Gadzooks Enchiladas & Soup

Don't forget to hydrate!

Saturday, Sweet Saturday.

Raise your hand if you're in town! ✋

Oh... more of you than I expected—likely because school for many of our younglings is back in session starting this Monday. Where does the time go? We're hoping you all had (and are possibly still having) a magnificent summer, and may you get back into your weekly groove with the finesse of an Olympic gold medalist. A few updates this month!

A cornfed, cornbread August

The biggest and baddest update: Through August 31, any entreé purchase will come with a complimentary side of our Sweet & Spicy Cornbread. An offer so delicious... you might decide to join the legions of folks around town who pre-order this stuff for the holidays. Come in this weekend! Available while supplies last.

Let's keep this between us

We've preached about this before, but it's worth repeating: every food order you make through delivery apps like Ubereats and DoorDash takes money out of your pocket and away from the restaurant you're ordering from. It's a double-edged sword for us, because while we obviously would love to avoid fees and inflated menu pricing, we rely on the built-in audiences and reach of these platforms to sell our food to new customers every day.

Ordering online directly from us will automatically save you around 10%, you can automatically earn fantastic loyalty rewards, save past orders, and schedule ahead for future ones.

If you want to learn more about the wild world of delivery apps, John Oliver did a fantastic segment on them a few months back (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFsfJYWpqII) .

The Lunch Combo: an entreé, side, and drink for $15.

7 days a week.

🚐 Owner / Cater Waiter 🚐

Believe it or not, Aaron Pool, owner and creator of Gadzooks, still manages our catering orders himself, and would love to get you set up with your next conference room drop-off. Check out our catering menu (https://www.gadzooksaz.com/catering) , and when you're ready, give us a holler. It's sweltering out there—let us bring lunch to you.

Mi espacio es tu espacio

There's a special place, not too far from here, where a flame-kissed trompo spins out world-class al pastor tacos, and the beers (and wine) are flowing... It's called The Green Woodpecker (https://www.thegreenwoodpecker.com) . It's our sister restaurant, it's right down the street from our original flagship Gadzooks location, and it's the perfect spot to host an event or catch a game. Drop by to check out what's on the rotating taps!

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Mucho leftover candy.

If I have to eat another banana Laffy Taffy or black cherry Warhead, I might cry (totally good with a holdover supply of peanut butter cups, though). We hope you all had a magnificent, fruitful, and safe Halloween this week, and may your trick-or-treat candy reserves start to dwindle by February.

Order some savory to pair with that sweet!

Gilbert Grand Opening

We're finally rolling out the red carpet, polishing the silver, dotting i's and crossing t's — our grand opening in Gilbert is happening next Monday, November 6... all the way through Sunday the 12th! We'll have the following daily specials:

Monday, November 6
Buy One, Get One Free Nachos (Hello, it’s National Nacho Day!)
Tuesday, November 7
2 Free Pumpkin Cookies with Purchase of an Entrée (until supplies last)
Wednesday, November 8
Limited-Time Only Menu Item
Thursday, November 9
Buy One, Get One Free Any Entrée
Friday, November 10
Donate $1 or more to HonorHealth Foundation’s K-9 Program and be entered to win a Gadzooks gift card
Saturday, November 11
Penny Margarita with Purchase of an Entrée (until supplies last)
Sunday, November 12
Free Poolboy Taco for the First 100 Guests

We look forward to seeing new and familiar faces from our Gilbert community stopping in for the festivities — come with an appetite, friends!

Holiday Promotions

A couple holiday mainstays are back early this year!

Holiday Cornbread pre-orders are now open! A pre-order will secure you an uncooked pan of our infamous Sweet & Spicy Cornbread, which feeds 7-8, and includes baking instructions for your convenience. Pre-order from our online shop (https://checkout.square.site/buy/KNPPERLDTFJODDW2ETAGQ2A6) or in-person, and pick up your cornbread on Wednesday, November 22. Pro-tip: these are available all year round, so if you need it earlier, or for a different occasion, let us know and we'll happily accommodate!

