Sips & Bites: News from the Phoenix restaurant community

Events & news about what’s going on around the Phoenix restaurant community, breweries and wineries.

Wing Wednesday specials at The Bar in Gilbert

Have you heard the news, people are flocking to downtown Gilbert to get their hands on the flavorful, crispy & juicy John Blaze Honey Hot, Buffalo, BBQ, “Blow Your O-Ring” and Teriyaki wings. The Bar‘s grilling then fried wings are specially priced every Wednesday from 3 p.m. – 1 a.m. for $9 for 6 wings or $14 for a dozen. Each order comes with celery & carrots and your choice of blue cheese or ranch dressing.

Pillsbury Wine Co. and more pouring at Arizona Wine Festival

20 Arizona wineries and other vendors will make downtown Phoenix’s Heritage Square home January 28th -29th. Beer and food trucks will also be on hand with tickets for $35 on Saturday and $30 on Sunday. Friday night will be a benefit for Horses Help and the festival starts at 11 a.m. on both days. Information and tickets can be purchased can be found at Eventbrite.

Outerbound Wines featured at Hyatt Scottsdale Winemaker Dinner Series

The Gainey Ranch resort and spa continues its Winemaker Dinner Series in 2023 with its first dinner on Thursday, January 19th. High end wines from Sonoma County will be paired with a five-course dinner from Chef Joaquin Estolano Jr. and his team. The reception starts at 6:30 p.m. with Phillip Kube of Outerbound Wines followed by dinner at 7:00. Seats are $170 per person and can be reserved by calling 480-629-6231.

Save your receipts for 50% off at Koibito Poke

For the month of January purchase lunch between 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. then return for dinner from 5 p.m. til closing and get half off. The “Save Your Receipt” promotion is good on the same day 7 days a week at all 4 locations.

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The Wing Counter huddles up with Football Wing Specials and Kool Aid cocktails

Glendale’s The Wing Counter has been serving up 15 varieties of rubbed and sauced chicken wings since 2015 and have now introduced Kool Aid cocktails, beers and wing specials for the upcoming football season.

Photo courtesy of The Wing Counter
Photo courtesy of The Wing Counter

Kool Aid Cocktails and beer

The Kool Aid cocktails known as TWC Punch are available in 3 flavors….Fruit Punch Vodka, Grape Vodka and Blue Raspberry Tequila all sell for $6. Beers now include Coors Light & Angry Orchard Cider for $2.75 and Blue Moon, Corona, Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy and Lagunitas IPA are $3.75.

Photo courtesy of The Wing Counter
Photo courtesy of The Wing Counter

Football Specials

Starting Sunday September 11th, owners Shane and Sheri Sender will be offering their Football Madness Specials that include 10% off party trays of 50 wings or more AND with a Cardinals win they will offer 25% off party trays (50 wings minimum too) for the next Cardinals game day.

Stop in on Cardinals game day wearing Cardinals gear and you will receive a free order of fries with your wing order.

All wing specials run through the Super Bowl in 2017.

1 year anniversary special

With The Wing Counter’s 1 year anniversary fast approaching wing fans can save 50% off wing orders on September 23rd & 24th. Customers can use this deal only once on each of the days.