Day: March 7, 2011

Bonfire Grill & Bar, the wood-fired grill taking over the former Furio space in Old Town Scottsdale, opens tonight. Chef Matt Carter (Zinc Bistro and The Mission) consulted on the menu, which features sandwiches ($11-$15) and meat-and-vegetable skewers ($14-$24) New in

J.B.’s Family Restaurants, a Tempe company started in 1961, has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. JB’s operates 50 company-operated, franchised or licensed restaurants in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. J.B.’s Family

Phoenix’s Barrio Cafe, considered by some the best Mexican restaurant in the Valley, plans to open a second location in Gilbert. Chef-owner Silvana Salcido Esparza (pictured), who was nominated for the James Beard Award for Best Chef Southwest last year

Amarone Ristorante Italiano has closed after little more than six months at Warner and Greenfield roads in Gilbert, and already been reopened as Tutti Santi by Nina. It marks the sixth Valley location of Tutti Santi, which also is Italian