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LEADING OFF Editor’s letter 6 Contributors 6 HISTORY This month in history 8 Before it was Duke’s Roadhouse 8 GOVERNMENT How Maricopa’s courts are handling bigger caseloads 10 Permits 14 COMMUNITY For area couples, beekeeping is a buzzing business 16 We mapped all the roadside memorials on SR 347 24 BUSINESS Mapping business news 30 Restaurant inspections 32 FOOD & BEVERAGE GUIDE Step behind the swinging double doors 36 Mandy pours her heart into her dream wine bar 38 Best restaurants and dishes in the city, according to readers 40 New restaurateurs reflect on their first year in business 44 What to know about the city’s growing food truck scene 48 New restaurants put Maricopa on the map with novel nightlife options 50 What new restaurants are coming to town soon? 54 Experts evaluate city’s restaurant economy and predict what’s next 56 Mapping every Maricopa restaurant 58 Where to eat in Maricopa 60 Restaurants that never close 61
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HEALTH & WELLNESS Can AI replace therapy? Let’s be honest 63 How to make ‘good skin days’ your default setting 64 HOME How to cultivate aloe vera for medicinal use 66 Extreme home sales 67 How to defer taxes on a recession-era investment property 68 5 silent profit killers for self-managed landlords 69
EVENTS Calendar 70 TRENDING A look at what’s hot on InMaricopa.com 79 PARTING SHOT Wild one 80
ON THE COVER Brian Petersheim Jr. captures Bill “the Bee Guy” Johnson smoking an angry swarm from a hive in Hidden Valley before 7 a.m. one warm August day.
InMaricopa.com | September 2025
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