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Between October 1 and the end of December — 14 new Downtown Phoenix bars and restaurants opened. Here’s what you need to know about each.

View Comments Phoenix is buying the Wells Fargo Plaza skyscraper next to City Hall for $46.5 million, which will allow the city to consolidate workspace and create a central government campus at the heart of downtown. The Phoenix City Council voted 7-2 Thursday to buy the 27-story building at 100 W. Washington St. to house the city's 911 dispatch center, and eventually police headquarters and other departments. Councilmembers Sal DiCiccio and Jim Waring voted against the purchase. The purchase solves a pressing need to find a new home for the city's 50-year-old police headquarters, includ...

At least 20 new restaurants are coming to downtown Phoenix: Here is what we know about each Collage by ABC15 using owned/handout images and last updated 2021-05-13 16:11:49-04 PHOENIX — At least 20 new businesses, most of them being restaurants, are under construction and expected to open this year in downtown Phoenix. That's on top of the bars and restaurants that have already opened downtown, such as Stoop Kid, Hot Daisy Pizza, The Ainsworth, The Yard Milkshake Bar, Tap That! Downtown, Il Bosco Pizza, The Pemberton (Saint Pasta, Dino's Napoletana, Abnormal Beer Co.), Luckys Indoor Outd...

Downtown Phoenix Inc. creates voucher program to bring business back to downtown (Downtown Devil) The Downtown Phoenix Partnership has unveiled a new program designed to draw customers downtown and back into the restaurants, coffee shop retailers and cultural institutions to help recover from the losses suffered during the pandemic that make up the heart of downtown. DTPHX Dollars is a $5 same-as-cash voucher that can be redeemed at many downtown businesses on purchases over $5. Businesses can turn in the vouchers to Downtown Phoenix Inc. and will be reimbursed within five business days. Over...

$8.6M mega playground opens in downtown Phoenix's Hance Park as supporters dream of more Jen Fifield, Arizona Republic A dual slide that shoots out of a giant great horned owl's back, walls and wobbly ropes to climb on, a water mist play feature and plenty of shade. Phoenix officials and their partners are hoping the eye-catching amenities of a new $8.6 million mega playground in downtown Phoenix's Margaret T. Hance Park attract not just curious families and children, but other funders as well. The playground, named Fiesta Bowl Play at Hance Park, opened this week in a s...