By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🇻🇳 Viet Fusion, a Vietnamese-focused Asian kitchen, has opened in a strip mall near the southwest corner of Arizona and Warner in Chandler. It’s sandwiched between Hoosier’s Cafe and Pho Mai, another Vietnamese eatery. Viet Fusion’s menu features egg noodle
🥘 Born & Bred, a new casual sibling of popular New American restaurant Aftermath in north Phoenix, has made its debut in downtown Chandler. It takes over the space on the northwest corner of Arizona and Buffalo that formerly was
❤️ Friends, family, and colleagues will gather to celebrate the life of well-known food and beverage industry figure Chris ‘‘Oz’’ Osborn from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at Arizona Wilderness Brewing in downtown Phoenix. Osborn, a former Valley chef, manager, owner, and
🛑 Parrish’s, a family-run restaurant and bar, has closed after four years on the southeast corner of South Mountain and Warner in southeast Mesa. ‘‘It is with a heavy heart to announce that Parrish’s has closed their doors for good,’’
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🍕 An update on the Crust Simply Italian under construction in downtown Mesa, which I first wrote about in September: The 8,000-square-foot-plus Italian restaurant will be the largest of owner Michael Merendino’s six Valley locations (which include two Crust Pizzerias,
🥩 Kasai Japanese Steakhouse, a five-year-old restaurant in north Scottsdale, will open a second location next month at the Park West shopping center in Peoria. The 7,500-square-foot space on the northwest corner of Northern and the Loop 101 formerly was
🐓 Southern Rail, a restaurant specializing in what it calls ‘‘classic American food with a Southern twist,’’ will close Saturday after nine years at The Newton shopping center in uptown Phoenix. Owners Justin and Michelle Beckett and Scott and Katie
☕️ Skoden Coffee & Tea, a coffee shop from the Navajo Nation, has taken over the former Kream Coffee space at For the People, a furniture and design store in the uptown Phoenix. The menu offers coffees, teas, lemonades, and
🍲 Haidilao, China’s largest chain of hot pot restaurants, will make its Arizona debut next year at the Mekong Plaza on the southwest corner of Dobson and Main in west Mesa. Founded in Sichuan province 1994, the chain operates 1,400
🥞🧇 Scottsdale-based breakfast and lunch concept U.S. Egg is celebrating the holidays with two new limited-time menu items – eggnog pancakes and waffles. The eggnog-filled pancakes ($8.49 for one, $13.99 for two) and waffles ($12.99 apiece) are available at all
🦞🥩🍔 It’s getting hard to keep up with the fast-growing new drive-through empire of Tony and Roushan Christofellis, who sold their popular chain Salad and Go in 2020. The couple launched Angie’s Lobster, offering $9.99 lobster meals, in 2021 and
🥩 Charlotte, N.C.-based Firebirds Wood Fired Grill launches its fourth Valley location Wednesday at the new Village at Prasada on the southeast corner of the Loop 303 and Waddell in Surprise. The menu features steaks, ribs, seafood, chicken, burgers, pasta,
🥞 First Watch, a Bradenton, Fla.-based chain of breakfast and lunch cafes, has opened its 30th Valley location on the northeast corner of Stapley and Baseline in Mesa. Its menu offers eggs, pancakes, and waffles for breakfast, and salads and
🥨 The Salted Knot, a regular vendor at the Gilbert and Uptown Phoenix farmers markets, has opened a bricks-and-mortar store in downtown Mesa. It takes over the former Main St. Sweets space on the south side of Main between Drew
🔥 Roberto Centeno, the James Beard Award semifinalist chef at Espiritu, and Armando Hernandez, the owner of Tacos Chiwas and Cocina Chiwas, are teaming up to open a new concept in Arcadia. Santo Arcadia, a grill-focused Mexican restaurant, is expected
🚫 Teddy’s Preserve, an indoor-outdoor craft beer and wine bar in the same building as its sibling, Teddy Roosevelt-themed basement bar Rough Rider, has closed after 10 months on the northeast corner of Central and Roosevelt in downtown Phoenix. ‘‘Teddy’s
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🥢 Mimi Kitchen, a self-described ‘‘authentic Shanghai diner,’’ has soft-opened in the former Teriyaki Kitchen building on the northwest corner of Dobson and Guadalupe in southwest Mesa. The highlights of the temporary menu are house-made egg noodles, available in bone
