Author: Jess Harter

🍔 Paradise Valley Burger Company, which has been serving up award-winning burgers in north Phoenix for the last 12 years, has opened a second location on the southwest corner of Rural and Baseline in south Tempe. The strip-mall space briefly was home

🍝 Old-school Italian restaurant Tomaso’s on Camelback, a Phoenix institution for nearly a half-century, announced it will close May 20. Tomaso Maggiore and his wife, Patricia, opened the restaurant on the southeast corner of Camelback and 32nd Street in 1977. Tomaso

Las Vegas-based Sugar Factory, a celebrity-favored restaurant, bar, ice cream bar, and candy store, will make its Arizona debut May 1 at Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale. A huge menu features lots of savory items – burgers, sandwiches, tacos, pasta, steaks, and more –

🏈 Arizona Wilderness Brewing releases Strong Safety, a hazy triple IPA to benefit the Pat Tillman Foundation, on draft and in cans today at its Gilbert and downtown Phoenix locations. In honor of Tillman’s number (42) when he played football for ASU, 

Duke’s Roadhouse, a new concept from one of the owners of The Stillery, is taking over the former A1 Pawn building near the southwest corner of Maricopa Road and the Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway in Maricopa. Steve Kovach, a Chandler developer, says

BYOV, a 100% plant-based eatery specializing in sushi and a few Mexican dishes, has opened near the southeast corner of Arizona and Ray in Chandler. Its name is an acronym for Bring Your Own Veggies. The menu offers 13 vegan

🔒 New American gastropub The Double Dutch Kitchen & Cocktails has closed after 21 months on the northeast corner of Dobson and Germann in south Chandler. No explanation was given for the closure. A sibling concept, The Kettle Black Kitchen & Pub in downtown Phoenix,

🍩 Voodoo Doughnut, a Portland-based chain of iconic doughnut shops known for its unusual flavors and signature pink boxes and decor, will make its Arizona debut in Tempe. The company says the store will open ‘‘later this year’’ between Whataburger and Someburros on

🌯 It’s National Burrito Day, and Mexican restaurants throughout the Valley are offering deals today, such as: Salt & Lime Modern Mexican Grill in Scottsdale is celebrating with all-you-can-eat bean and cheese burritos (pictured) for $25. Some restrictions apply. Someburros is debuting a

⛳️ The Falls, a casual American restaurant and bar overlooking Granite Falls golf course, has opened in the former Coco’s building on the southeast corner of Sunrise and Clearview in Surprise. It’s part on the ‘‘resort-style’’ Sun City Grand neighborhood. The menu offers

🎰 Lucky Lou’s American Kitchen, a Las Vegas-themed American grill, has opened in a portion of the former California Pizza Kitchen building at Dana Park on the northwest corner of Val Vista and Baseline in Mesa. The new concept, which shares the