Our bi-annual gift card promotion is active! This time around, we've added a new value perk: pay $50, get $60! Square makes it a little tricky, but we've also got the classic pay $100, get $125 option, available here (https://squareup.com/gift/CZYSJ11EA79C4/order) with the promo code BIGSPENDER. Load 'em up!

Snakes Alive!

Holy moly. We want to congratulate the D-backs on an absolutely incredible season, and we cannot wait to see what's next for this team in 2024 and beyond. We were honored to be present for the home game festivities, and hope we played some small part in making some fans' experiences that much better.

What a wild ride! 🐍

Nachopalooza 2023

Nacho season is upon us! With National Nacho Day on Monday, we're thrilled to kick off our third annual Nachopalooza. We're keeping it suuuuuper simple this year: a percentage of all nacho sales this year will go towards benefiting the HonorHealth Foundation to raise awareness and funds for their K-9 Program.

Throughout the month of November, 25% of every nacho entrée sold will go directly to the K-9 Security Program. Canines and healthcare are a community partnership that elevates the quality of healthcare for Arizonans and their families undergoing medical treatment at any of HonorHealth’s six Valley locations.

Learn more about (and donate directly to) the K-9 Security Program here (https://www.honorhealthfoundation.org/inspiring-opportunities/choose-your-impact/canines-safety-partnership/) !

TGW Trivia Nights

Okay Phoenix brainiacs, trivia nights are blowing up down at our sister concept The Green Woodpecker, where we've put together a brand new beer and wine menu. The trivia's competitive, the teams are fierce, $10 craft pitchers runneth full, and the tacos are abundant. Retail bottles of wine to take home are also $5 off! There's too much of a good thing going on here. Trivia kicks off at 7pm!

Cheers! Have a fantastic weekend!

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Let’s go!! 🔥
We are fired up for enchiladas and game day 🌮🏟️

Who are you rooting for today?!

Find us at Chase Field
Concourse Sections 114 & 316 🙌🏼

Staying in this weekend?? We got you 🙌🏼 (& your stomach!)

Order online @
www.gadzooksaz.com

Or your favorite delivery app:
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Try our homemade enchiladas, tacos, nachos, chopped salads, & soup!!
& don’t forget our famous pumpkin cookies 😋 made fresh daily by Mama Linda herself

Chips + Salsa
Can you name a better duo?

Happy Hour 3-6pm (Monday-Friday)
FREE Chips & Salsa 🙌🏼
With purchase of entree

Try a bag of house-made tortilla chips, served with your choice of salsa. We don’t mean to brag but our salsa selection is 💣

Arbol Roja 🌶️
Habanero Lava 🔥
Salsa Verde 🫑
Uncle Rico’s Pico 💃🏼

Our favorite month.

We're loving the color scheme, we're loving the horror movies, we're loving a dip in the weather (🤞), and we're loving just about everything coming our way this fall. Say what you will about pumpkin spice lattes, but there's a good reason they're so popular. (Why do you think we sell a cookie equivalent all year round?)

97.1% odds....the Diamondbacks make it into the postseason. We'll be the first to say it: more baseball means more big orders of nachos, and we're happy to oblige. We'll be here as long as there's a game to be played, and we're cheering on our boys no matter how this thing shakes out. Get some postseason tickets (https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/tickets/postseason ) !

Taste of Biltmore

We're excited to be serving tacos in some fantastic company at this year's Taste of Biltmore hosted by National Bank of Arizona on Thursday, October 5 alongside O.H.S.O., Welcome Diner, Wren House Brewing, Zinburger, Blanco, Grimaldi's, Huss Brewing, Valley newcomer Jeni's Ice Cream, and so many more. It's going to be incredible! Get your tickets here (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-of-the-biltmore-tickets-560699456167) .

Forks up!

We love a good tailgate, and you know we love ASU football. We'll be popping by and firing up our griddles for some delicious Gadzooks flavors when the Colorado Buffaloes are in town October 7th. We'll also be tailgating for the Oregon vs. Arizona State game on November 18, and when the Ducks are in town... duck is on the menu.

P!nk n' Guns n' Roses

Not together. Goodness. But they've both got something in common: we'll have our kiosks up and running at both, serving an absolute deluge of margaritas and nachos—which somehow seem necessary for all the flying around P!nk does (https://youtube.com/shorts/8f4rQT4VF4s?si=bEvqK-o5bwvww5vx) .

