By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Rayoog Cafe, a family-run Mediterranean-Arabic breakfast and brunch eatery, has opened on the northwest corner of Cooper and Elliot in Gilbert. It takes over the former Brooklyn Mike’s Subs strip-mall space. The menu mostly offers egg dishes, toasts (pictured), and salads, but also
Tucson-based fast-food chain Eegee’s has submitted plans to build a 2,300-square-foot drive-through restaurant on the northwest corner of 83rd Avenue and Cactus Road in Peoria. If the plans are approved, the restaurant likely would open in 2023. Eegee’s opened its fourth Valley location – and first in
Lou Malnati’s Pizza (pictured) and Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers are the latest restaurants announced coming to the Village at Prasada, a huge indoor-outdoor shopping center opening this fall off the Loop 303 near Waddell Road in Surprise. They join previously announced OHSO Brewery &
SodaRush soda shop has won numerous awards for its giant, made-from-scratch gourmet cookies, so it’s not surprising a pair of franchisees from Chandler are launching a cookie store, CookieRush by SodaRush, on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Chandler Heights. They hope to
Forno 301, a 7-year-old well-regarded Italian restaurant in downtown Phoenix, has opened a second location on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and Thomas in south Scottsdale. It takes over the space formerly home to Eat Slice, a drive-through concept launched by Forno 301
Barro’s Pizza is planning to move its current restaurant on the northwest corner of Alma School and Germann in south Chandler. Its new home will be the former Village Inn building next to Macayo”s Mexican Food on the northeast corner of Alma School and
Vitality Bowls Superfood Café, a California-based fast-casual health food concept, has made its Arizona debut at Verde at Cooley Station, a mixed-use development on the southwest corner of Recker and Williams Field in Gilbert. The menu offers acai bowls, salads,
The owners of popular nightspots Pigtails and Rough Rider are planning two new concepts in downtown Phoenix. Coabana, a 50-seat bar offering Cuban-inspired cocktails and tapas, is scheduled to join Pigtails at Cityscape in October. Teddy’s Preserve, a 350-seat indoor-outdoor
North Phoenix’s Pork on a Fork, one of the Valley’s top barbecue joints, has opened its long-awaited second location in the former Carl’s Jr. building near the southwest corner of Alma School and Warner in Chandler. The restaurant originally was
Italian-American fast-casual chain Fazoli’s, which announced earlier this year it was returning to the Valley after a 14-year absence, finally has revealed where its first location will open this fall: Sky Harbor Airport. Mesa-based Kind Hospitality has signed a deal to
Joey and Cristina Maggiore – owners of Hash Kitchen, The Sicilian Butcher, The Sicilian Baker, and The Mexicano – are planning two new concepts. The Rosticceria, an Italian rotisserie wood-fired grill, will open near the northeast corner of Tatum and
Just three weeks after shutting down its popular 36-year-old location next to ASU in Tempe, The Vine Tavern & Eatery has launched a new location in the former Angry Crab Shack space on the northwest corner of Ray and 38th Street in Ahwatukee. The
Meet Fresh, a Taiwanese dessert shop chain that made its Arizona debut in the 99 Ranch Market in Chandler last October, is preparing to launch its second Valley location next to boba tea shop Miss Dessert on the northeast corner of Dobson
Pie Snob has closed its 11-year-old pie shop near the northeast corner of Indian School and 36th Street in east Phoenix in order to move to a new location near the southwest corner of Indian School and 40th Street. The new
Salad and Go has opened its 45th Arizona location on the northeast corner of Thunderbird and 83rd Avenue in Peoria. Future locations are in the works on the southeast corner of Indian School and Jackrabbit in Litchfield Park and near the
Salad and Go is celebrating the opening of its newest location in Gilbert by giving away free salads. Starting at 3 p.m. Saturday, the first 200 guests at the location near the northeast corner of Higley and Baseline can enjoy a free salad. No
Gyros Express, a fast-casual Greek restaurant, has closed after 14 years when the landlord refused to renew its lease on the northeast corner of Dobson and Chandler in Chandler. The small eatery served beef/lamb and chicken gyros, hummus, and dolma.
After a false start last week, Bonfire Craft Kitchen & Tap House, a 2-year-old restaurant and sports bar in Surprise, has opened its second location in the former 11,000-square-foot Tilted Kilt building just south of IKEA near the southwest corner
Crust Brothers Pizza, a 2-year-old independent pizzeria in central Scottsdale, is opening a second location on the northwest corner of Baseline and McClintock in south Tempe. Crust Brothers makes what its calls ‘‘Midwest-style’’ square-cut pies that are ‘‘crispy on the
Sushi Green, a Colombia-based Asian fusion concept, has made its U.S. debut by the Harkins Theatres on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Germann in Chandler. It’s taken over the space formerly home to YC’s Mongolian Grill, which closed in 2020.
