Arizona Restaurant Week Starts Tomorrow (9/17 - 9/25)

The Arizona Restaurant Week website states the rules very simply:

Participating restaurants will offer three-course meals at a value price of $20, $30 or $40 per person, excluding drinks, tax and tip. Reservations are highly recommended as restaurants fill up quickly!

List of participating restaurants - As you might expect, the vast majority of participating restaurants are in the Phoenix area along with quite a few in the Tucson area. Sadly for those in the Flagstaff area, there are only four restaurants currently listed. For those interested, take special note of the restaurants that have gluten-free items, vegetarian options and those that include a drink in the price.

Arizona restaurant week runs from Saturday, September 17 until Sunday, September 25.

Cinnabon Adds New Items for Fall

Going on from now until November 5, Cinnabon is introducing three new items to their menu for the fall. QSR has the story:

Caramel flavor will be offered as a topping for the company’s Center of the Roll or an addition to its creamy Mocha Chillatta. The new Carmel Mocha Chillatta is a premium beverage pick-me-up made with real coffee, chocolate, swirls of caramel, and whipped cream topping. The Caramel Center of the Roll consists of bite-sized pieces of baked sweet dough featuring Makara Cinnamon, brown sugar, and caramel smear, and smothered with cream cheese frosting and caramel topping.

In addition, Cinnabon is adding its popular Cinnamon Churro back to the menu for a reported $1.99 with a second churro costing a $1.

The nutritional information is as follows:

Churro - 290 Calories, 12 grams of fat and 5 grams of protein.
Caramel Mocha Chillatta (16oz.) - 420 calories, 17 grams of fat and 10 grams of protein.
Caramel Center of the Roll - 840 calories, 42 grams of fat and 10 grams of protein.

Corner Bakery to Open This Month in Downtown Phoenix

Corner Bakery Cafe already has a location in the Arrowhead area of Peoria, but they are getting ready to open  their second location it the state later this month. Corner Bakery will be opening in the Arizona Center at 454 N. 3rd St. #1065 Phoenix, AZ 85004, where Fat Tuesday used to be, according to AZCentral.

Texas-based Corner Bakery began as a small bakery but has become a fast casual chain of over 110 restaurants nationwide. The menu consists of sandwiches, breakfast, sweets, panini, soups, salads and pasta.