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The Marin Dish · 2026New In Town (October)Here's the Dish on Marin’s tastiest new bites.Fabulous Arizona · 202610 Happy Hours in Old Town ScottsdaleA guide to 10 happy hours in Old Town Scottsdale.Arizona Foothills Magazine · 2026CALA’s “12 Weeks of Spritz” Turns Summer into a Weekly Cocktail AdventureCALA Scottsdale is keeping summer fresh and flavorful with a rotating lineup of $12 spritzes, offering a new cocktail every week through August.Phoenix New Times · 2025Best BarTell Your Friends — Best Of Phoenix® 2025Scottsdale.com · 2025This Scottsdale Locale Was Honored as Bar of the YearTell Your Friends — Bar of the Year, 2025 Bar & Restaurant Expo Industry Excellence AwardsAZ Big Media · 2025Here are the winners of the 2025 Foodist AwardsTell Your Friends — Iconic Speakeasy Experience, Arizona Restaurant Association Foodist AwardsPhoenix New Times · 2024Best New SpeakeasyTell Your Friends — Best Of Phoenix® 2024PHOENIX magazine · 20242024 Best of the Valley: Spirits, Beer & BarsTell Your Friends — Best New Cocktail BarArizona Foothills Magazine · 2024Best of Our Valley 2024 Winners: THE LISTCala — Best Date Spot, Best Resort Restaurant, and Restaurant InteriorArizona Foothills Magazine · 2023Best of Our Valley 2023 Winners: THE LISTCala — Best Date Spot and Best Restaurant InteriorPhoenix New Times · 2023Best Hotel RestaurantCala — Best Of Phoenix® 2023Hospitality Design · 202242nd Gold Key Awards Finalists RevealedCala — Gold Key Award for Excellence in Hospitality Design, Restaurant CasualAZ Big Media · 2026Kuza brings live-fire energy to ScottsdaleKuza — Clive Collective’s sixth restaurant opens in North ScottsdaleMouth by Southwest · 2026Kuza opens in ex-Chauncey Social space in North ScottsdaleKuza — open robata grill, raw bar, and sushi in North ScottsdaleAxios Phoenix · 2026A new Scottsdale spot is flying in seafood from TokyoKuza — seafood flown in twice weekly from Tokyo’s Toyosu MarketABC15 Arizona · 2026Japanese restaurant with live-fire grill set to open in North ScottsdaleKuza — sixth concept from the group behind Cala and The AmericanoThe Ark · 2026Bungalow Kitchen Plans Lunch, Lower Prices Under New OperatorThe Bungalow Kitchen — Tiburon, CaliforniaEater SF · 2026Michael Mina Is Cutting Ties With Popular Tiburon Waterfront RestaurantThe Bungalow Kitchen — Clive Collective takes over the Tiburon waterfront restaurantABC15 Arizona · 2026Cala shares its vision for its second Valley location opening at Phoenix’s PVCala — second Valley location at PVPhoenix New Times · 2026These 11 restaurants are now open at PV, with more coming soonCala — 6,500-square-foot second location coming to PVArizona Foothills Magazine · 2026The Americano Enters a New Chapter in ScottsdaleThe Americano — Clive Collective leads day-to-day operationsChilled Magazine · 2025Ashley Cibor Is Redefining Scottsdale’s Cocktail Scene at Tell Your FriendsTell Your Friends — behind the bar programPhoenix New Times · 2025Clive Collective brings 5 new bars and restaurants to the ValleyClive Collective — Cala, Tell Your Friends, Neon Spur, and what comes nextPHOENIX magazine · 2025New Mill Ave Dive Bar Neon Spur Modeled After 1970’s Basement HangoutNeon Spur — TempeArizona Foothills Magazine · 2025Clive Collective Announces Five New Restaurant ConceptsClive Collective — five new concepts across the ValleyPhoenix New Times · 2025Celebrity chef cooks up ‘new dive bar’ in TempeNeon Spur — opens on Mill Avenue with a menu by chef Beau MacMillanPhoenix New Times · 2024Our 2024 guide to the top 100 bars in Phoenix is herePhoenix New Times — Top 100 Bars of 2024