Tomaso Maggiore, dies at age 73
Arizona chef and restaurateur Tomaso Maggiore has died after a two-year battle with brain and lung cancer, his PR firm said Saturday. He was 73.
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PHOENIX â Arizona chef and restaurateur Tomaso Maggiore has died after a two-year battle with brain and lung cancer, his PR firm said Saturday. He was 73.
Maggiore was born in Sicily before moving to Arizona, where he opened more than 50 restaurants during his 40-year career, most notably Tomaso s Italian Restaurant, near 32nd Street and Camelback Road in Phoenix, according to a release from The Knight Agency, his PR firm.
For the past two years, Sip Coffee & Beer Garage owner Josh Katz has dreamed of opening his own cocktail bar in the space under his Phoenix coffee shop. The space, however, was occupied by UnderTow, an award-winning tiki bar.
The new bar will be called 36 Below, a fitting name for an underground martini bar. Flowers, leaves and tables for two will fill the space, Katz says. He and his business team, Chiara Katz, Sheldon Wiley and Maurice Murillo, are keen to bring something different to an area Katz descries as a beer-centric neighborhood.
Current coronavirus health guidelines require bars with food and restaurants to follow strict sanitizing, social distancing and capacity protocols. As numbers of cases and deaths continue to rise in Arizona, experts say people are safest at home.