In order to save his Glendale restaurant La Piazza Al Forno, he had to close his two other locations in downtown Phoenix and Avondale. The pandemic forced restaurant owner and chef Justin Piazza to make some difficult decisions. The concept served burgers, sandwiches, hot dogs, tater tots and co-owner and chef Bernie Kantak's famous "Original Chopped Salad." La Piazza al Forno Commander Hamburger moved into its shipping container home in October 2019 and closed after just five months in business.
Commander Hamburgerĭowntown Phoenix shipping container collective The Churchill is home to 10 businesses in the Roosevelt Row Arts District. The Arcadia neighborhood location of the modern Italian restaurant is still open and serving pizzas, pastas and salads. Phoenix restaurateur Frank Vairo closed his downtown Phoenix location of Nook Kitchen after a dispute with his landlord at the Hilton Garden Inn. The restaurant and bar, which was a popular spot to watch soccer matches, has been replaced by a similar concept called The Golden Margarita. Paz Cantina, a Mexican restaurant located in the ground floor of the Roosevelt Row Apartment Homes, has closed. Restaurateur Julian Wright plans to reopen the coffee shop as a cafe and bar called Kahvi. Be Coffeeīe Coffee, also located inside the Monorchid building and previously operated by True North Studio, has closed as well. The company's headquarters occupied the top floor of the Monorchid building and Vento took over the two food and drink concepts inside, The Dressing Room and Be Coffee. The Dressing Room, which served a small menu of lunch, dinner and cocktails, has since closed. The Dressing Room is now scheduled to reopen as Sake Haus, a sushi and cocktail bar. Prior to the pandemic, downtown Phoenix development company True North Studio opened a collection of restaurants and bars in the Roosevelt Row Arts District. Located along downtown Phoenix's one diagonal cross street, Grand Avenue, this upscale Mexican restaurant closed in April. James Beard Award-nominated chef Silvana Salcido Esparza owned the restaurant and explained via an announcement on social media that she had to close Gran Reserva in order to save the original Barrio Cafe restaurant on 16th Street. Co-owner Nick Sanderson of Legal Restaurants, the concept's parent company, explained in a statement that the closure was due to a dispute with the landlord. But less than four weeks later, and before the dine-in restaurant fully opened, Condesa closed. In December 2019, the concept opened with takeout options and grab-and-go lunches for downtown Phoenix customers. Condesa was modeled after the Mexico City neighborhood with the same name and drew inspiration from the Middle Eastern and Mexican communities that historically lived there. In a strange turn of events, this downtown Phoenix Mexican restaurant closed before it ever really opened.
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The brewery, located on the southeast corner of Seventh and Garfield streets, served a full brunch, lunch and dinner menu along with decadent dessert-inspired beers. Julie Meeker, with the help of her husband Jimmy McBride, owned the brewery, which was celebrated as one of Phoenix's few woman-owned breweries. In the very early days of 2020, downtown Phoenix brewery Mother Bunch closed after five years in business. Whether due to the pandemic or not, here are 19 restaurants that closed permanently in downtown Phoenix since January 2020. Since March, restaurant experts have predicted the coronavirus pandemic would spur a wave of restaurant closures around the country. And although we continue to see new restaurants opening each month in metro Phoenix, the Valley restaurant scene has taken a hard hit this year.ĭowntown Phoenix in particular saw a host of restaurants close.
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