Desert DigestFood & DrinkHistorical Wrigley Mansion Restaurants Continue Modern Revamp
Nikki BuchananMay 12, 2023
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2022Best of the ValleyFood & Drink6 Reasons Why Wrigley Mansion Has the Best Wine Cellar in the Valley
Editorial StaffJuly 1, 2022
Amassing roughly 18,000 bottles, Wrigley has the biggest, most diverse wine cellar in the state.
Every week, we present a curated list of live music in a wide range of genres all around the Valley. This week, there are Christmas concerts, New Year’s Eve music events and more. Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Tuesday, December 28 at ASU Gammage Chip Davis brings this vaunted musical holiday tradition to Tempe. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 28 at ASU Gammage, 1200 S. Forest Ave., Tempe, asugammage.com. Tickets cost $40-$125.50. Injury Reserve Wednesday, December 29 at...
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Desert DigestFood & DrinkNew Restaurant Alert: Christopher’s at the Wrigley Mansion
Madison RutherfordMarch 16, 2021
Photo by Paul Markow Celebrated Valley chef Christopher Gross will open his highly anticipated eponymous restaurant at the Wrigley Mansion on March 23. Christopher’s at the Wrigley Mansion will not only highlight the James Beard Award-winning chef’s globally inspired gastronomic expertise, but will also showcase 180-degree views of the Valley via floor-to-ceiling windows and a retractable roof. Set adjacent to the historic Wrigley Mansion, the 26-seat restaurant will offer an intimate dining experience and...
Desert DigestFood & DrinkFirst Dish: Brunch at the Wrigley Mansion
Madison RutherfordFebruary 16, 2021
My server at the Wrigley Mansion’s onsite restaurant, Geordie’s, tells me that the estate was originally built by chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. as an anniversary gift for his wife. Constructed in 1929, the Mediterranean-style manse still sports some of its original tiles, which were shipped from the family’s factory on Catalina Island and ferried up the small slope by mules. It’s an elaborate tale, one that is not at all surprising now that...
FeaturesPeopleHeart of Glass
Stephen LemonsMarch 19, 2020
Famed Phoenix chef Christopher Gross carefully crafts his dream eatery high atop the Wrigley Mansion.
RecipesRecipe Friday: Geordie’s Spam Cubano
Marilyn HawkesApril 28, 2017
When your last name is Hormel, the Spam jokes must get a little tiring. But when Jamie Hormel, owner of the Wrigley Mansion and widow of meatpacking heir Geordie Hormel, sat in on a recent menu planning session with Geordie's Steak executive chef Jason Diaz, she joked that he should make a dish using the tinned meat. “I took her seriously and went back to the kitchen and started messing around with Spam,” Diaz says.