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Our Favorite Gilbert Restaurants

Theres no better place to grab a good eat than Gilbert, AZ! Today were featuring five restaurants that we think Liv Northgates residents will love. Joes Real BBQ 301 N Gilbert Rd Gilbert, AZ 85234 Joes Real BBQ serves barbecue classics in a classic setting: an old church first built in 1922. We recommend that first time customers try their BBQ Sampler Plate or Meat Plate for a full sample of what Joes has to offer. Joes is renowned for its food, service and atmosphere. Romeos Euro Cafe 207 N Gilbert Rd. #105 Gilbert, AZ 85234 Romeos Euro Cafe specializes in mouth-watering Mediterranean food. Were excited to try their Spicy Lamb Potatoes, Ravioli Salad, and Grilled Steak Pita. Reviews for the restaurant praise its easy-going environment, friendly staff and delicious food. The Farmhouse Restaurant 228 N Gilbert Rd. Gilbert, AZ 85234 The Farmhouse Restaurant first began serving food in 1989...in an actual farmhouse. They have a new location, but their menu of tried-and-true breakfast and lunch classics has stayed the same. Their menu is filled with comfort foods that never go out of style. Their restaurant, due to its popularity and longevity , is usually filled with locals whove loved The Farmhouse for decades. Phoenicia Cafe 1150 S Gilbert Rd. #104 Gilbert, AZ 85296 Phoenicia Mediterranean Cafe serves both Mediterranean and American classics. Whether youre craving a quality Classic Burger or a Rack of Lamb, the Phoenicia Cafe has it! Reviews praise the hummus, Greek fries and gyros. Flancers Gourmet Grub 610 N Gilbert Rd. Gilbert, AZ Flancers Gourmet Grub has one other location in Mesa if you cant get a table in Gilbert! Their pizzas and sandwiches are always fresh and always made on homemade bread! Many reviewers say that is is their favorite restaurant in Gilbert. Did your favorite place to eat in Gilbert make our list? Whats your favorite restaurant? Leave us a comment and let us know!

Be a Sport - Find Fitness in Gilbert

Gilberts Parks and Recreation website offers a plethora of information for city residents, including the Liv Northgate apartment community. With twelve public neighborhood parks, two community parks, five district parks, and several specialty parks including a dog park, the riparian areas, and soccer fields, there are plenty of places to get out and enjoy the outdoors. The site also includes the aquatics program, which will start with swimming lessons and the dive program in March 2016. Adult and youth sport programs are also offered through Parks and Recreation including softball, baseball basketball, and volleyball. Another options for sports, focused on kids, is i9 Sports which offers, youth sports leagues, camps and clinics for boys and girls ages 3-17 in todays most popular sports such as flag football, soccer, basketball, T-Ball and cheerleading. With our focus on fun, safety, convenience and good sportsmanship, i9 Sports is reinventing the youth sports experience for families across the country. An additional resource to find sports programs for kids can be found in the Raising Arizona sports section , which has a comprehensive list of available sports programs. The Chandler/Gilbert YMCA also has a variety of sports programs available for youth and family participation. More information can be found here . Gilbert is a bike friendly town. If riding trails is your favorite kind of fun, this map may be helpful for finding some new places to ride. And a google search brings up a list of bike shops in the area, too. If you would rather hike, the San Tan Mountain Regional Park is just one place you can get your hiking fix it. According to Gilbert Parks and Recreation, It offers over eight miles of trails for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding. Park trails range in length from 1.1 miles to over 5 miles, and range in difficulty from easy to strenuous. And Gilbert Now provides a list of the most walkable neighborhoods in town, here . Whatever your favorite leisure time activity or sport currently is, wed love to hear about it. Share in the comment section of the Liv Northgate - Gilbert Blog.

Welcome to the Current Middle Ages

You may not know it, but you have a King and Queen who reign over the land you live in Atenveldt may not be a name you recognize, but it is the name of the kingdom they preside over, and in February, they will be hosting a friendly event not to far from Liv Northgate in Gilbert. Welcome to the Current Middle Ages, where chivalry is the watchword of the day, champions fight for their Lady,and Kings are crowned after winning the field. For thirty years, the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), a medieval re-enactment society, has been holding Estrella War in the valley. It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, so here are several thousand words to give you an idea of what Estrella and the SCA is all about. What is it you ask? Once a year, members of the SCA gather in sunny Arizona for a week of medieval style camping, pageantry, and honing medieval-style combat skills. And dont forget shopping a veritable Medieval Mall, taking classes on all things medieval, watching demonstrations, and of course meeting with or making friends who share an interest in what life was like in the middle ages. For more information about the event, visit the Estrella War Newcomers Portal . In Medieval fashion, there is a local SCA group in the area called, The Barony of Twin Moons . It is ruled over by a Baron and Baroness appointed by the King and Queen. Barons and Baronesses are referred to as Your Excellency, and Their Excellencies Baron Alystyr and Baroness Gret bid you welcome to their lands which include the greater east valley area of Phoenix. Weekly meetings are held Thursday evenings at the Gene Autry Park (4125 East McKellips Road) in Mesa. Newcomers are most welcome to join for an evening or a century or two. ( Permission to use images .) So the next time you feel like dressing up like a prince or princess, take a step back in time and visit the current middle ages. Feel free to share your thoughts in the Liv Northgate Blog comment box.

