Day: March 23, 2026

🍕 Il Forno Bello Pizzeria – a new concept from Horatio ‘‘Lacho’’ Hernandez, one of the Valley’s most venerable pizzaiolos – has opened in northeast Mesa. It takes over the one-time cantina building in front of Mexican restaurant Rancho de

🍣 Shiso, a modern Japanese restaurant and lounge, has opened in the same small plaza as El Camino on the northeast corner of Stetson Drive and Sixth Avenue in Old Town Scottsdale. Sushi takes center stage, but the menu ranges

🐓 bb.q Chicken – the South Korea–born fried chicken chain known for its ultra-crispy, double-fried wings – has opened its fourth Valley location on the southeast corner of Thomas and Third Street in midtown Phoenix. It joins locations that previously