By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Cafe Rio Mexican Grill, a Utah-based chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants, celebrates the grand opening its 12th East Valley location in Chandler with prize giveaways and $1.99 chips and salsa Friday and Saturday. Valley-based Laurshan Construction, which has built more
Pad Thai Cafe, a two-family-run Thai restaurant, has opened in the former Matty G’s strip-mall space on the southeast corner of Union Hills and 51st Avenue in Glendale. Chef’s specialties include Panang Short Ribs, slow-braised in a coconut curry paste,
Rice Paper, a Vietnamese restaurant and cocktail bar in midtown Phoenix, has opened a second location on the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Shea in Scottsdale. Besides expected menu items like banh mi (Vietnamese sandwiches) and several kinds of pho,
Helluva Brewing in Chandler is the latest Valley craft brewery to begin offering its ales in cans. You can pick up four-packs of The Juice is Loose NEIPA, Helleweizen hefeweizen and Coast to Coast IPA only at the brewpub on
Chicago-based Etta, a sibling concept of high-end surf and turf restaurant Maple & Ash at Scottsdale Waterfront, has opened in the former Brio Tuscan Grille space at Scottsdale Quarter in north Scottsdale. Billed as an ‘‘affordable neighborhood restaurant,’’ Etta (short
Macayo’s Mexican Food, the local chain with eight Valley locations, has rolled out a new beverage menu in consultation with Jason Asher from Barter & Shake. (Pictured: Bee’s Passion featuring house gin, housemade sweet and sour and passion fruit topped
La Fonda Mexican Restaurant & Cantina, which moved into its new building on the southwest corner of Chandler and Dobson in Chandler last month, holds its official grand opening party – plus its 55th anniversary celebration – this weekend. There’ll
Dan and Barb Mei, who opened Nello’s in Ahwatukee in 1996, have retired and sold their popular Italian restaurant on the northwest corner of 48th Street and Warner to Robert Schulken and Roque Jimenez, owners of Cien Agaves Tacos &
The Buschtetz family of restaurants has closed and sold its 18-month-old B Gastrobar in Gilbert to the owners of popular Lakeside all-day restaurant Mr. Zeke’s (pictured), which will open its second location in the space near the northeast corner of
Call Her Martina, a family-run, upscale restaurant featuring classic Mexican dishes with a modern twist, has opened in the former Zoe’s Kitchen space near the southeast corner of Camelback and Marshall Way at the Scottsdale Waterfront. Menu highlights include a
Taiwanese boba chain Xing Fu Tang will make its Arizona debut this summer at Mesa Riverview on the northeast corner of Dobson Road and Rio Salado Parkway in northwest Mesa. The company has been called ‘‘the Hermes of bubble tea’’
Tea Fresho, a Vietnamese-inspired coffee and tea shop that debuted last June on the southeast corner of Higley and Williams Field in Gilbert, has opened a second location in the former Starbucks space on the northwest corner of Kyrene and
Taqueria Factory, a family-owned Mexican restaurant specializing in quesabirrias and micheladas, is coming to the southeast corner of Arizona and Ray in Chandler. Pastor meat will be cooked on a trompo (rotating vertical spit), and diners will be able to
Dallas-based Smoothie King, which offers smoothies in nearly 100 different health-conscious blends, has opened its seventh Valley location near the southwest corner of Power and Ray in southeast Gilbert. An official grand opening celebration with raffle prizes will be held
If you don’t like seafood, you’ve probably never visited any of Angry Crab Shack‘s 13 Arizona locations. Here’s some news that may change that: The Mesa-based chain launches a new ‘‘Steak Out’’ menu today that includes a steak salad, a
Fire Tiger Dessert Cafe, an international chain with locations in Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, will make its U.S. debut in the former Pho Winglee strip-mall space just south of H Mart near the southeast corner of Main
Federal American Grill, an informal steak and seafood restaurant with four locations in the Houston area, is expanding to Arizona. It’s taking over the former Denny’s space on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and the 101 in northeast Phoenix and
Sake Haus, a Tokyo alley-style sushi and cocktail bar that’s the newest concept from Valley restaurateur Julian Wright, has soft-opened next to Wright’s Pedal Haus and Kähvi Coffee in the monOrchid building on the northeast corner of Roosevelt and Second
Obon Bisutoro, a Japanese restaurant that’s a sibling concept to Obon Sushi, has opened in the former Paradise Bakery & Cafe space at Biltmire Fashion Park near the northeast corner of Camelback and 24th Street in Phoenix. House specialties include
Louisiana-based fast-food chain Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers has opened its ninth East Valley restaurant on the northeast corner of Power and Ray in southeast Mesa. The menu offers chicken fingers, coleslaw, and crinkle-cut fries.
