Angie’s opens its newest Phoenix restaurant today on the southeast corner of Glendale and 19th avenues. It’s the first of nine new Valley-area locations the company announced late this summer, with more planned for Mesa, Queen Creek, Maricopa, Casa Grande, Goodyear, and other areas of Phoenix.
Angie’s comes from Tony and Roushan Christofellis, the husband-and-wife team behind Salad and Go, the drive-thru salad chain they launched in 2013 and sold in 2021.
Their current concept – Angie’s debuted in 2022 and now has 27 locations in Arizona, Texas, and Las Vegas – describes itself as ‘‘the new fast food’’ made with premium ingredients at prices below typical fast food.
The signature item is a large fresh-cut salad for $4.99, topped with grilled-to-order antibiotic-free chicken or a house-made falafel patty. There are nine versions: Caesar, Cobb, Greek, Asian (pictured), Harvest, Mexican, Spicy Honey Ranch, BBQ Ranch, and build-your-own.
What’s new on the menu
Two menu additions arrive with the new store:
- Grande Tacos ($3.99). Each one is an 8-inch flour tortilla with 3 ounces of USDA Prime seasoned beef (a blend of top sirloin, ribeye, and chuck), pepper jack cheese, romaine and red onion. Adding cilantro-lime sauce and guacamole makes it a “Supreme” for $1.39 more.
- 12-inch pizzas. Cheese is $6.99, pepperoni is $7.99, and spicy honey pepperoni is $8.99. The sauce is made from San Marzano tomatoes, and the whole-milk mozzarella is grated in-house.
The rest of the menu includes protein bowls starting at $7.39 for a double portion of chicken with three sides. Bowls also come with steak, surf and turf, wild-caught shrimp, salmon, or falafel. Angie’s also sells rice bowls, burritos, Prime beef burgers, hand-breaded fried chicken, and seafood.
Fountain drinks, iced tea, lemonade and cold brew are just 99 cents.
After 4 p.m., two $9.99 dinner-for-two deals bundle entrées or a pizza with sides and drinks.
Vertical integration is key
The company says vertical integration is how it keeps prices that low.
‘‘We built the business from the ground up to be able to,” Tony Christofellis said. He pointed to the company’s own distribution center in Phoenix, which also processes beverages and sauces, plus a chicken-processing facility in Chandler and its own trucking fleet.
The chain is named for Tony’s late mother, Angela “Angie” Christofellis. She immigrated from Greece to Boston, worked in seafood restaurants and eventually opened Angela’s Seafood outside Boston. She died of pancreatic cancer in 2020.
Hours
The Glendale Avenue location has a drive-thru, dine-in seating, and online ordering. It is open 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m. daily, with breakfast coming soon.
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