By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Komodo Asian Fusion, an eatery offering mostly Thai and Vietnamese dishes, has opened near the southwest corner of 12th Street and Northern in north Phoenix. The menu features a variety of stir-fry, curry, and noodle dishes. (Pictured: Pad Kra Pao.)
Taproom 120, a movie-themed craft beer and wine bar, is coming to the former Crossfit Obsession space next to Caldwell County BBQ on the northwest corner of Power and the 202 in southeast Gilbert. The bar also will sell beer
Roy’s Restaurant, the upscale American restaurant specializing in Hawaiian-Japanese fusion cuisine, has closed its west Chandler location near the southwest corner of Ray and 56th Street. The restaurant had opened in 2007. The struggling chain once had 21 locations in
Modern Margarita, a stylish lounge focused on Mexican small plates and margaritas, is opening a second location in front of EOS Fitness near the southeast corner of Gilbert and Ocotillo in south Chandler. Valley restaurateur Julian Wright opened the original
Buck & Rider, a 6-year-old seafood and steak restaurant in Arcadia, has a new timeline for the openings of its second and third locations. A Scottsdale location at the Shops at Chauncey Ranch on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and
Newly renamed Six Byrd Cider Co., which launched in Tempe in 2019 as Crush Craft Cider Co., is finally opening its much-delayed first taproom next month on the southeast corner of Indian School and 36th Street in Phoenix’s Arcadia Lite
After years of teases and false starts, Los Angeles finally has a Pizzeria Bianco. Valley restaurateur and chef Chris Bianco, fresh off his James Beard Award as the country’s Outstanding Restaurateur, soft-opened a new location of his famed pizzeria today
Little O’s, a smaller sibling of OHSO Brewery, will open its third location in the former Spoke & Wheel space on Central between Dunlap and Northern in Phoenix’s Sunnyslope neighborhood. The dog-friendly neighborhood concept offers a streamlined version of OHSO’s
Humble Bistro, a neighborhood wine parlor concept that’s a spinoff of Humble Pie, opens today in the former Waldo’s BBQ & Catering space on the northwest corner of Val Vista and Williams Field. The concept, which offers globally inspired cuisine
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Food Network personality Guy Fieri has soft-opened Guy Fieri’s DTPHX Kitchen & Bar at the new Caesars Sportsbook at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix. The eatery, which formerly was home to Game 7 Grill, is Fieri’s first sit-down restaurant in
Tempe-based Venezia’s New York Style Pizzeria opens its sixth Valley location today next to The Parlay Kitchen & Cocktails near the southeast corner of Price and the 202 in south Chandler. Venezia’s offers pizzas, pastas, sandwiches, and wings, and has
Times Square, a neighborhood Italian restaurant, has opened its third Valley location near the southeast corner of Bell and 59th Avenue in Glendale. The all-day menu features pizzas, pastas, sandwiches, and dinner entrees. (Pictured: Bruschetta with diced tomatoes marinated in
Obed de la Cruz, who closed his El Zocalo Mexican Grill in downtown Chandler in 2020, is relaunching his fast-casual Mexican concept Burritoholics near the northwest corner of Main and Robson in downtown Mesa. Burritoholics debuted in 2017 in a
American Premium Vodka – a Phoenix-based company launched in March by Mark Gus Scott (pictured), drummer for the early 1990s glam metal band Trixter – has launched a campaign to donate $1 from every bottle sold to American Legion Charities.
MIXT, a San Francisco-based chain offering salads and grain bowls, will be giving away free salads from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday at its Scottsdale Quarter location. In exchange, diners are encouraged to donate to Blue Watermelon Project, a local nonprofit founded
Beverly Hills-based Fatburger and its sibling wing concept, Buffalo’s Express, have soft-opened in the food court at Arizona Mills shopping center in Tempe. A grand opening is planned for Thursday, June 30, when the first 100 fans will receive a
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Chris Bianco, owner of Pizzeria Bianco, Pane Bianco, and Tratto in Phoenix, was named the country’s Outstanding Restaurateur at the 2022 James Beard Foundation Awards, the culinary world’s equivalent of the Oscars, tonight in Chicago. The Bronx-born Bianco previously won a
Bacanora, an informal Mexican restaurant that’s captivated Valley diners with chef René Andrade’s Sonoran comfort food, fell short in its bid to win Best New Restaurant at the 2022 James Beard Foundation Awards, the Oscars of the culinary world, tonight
