Author: Jess Harter

 Edo Japanese Grill, a Japanese fast-casual chain that made its Arizona debut in Chandler earlier this year, has opened a second Valley location at Scottsdale Fashion Square’s Palm Court. Core menu items are made to order using a signature teriyaki

🍜 Huda Pho, a Vietnamese eatery that debuted in September at SanTan Village in Gilbert, has launched a second location at Thomas and 15th Avenue in Phoenix’s Encanto neighborhood. The menu offers a half-dozen kinds of pho, including Huda Pho

🍷 For Sogno Toscano, a popular importer of premium Italian ingredients used by chefs nationwide, its new Arcadia wine bar and market is more than an expansion. It’s a return to where the company quietly began. Located on the northwest

🥂 Phoenix’s Melrose District has a polished new neighborhood hangout with the debut of Brasserie Melrose, a stylish all-day French restaurant that’s taken over the former Belly Kitchen & Bar space on the southeast corner of Camelback and Seventh Avenue.

🥗 Cafe Zupas, the soup-and-sandwich chain out of Utah, has opened its 14th Valley location on the southwest corner of University and Maple near downtown Tempe. The menu features 11 house-made soups, seven signature salads, six protein bowls, and a

Dillinger’s Bar & Grill, which describes itself as Arizona’s first mobster-themed bar and grill, has opened in the former Tavern On The Creek near the northeast corner of Cave Creek Road and Greenway Road in north Phoenix. The space had

🍵 Midtown Phoenix gets a fresh hangout this Friday with the debut of Tandy’s, taking over the former Binkley’s building most recently home to a short-lived resurrection of The Larder & The Delta. The bright new café-restaurant from chef Tandy