Bing Bistro brings handmade dumplings & noodles to Gilbert

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🥟 Well, that was fast, Bing Bistro, a Chinese restaurant specializing in handmade dumplings and noodles that debuted in north Scottsdale less than two months ago, has launched a second location in Gilbert.

It takes over the space formerly home to short-lived Chinese restaurant Stellar66 in the Fry’s plaza on the southwest corner of Gilbert and Baseline.

The menu features nine kinds of dumplings and eight noodle soups. Pork buns, potstickers, fried rice, Peking duck, and a handful of Americanized Chinese entrees also are available.

Open for lunch and dinner daily except Tuesdays.

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The move is due to what the nearly 75-year-old company, originally known as Sphinx Date Ranch, says is a ‘‘sudden and unexpected change in the lease terms of its current location.’’

Co-owners Sharyn and Rebecca Seitz have not identified a new location yet.

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