Dutchman’s Hideout (6100 E. Mining Camp St., Apache Junction [480] 982-3181). Rustic wood-planked walls and brushed copper tabletops set the tone in this out-of-the-way place serving mesquite-grilled certified Angus prime rib of beef, steaks and seafood along with beer and wine. If you’re feeling more casual, the adjacent Mining Camp Restaurant offers all-you-can-eat family style dinners at long picnic tables. They’re seasonal, so call to make sure they’re open before you make the drive. $$$-$$$$

Pizza Fusion isn’t the only restaurant that’s closed in the northeast Mesa strip mall known as The Shoppes at Legacy House. EJ’s Steakhouse, the city’s only upscale steakhouse, has shut its doors after less than two years of operation.

Fogo de Chão, a Brazilian steakhouse chain, will open its 13th U.S. location Thursday on Scottsdale Road, just south of Lincoln Drive, in Scottsdale.

Kevin Dettler is one of the few people in the world who’ve bagged the Safari Club International’s “North American 29,” all the big-game species found on the continent. And all 29 are on display at his new Queen Creek restaurant Trophy's Steakhouse.

Mesa ranks third among Arizona cities in terms of population. When it comes to its number of noteworthy restaurants, though, most East Valley residents would place it much farther down the list.

NEW YORK - Have public enemies Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie buried the hatchet? Maybe, maybe not. But the "Simple Life" stars, who have been feuding since last year, appeared together in a video posted on the entertainment Web site TMZ.com.

In the restaurant industry, blind wine tastings are de rigueur, says Scott Yanni, operating partner of Fleming's in Scottsdale. Wine purveyors visit Yanni several times a week, never telling him what he's drinking or what it costs until after he's sampled it.

The Phoenician resort just announced plans for its soon-to-close restaurant Mary Elaine’s. The flagship of the Valley’s fine-dining scene for two decades will re-open this fall as — surprise!— a chef-driven steakhouse.

“Cardiologists love our restaurant,” the waiter says as a friend and I finish a large plate of warm butter cake topped with ice cream and smothered with house-made whipped cream at Mastro’s City Hall Steakhouse.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The owner of an upscale steakhouse in Louisville said he asked O.J. Simpson to leave his restaurant the night before the Kentucky Derby because he is sickened by the attention Simpson still attracts.