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Queen Creek Vice Mayor Jeff Brown said Phoenix’s departure to allow their city to focus more on Sky Harbor is going to prove beneficial for Queen Creek after June 2024 because it will result in a greater ownership percentage of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

Queen Creek’s downtown core extends from south of Victoria Lane along Ellsworth Road to the Queen Creek Wash and is bound on the west side by Ellsworth Loop Road. The heart of the downtown core, Ocotillo and Ellsworth roads, was the town’s first major intersection – including the town’s first traffic signal.

The new Pecan Plaza studio at the northwest corner of Ellsworth and Riggs roads includes seating for over 50 guests, a birthday party area and hundreds of pottery items to choose off of the shelves.

On Monday, Sept. 11, the Nothing Bundt Cakes bakery opened at 20952 S. Ellsworth Loop Road, Suite E-1, in the Queen Creek Marketplace, directly behind the In-N-Out Burger drive-thru, next to a new Pilates reformer studio, north of PetSmart and Mountainside Fitness. Reach them at 480-616-2536.

Kindness Bags full of toiletries, snacks and water will be available for a donation of $5 at all Spinato’s restaurants in September and 100% of proceeds will benefit St. Vincent de Paul.

On home game days for Arizona State University, University of Arizona, Northern Arizona University and the Arizona Cardinals, guests can get six free wings with the purchase of one dozen or double or triple the order for bigger tailgating gatherings.

Fresh, Hawaii-based burger concept brings "a taste of 'Aloha' to Arizona." The Hannemann family, founders and owners of the Seven Brothers Burgers brand picked Arizona to launch their franchise development plans and welcomed their first franchisees, Brad and Melissa Crider, who opened the Queen Creek restaurant June 21 at 24750 S. Ellsworth Road.

In honor of the opening, Portillo’s celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony where Michael Portillo, vice president of restaurant support, presented its charity partners, Queen Creek 4-H and Queen Creek Schools Education Foundation, with checks from funds raised during the restaurant's sneak peek training meals Aug. 21-22.

The Queen Creek Olive Mill is hosting a special Labor Day weekend Sangria Social this Saturday, Sept. 2, complete with three seasonal-inspired house made sangrias. Then a Grill at the Mill event on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4.

Founded in Glendale, Ariz., Peter Piper Pizza has remained true to its roots, serving high-quality, made-from-scratch pizza in a family-friendly atmosphere. In 1980, the pizzeria grew beyond the Phoenix area, opening its first restaurant in Tucson and adding games to the restaurant experience. Now there are over 110 corporate and franchise-owned locations nationwide.