By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🥙 Pita Jungle, which has more than 20 Valley locations, is celebrating National Gyro Day by offering $5 gyro sandwiches all day Friday. What: The Greek staple (normally $9.99) is made with broiled beef and lamb, seasonal mixed greens, tomatoes,
🍔 Bad Jimmy’s, a pop-up burger concept that regularly appears outside the Cobra Arcade Bar, is moving into the former home of Jamaican restaurant The Breadfruit & Rum Bar on the northeast corner of First Avenue and Pierce in downtown
🇯🇵🥩 Donabe, a Japanese steakhouse offering rare and imported wagyu, has opened inside the W Scottsdale on the southeast corner of Camelback and Brown in Old Town Scottsdale. The space: A small seating area on the second floor of the
🌺 Hawaiian Bros. Island Grill, a chain actually based in Kansas City, Mo., has opened its second Valley location at the Tempe Food Court on the northeast corner of Perry Lane and Fifth Street just south of Tempe Marketplace. The
🍺 Catalyst Crafted Ales, a new brewery from the co-founders of the recently closed Ad Astra Brewing in Prescott, is coming to the southeast corner of McClintock and Broadway in Tempe. The owners: Rex Williamson and brewer Will Walthereson (pictured),
🍜 Chow’s Ramen & Hibachi, a locally owned Japanese restaurant, has opened on the southwest corner of McClintock and Elliot in south Tempe. The space: Formerly home to Li’s Asian, which closed earlier this month, at the opposite end of
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🍕🍻 Holiday Toast & Tap, a locally owned restaurant and bar, has soft-opened in the former Copper & Logs space on the southwest corner of Greenfield and Warner in Gilbert. The space: Copper & Logs, which opened in February 2020,
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⚾️🍺 Philly’s Sports Grill, a longtime East Valley sports bar, has opened its fifth location on the southeast corner of McClintock and Baseline in south Tempe. The space: It takes over the strip-mall space that previously was home to 5
🌶 Nando’s Mexican Cafe again is offering its seasonal Hatch chile cheese crisp (pictured) – plus, for the first time, an entire Hatch chile menu – through the end of September at all four of its East Valley restaurants. Hatch
🥗🥙 Cava, a Washington, D.C.-based Mediterranean fast-casual chain, has opened its fourth Valley location at Cornerstone on the northeast corner of Rural and University in Tempe. The space: It takes over the ground-floor space formerly home to ASU fave Sushi
🍪 The first 100 customers will receive a special gift when California-based Cookie Co. opens its second Arizona store at 10 a.m. Saturday at the new Verde at Cooley Station development on the southwest corner of Recker and Williams Field
🌭🥤 Portillo’s, the Chicago-based fast-casual chain, has soft-opened its sixth Valley location near the southwest corner of Ellsworth and Queen Creek in Queen Creek. The space: Designed with a ‘‘Southwest garage’’ theme, the 7,800-square-foot restaurant has seating for 180 inside
🍺 Pedal Haus Brewery in downtown Tempe will host a ‘‘Haus Party’’ from 4-10 p.m. Friday to celebrate the completion of renovations at its flagship location – its fourth makeover in less than eight years. The background: Pedal Haus recently
🥟🍜 Uncle Panda Dumpling & Noodle House, a family-run Chinese restaurant specializing in handmade dumplings and noodles pulled in-house, has opened on the northeast corner of Bell and 57th Avenue in Glendale. The food: Dumplings, steam buns, wontons, soups, noodles,
🥤 Utah-based chain Swig, home of the ‘‘Dirty Soda,’’ has opened fifth Valley location in the former Papa Murphy’s strip-mall space on the northeast corner of McQueen and Ray in Chandler. The space: Laurshan Construction did the renovations. The drinks:
👨🍳🍻 When you’re known for making some of the best beers in Arizona, where do you look for a chef to head your first kitchen? In the case of Wren House Brewing, it’s Bacanora. The Phoenix brewery is partnering with
🥙 Spitz, a Los Angeles-based Mediterranean street food concept that made its Arizona debut at Desert Ridge Marketplace in May, has opened a second location near the southwest corner of Rural and Apache in Tempe. The food: Inspired by street
🍳🥂 Breakfast Kitchen Bar, a locally owned brunch concept that debuted at Phoenix’s Desert Ridge Marketplace in 2020, has launched a second location on the northwest corner of Hayden and Northsight in north Scottsdale. The food: Highlights include a huevos