Cheers! See you next month!

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We donated some of our 50/50 flour and corn tortilla dough to 's garden and culinary program for a lesson on the history of corn and nixtamalization... and these students whipped up THE MOST adorable little tortillas we’ve ever seen.

Follow for updates about Garfield Elementary’s next Garden on the Corner farm stand pop-up, where they’ll be selling organic produce grown on campus as well as eggs laid by the school's legion of hens, including Becky (slide 8).

We love participating with school programs, hosting fundraisers, and catering events for teachers and school lunches. DM us if any of these things sound necessary to you!

Normalcy returns at last. Let's all be friends again.

Sweet, sweet respite. 🏝️

The inescapable heat has (almost) broken, we're due for a little more rain, and we're inching ever closer to some well-deserved sweater weather. Cooler temps = a sharp rise in enchilada cravings, so best believe we're some amateur meteorologists over here. We're not quite ready for Halloween decor and a hot PSL, though, so some of you need to calm down with all of that.

o' Labor Dayyy *slams laptop shut*

Free delivery on catering orders this three-day weekend — let us do the cooking. Fill out our catering form here, then just worry about how to tell your neighbor Allen he goes too hard on the chips and salsa.

🤩 Double Loyalty Stars. Orders placed by loyalty rewards customers will earn double the stars, starting Friday, and ending Monday night. Not currently earning loyalty stars? There arguably isn't a better time to start. Sign up or check your star balance here (https://squareup.com/loyalty/CZYSJ11EA79C4) ! ✨

⚾️ It's not over 'til it's over ⚾️

Calling all interactive D-backs baseball fans: keep your eyes peeled at all our Gadzooks locations as we plummet towards the postseason. We've got a special offer for Advantage Members (https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/tickets/season-tickets/memberships) coming, so sign up today! And regardless of how this season shakes out, we're excited to partner with the D-backs today, tomorrow, into 2024, and beyond. Get that rally cap on! Clutch that Corbin Carroll bobblehead tight!

Thank you, educators!

We had an amazing time getting to know our neighborhood educators around town, and we look forward to finding more ways to feed you all. Thank you all so much for dining with us, bringing your colleagues, and making our food part of your back-to-school fuel. We're here for you.

Also: if you advise a club, run an after school program, coach athletics (or math-letics), or are laying the groundwork for a new initiative at your school, please reach out. If you're on the board of your child's school's PTO, please reach out. We're scheduling school fundraiser nights all year long, and while we'd love to outright sponsor every initiative we're contacted about, the best way for us to mutually help each other is by hosting fundraiser nights at any of our restaurants. They're fun. And delicious. We'll provide a custom flyer to promote the event.

Coming soon: a familiar bite

We've been playing with our food again.

The Green Woodpecker (https://www.thegreenwoodpecker.com) 's now serving a made-to-order griddled burrito with our new black beans (vegan, $8), Poolboy Taco's pimento dip (vegetarian, $8), and, optionally, the incredible combination of flavors and ingredients from our al pastor tacos for $10. It's... outstanding.

To lure you over for one, we'll be joining forces with our TGW crew to bring fresh-carved, marinated al pastor pork to a Gadzooks near you. Tuck it into some enchiladas, add it to a salad, or get wild and stuff it into some poblanos! Stay tuned to our Instagram for specifics and dates, but count on seeing some new pork on the line as early as next week! Available while supplies last!

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Today’s morning announcements: KIDS EAT FREE IN AUGUST. Here’s the deal: with any grownup (entrée) purchase, kids 12 and under get a kid’s meal on us. But they’ve gotta be there. We need proof they exist. 🙃⁣
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Principal Pool would also like all faculty to know that Gadzooks is offering educators 50% off their meals through the month of August to honor their tireless efforts (and self-funded classroom expenditures) as we ramp back into the school year ahead. Please show your badge/teaching credentials to our cafeteria staff for applied discount (capped at $8).⁣
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Both offers are valid in-store only, for dine-in or takeaway. Thank you. Return your books to the library. Drink lots of water. Stay tuned for more programming!