Good morning, Gilbert.
Sunny and 112 today, with an Extreme Heat Warning in effect through Sunday evening. Anything outdoors this weekend is an early-morning or after-sundown plan.
- 🍺 The Whining Pig closed on Val Vista. The Buzzed Goat is taking a former Which Wich on Market Street.
- 🪩 She's Country Ladies Night is tonight. Line dancing starts at 6 PM.
- 🪴 Lena's Plant Market runs Saturday. Buy, sell, and trade indoor plants. Free to attend.
- 🎸 Sedona Red plays O.H.S.O. Gilbert Saturday. Dog-friendly patio in the Heritage District.
- 🏫 Highland has athletics parent night Monday. 6 PM, first week of school in the books.
- 🎭 Three Valley picks. Jo Koy in Chandler, Grupo Frontera and Dear Evan Hansen in Phoenix.
One tap house out, one coffee bar in
Two locally owned tap houses changed status this week, both within a few minutes of Williams Field Road.
Key facts:
- The Whining Pig has closed its Gilbert location near the southwest corner of Val Vista Drive and Williams Field Road. It had been open close to 10 years.
- The spot was known for rotating craft beer, wine, grilled cheese sandwiches, and games. No replacement tenant has been named. (Details.)
- The Buzzed Goat is planning a third location in the South SanTan Village area, taking over the former Which Wich sandwich shop on Market Street.
- The locally owned coffee bar and tap house serves handcrafted coffee, cold brew, and drinks. No opening date has been announced. (Details.)
Both businesses sit in the gap Gilbert's two commercial centers leave open: not the Heritage District's historic storefronts, not SanTan Village's national chains, but the strip-center suites in between where most of the town actually runs its errands. A Which Wich turning into a coffee-and-beer bar is the kind of swap that only reads as news if you drive past it twice a day.
What to watch: whether a tenant surfaces for the Val Vista space, and when the Buzzed Goat sets an opening date on Market Street.
The weekend
Thursday
- 🤠 She's Country Ladies Night. Line dancing starts at 6 PM. Runs every Thursday. Details.
Friday
- 🧩 Puzzle Swap at Southeast Regional Library. 3 PM, drop-in, adults. Bring one, take one. Details.
Saturday
- 🪴 Lena's Plant Market. Noon at Lena's Flowers & Gifts. Buy, sell, and trade indoor plants, with rare plant growers and local artisans. Free to attend. Details.
- 🎸 Sedona Red at O.H.S.O. Gilbert. Live music in Old Town, dog-friendly patio, burgers and beer. Outside the Line plays the same patio the following Saturday. Details.
Monday
- 🎲 Dominoes and Dice Night. 6 PM at Southeast Regional Library, adults, registration required. Details.
Around Gilbert
- 🏠 Homes in Gilbert are taking about 46 days to sell. Median sale price sits at $579,000, roughly flat from a year ago, on 381 new listings and 351 sales. Details.
From the schools
- 🎒 Classes are back. Higley Unified (HUSD, the district covering southeast Gilbert) started classes this week; Gilbert Public Schools (GPS) students are back as well. Details.
- 🦅 Highland athletics parent night is Monday at 6 PM. Highland is a Gilbert Public Schools (GPS) campus, and the meeting lands in the first full week of school. Details.
- 📋 The GPS Governing Board meets August 11 at 5 PM. Policy committee, work study, and a short business meeting at 140 S Gilbert Rd. Details.
Around the Valley
Three picks worth leaving town for this weekend, closest first.
- 🎤 Jo Koy, Friday at Wild Horse Pass in Chandler. A three-night run at the closest big room to Gilbert. Tickets.
- 🪗 Grupo Frontera, Friday at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix. One night only on the Triste Pero Bien C*bron tour. Tickets.
- 🎭 Dear Evan Hansen, Saturday at 2 PM. Hormel Theatre at Phoenix Theatre. A matinee is the right call in a week under a heat warning. Tickets.