Snooze, CRAS, AZWALL More Than Acronyms

What does a get your morning going with a cuppa establishment, an audio/recording school, a Vietnam veterans remembrance wall, and food trucks have in common? If you said they are a part of Gilbert, Arizona, you would be correct. Todays blog post is about some quirky or at the least interesting places in Gilbert. The morning people establishment is called Snooze, an A.M. Eatery; the name is derived from the owners habit of hitting the snooze button on his alarm three times every morning before finally rolling out of bed. Snooze started with one shop in Denver, and has expanded to twelve, the one in Gilbert being the newest. Snooze, a breakfast and brunch joint offers imaginative dishes and eye-opening cocktails in a fun and vibrant ambiance. You can find them at 310 N. Gilbert Road, Gilbert. 480-664-4488 And heres a peek at their menu (just reading it will make your mouth water)! In 2012, 72 CRAS (Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences) graduates were nominated for 163 Grammy awards. That is a pretty impressive record for a private technology school. The CRAS, originally called Songshop, moved from New York to Phoenix in 1987, and added a Gilbert location in 2003. The focus of the school is to provide an education that is well-rounded and prepares you to enter into the world of audio the career of your dreams. So heres to the next CRAS graduate who wins a Grammy all from skills learned in Gilbert, Arizona. Operation Welcome Home is an organization that holds ceremonies for members of the service when they return home from a tour of duty. It began in 2010, and other communities in the valley have embraced the idea. The Department of Defense awarded Operation Welcome Home jointly, with the Town of Gilbert a 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War Commemorative Partnership. The result of that partnership is the creation of the AZ Wall Project . The project is a veterans park featuring a scaled down version of the Wall in Washington D.C. which will be 360 long and 8 feet tall. This park will provide healing, education, and inspiration to visitors. And the food trucks they are part of the Downtown District, and you can find them there on Friday nights from 5:00 - 9:00. Check them out. This blog post provides a great review. Also, the Town of Gilbert is looking for your input on the growth of the Heritage District. The survey will take about 5 minutes to complete and your responses will help guide future development decisions: Gilbert Heritage District Survey . Please share your quirky, favorite things about Gilbert in the Liv Northgate Blog comment box.

New Years Resolutions an Annual Tradition

January 1st its a new day, its a new year, its time to make resolutions for the coming year. But first, it might be a good idea to do an assessment of the last year. Make a list of accomplishments, places you visited, people you met, goals you had, etc. Now that you can see what you did last year, use that information to come up with some resolutions for this year. A disheartening statistic is that only eight percent of the New Years Resolutions that are made are actually followed through to fruition. Todays blog will focus on some tips to follow so you are in that eight percent. - Write it down! According to Dustin Wax, a Lifehack editor writing about Writing and Remembering , When we write something down, research suggests that as far as our brain is concerned, its as if we were doing that thing. Writing seems to act as a kind of mini-rehearsal for doing. Ive written before about how visualizing doing something can trick the brain into thinking its actually doing it, and writing something down seems to use enough of the brain to trigger this effect. - Make an action plan. Divide your resolution or goal into doable actions that can be completed a task at a time. The old adage of eating an elephant one bite at a time holds true when we are working on accomplishing goals. What can you do today toward your New Years Resolution, and tomorrow and the next day. - Be flexible with your goals and tasks. Periodically review to see if you are on track. If you are not, take a look at why, and determine whether or not you need to revise your goal,, scrap it, or simply change the way you are trying to accomplish it. - Be accountable to someone about making progress on your goal. At work or at school, we have a lot of accountability built into our daily schedules. But with personal goals, we dont, so ask a friend to help you be accountable for accomplishing your goal. A simple weekly or monthly, Are you on track with your goals? text or email may be sufficient to keep you on task. And next year, when you are looking back on the year, you can be one of the elite, one of the eight percent of people who completed a New Years Resolution. Please comment on the Liv Northgate, Gilbert Blog and share what your New Years Resolutions are this year.

3 Local Breakfast Spots to Wake Up to in Gilbert, AZ

For years, weve heard just how good breakfast is for your health. From commercials, to our parents, its all enduredand for good reason. Even according to recent studies , the argument that breakfast improves focus in the workplace and classroom, aides weight loss, and reduces the risk of heart disease holds up. So if youre looking for ways to balance your daily appetite, get an early start, and be more productive, we recommend grabbing breakfast at any one of the following local Gilbert breakfast spots. 1. The Farmhouse Restaurant Farmhouse is a comfortable, long-running American restaurant serving down-home breakfast and lunch. Local diners go for their famous cinnamon rolls, fresh squeezed orange juice, and responsive service in their rustic atmosphere. Plus, without the temptation of any fried foods, its easier to adhere to your dietary needs. A restaurants taste that lives up to its name. This is a must-eat Gilbert stop. 2. The Gilbert House Restaurant This quaint, family-owned outfit serves diner-style breakfasts and lunches like fluffy omelets and gourmet burgers. From their eggs benedict to their get-to-know-you service, its easy to see what makes this breakfast spot so well liked. If you stop in, be sure to try their orange custard rhubarb pie or their apple-cinnamon bread pudding. 3. The Coffee Shop at Agritopia The Coffee Shop at Agritopia describes itself as a SoHo chic cafe, with an amazing patio, surrounded by a rose garden, located in the middle of Gilbert, Arizona. Theyre best known for their delicious San Diegan omelette and for their cupcakes, which took home the top prize on Food Networks Cupcake Wars. How often do you get the chance to eat nationally famous cupcakes? Dont miss your chance! Where else do residents of Liv Northgate like to go for breakfast? Let us know in the comments!