By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Mr Fries Man, a California-based concept selling build-your-own plates and boxes of fries topped with a choice of meat (including shrimp and crab), will make its Arizona debut this spring on the southwest corner of Fifth Street and College –
Hawaii-based fast-casual seafood chain Coconut’s Fish Cafe, which closed its south Chandler location in late 2020 due to lack of business, is finding better luck in Scottsdale, where it plans to open its third location in the city near the
First & Last Kitchen & Bar, a modern American restaurant with a ‘‘Bohemian desert oasis’’ vibe and a menu that will change seasonally, has opened in the former Rott n’ Grapes space on the northeast corner of Roosevelt and Third
Hello Vietnam Pho & Roll, a local chain of fast-casual Vietnamese restaurants, has opened its fourth location on the southeast corner of the 202 and Rural in north Tempe. A grand opening will be held Sunday, Feb. 20, when customers
Jimmie McBride and Julie Meeker, former co-owners of Mother Bunch Brewing in downtown Phoenix, have plead guilty to failure to pay state taxes from 2015 to 2020. The couple agreed to pay nearly $657,000 in back taxes and fines. Mother
Chompie’s celebrates the grand opening of its newest location on the northeast corner of Cactus and 32nd street in Phoenix today. The local chain of New York-style delis, which also is celebrating its 43rd anniversary today, is giving away free
California Fish Grill, a Los Angeles-based chain of fast-casual seafood restaurants that made its Arizona debut in Mesa in December 2020, will open a second location in the former IHOP at the Camelback Colonnade on the southeast corner of the Piestewa
Rio Rico Mexican Grill, a 17-year-old Sonoran-style sit-down restaurant on the southeast corner of Val Vista and Guadalupe in Gilbert, is moving across its parking lot to the former Casanova Bros. Pizza & Pasta building. The pizzeria closed last October.
Pork on a Fork, the north Phoenix barbecue joint that planned to open a second location in Chandler last May, has been beset by construction delays, but work continues on the long-closed Carl’s Jr. building near the southwest corner of
Arizona’s newest craft brewery, Lake Pleasant Brewing, opens today on the northwest corner of 19th Avenue and Rose Garden Lane – near the intersection of I-17 and the 101 – in north Phoenix. Co-owners Nick Kelley and Dustin Westby will
Mokas Cafe, a pair of popular breakfast-and-lunch eateries in Kansas, will make its Arizona debut with Mokas Bakery & Bistro just south of the Fry’s Marketplace on the southwest corner of Higley and Baseline in Gilbert. The cafe, which offers
Ab Lattouf and Nichole Morris, who bought The Horny Toad in Cave Creek in a couple years ago, are turning another of their restaurants – Desert Rose Pizzeria Gastropub & Steaks near the southeast corner of Glendale and 59th Avenue
The Hub Grill & Bar, a local sports bar chain that opened its third East Valley location in Ahwatukee last month, is working on a fourth in the short-lived GOAT Sports Grill space on the southwest corner of Power and
The Arizona Craft Brewers Guild – which supports Arizona beer through education, communication, and lobbying – announced the hiring of Andrew Bauman (left) as its first deputy director. Bauman, a former head brewer at The Perch in Chandler and Uncle Bear’s
Carolina’s Mexican Food, a Valley favorite for more than 50 years, will open its sixth location this July near the northwest corner of 59th Avenue and Greenway Road in Glendale. The no-frills restaurant is best-known for its award-winning tortillas, which
Danny Quinn, the owner of Pubblico Italian Eatery in Phoenix and Scottsdale, has launched a new concept – Rockefeller – on the northwest corner of Hayden and Doubletree Ranch in north Scottsdale. The dinner-only restaurant focuses on seafood, oysters, and
Myungrang Hot Dog, a California-based chain specializing in Korean-style battered hot dogs, has opened its second Valley location next to the AZ International Marketplace on the northeast corner of Dobson and Broadway in west Mesa.
Hundred Mile Brewing, a 8,200-square-foot brewery and restaurant, is under construction in the former Looks Good printing and sign building on the southwest corner of Rural and the 202 – just across Tempe Town Lake from ASU. Demo work is
Macayo’s Mexican Food, a chain of sit-down restaurants founded in Phoenix in 1946, will open its ninth Valley location near the northeast corner of Alma School and Queen Creek in south Chandler. The building formerly was home to Carrabba’s Italian
Benny Blanco Tortillas, a favorite at the Gilbert Farmers Market and other markets around the Valley, will open a bricks-and-mortar storefront next month on the southwest corner of Idaho and the Apache Trail in Apache Junction. It sells 17 different
