These 7 Phoenix restaurants are now closed

The start of the year marked the end of the road for a handful of Valley restaurants, including long-standing local institutions. Both open for nearly a decade, a Chandler seafood spot shuttered and a pioneering Mesa brewery poured its last pints. The original location of a central Phoenix Peruvian favorite closed after 12 years. And following a 14-year run, a Scottsdale Italian eatery has fired its final pizzas.

Among the Valley’s recent closures is a restaurant that hopes to reopen. A plumbing issue at its historic downtown Phoenix home forced the year-old eatery Flour & Thyme to close for repairs and renovations. Hopefully, the restaurant will be able to reopen its doors soon.

These six metro Phoenix restaurants are permanently closed, with another spot gearing up for a comeback.

Smokin Fins

After nearly a decade of serving seafood in west Chandler, Smokin Fins has closed. The restaurant served lunch and dinner with a menu that offered a selection of sushi rolls along with seafood entrees, soups and salads. The seafood grill is a chain with three locations in Colorado and one in Idaho. The west Chandler location was its only restaurant in Arizona.

S&V Urban Italian

After 14 years, S&V Urban Italian has closed on the southeast corner of Shea Boulevard and 92nd Street. The restaurant initially opened as Stone & Vine Urban Italian, but later changed its name when it was sold to new owners. The restaurant served wood-fired pizzas, pasta dishes, salads, panini and classic Italian desserts including cannoli and tiramisu. 

Oro Brewing & Vice Co.

This local craft beer destination was known as Oro Brewing Co. since it opened nearly a decade ago on Mesa’s Main Street. Then, a few months ago, it added “Vice” to the name and switched things up. The owners added a pool table and started selling bodega-style goods such as cigarettes and Pepto-Bismol in efforts to diversify the focus from craft beer. But then in early January, the company announced it would soon close. A trio of fellow Mesa business owners are taking over the space and planning to open their own brewery called Mesa Brewing Co.

El Chullo

The original location of El Chullo Peruvian Restaurant has closed after 12 years. The restaurant has a second location, nearby on Seventh Avenue, that remains open. The original spot introduced Esperanza Luzcando and Jose Ramirez Sanchez’s heritage and cooking to the Valley. In early 2022, the space suffered a fire and was temporarily closed for months. Now, the owners have permanently closed that Seventh Street spot to focus all of their attention on the new location.

Torchy’s Tacos

The Queen Creek location of Torchy’s Tacos closed its doors on Feb. 3. The Texas-based chain opened the southeast Valley restaurant in late 2022. It’s the second recent Valley closure for the chain, which shut down its north Phoenix location on Tatum Boulevard over the summer. Three locations remain open in the Valley, serving tacos in Phoenix, Gilbert and Surprise. 

A&W

The Valley’s only location of A&W has closed. The restaurant counter was located inside a south Chandler Walmart. The restaurant is known for its signature root beer and root beer floats. It also served burgers, hot dogs and chicken fingers.

Temporarily closed: Flour & Thyme

Downtown Phoenix restaurant Flour & Thyme was forced to close temporarily due to plumbing issues. While the plumbing has since been fixed, water damage has necessitated a full renovation, chef and owner Ivan Jacobo told Phoenix New Times. As of yet, there is no reopening date. Flour & Thyme opened in the Orpheum Lofts space in December 2024, when its sibling restaurant Anhelo moved to a new home in Scottsdale.