Author: Jess Harter

Santé, a high-end organic-focused concept from EVO founder Nick Neuman and longtime friend Nico Doniele, is opening Dec. 14 in the former Brunch Cafe space near the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Greenway in north Scottsdale.

Cornish Pasty Co., a Tempe-based eatery that’s been introducing diners to the British pocket sandwiches since 2005, is opening a sixth Valley location on the northeast corner of 32nd Street and Union Hills in Paradise Valley.

By the Bucket, a Payson-based concept that sells spaghetti and meatballs by the bucket to go, is opening a location on the southeast corner of Cooper and Warner in Gilbert. Its first East Valley location debuted in Ahwatukee in May.

First-time bar owner Jennifer Gallego has opened Tap Dragon Craft Beer & Wine Bar, an indoor-outdoor venue with 32 craft beers on tap and 15 rotating wines, on the southeast corner of Gilbert and Warner in Gilbert.

Valley Taproom, a bar offering more than two dozen craft beers on tap, is moving into the former Grabbagreen space at the Rivulon mixed-use development near the northeast corner of Gilbert and the 202 in south Gilbert this winter.

Hope Peshlakai, who operated a food stand on Power Road for the past decade, is launching a bricks-and-mortar Navajo restaurant, Hope’s Frybread, on the northwest corner of Mesa and Second Avenue near downtown Mesa.

Gravity, a Washington-based coffee and premium drink drive-through concept, is planning to enter the Arizona market in 2022 with four locations, including one on the northeast corner of Val Vista and Germann in Gilbert.

Oregon-based Black Rock Coffee celebrates the grand opening of its 100th location on the southeast corner of Arizona and Frye in downtown Chandler with free 16-ounce drinks from 5 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19.

Colorado-based Ziggi’s Coffee will celebrate the grand opening of its second Chandler store on the southwest corner of Arizona and Ocotillo with free 16-ounce drinks from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20.

Provision, an east Phoenix coffee roaster, cocktail bar, and eatery, is opening a second, larger location on the southeast corner of Seventh Street and Missouri in uptown Phoenix in early 2022.

Gypsy Cup, a self-described ‘‘boutique cafe on wheels,’’ is opening a bricks-and-mortar location around the end of this year at Heritage Marketplace near the northwest corner of Gilbert and Vaughn in downtown Gilbert.

Tempe-based Pedal Haus Brewery, which launched its first satellite location in downtown Chandler last year, opens a second one today in the historic MonOrchid building on the northeast corner of Roosevelt and Second Street in downtown Phoenix.

Gilbert-based Uncle Bear’s Brewery plans to open its fourth Grill & Tap location in the former Kovo Modern Mediterranean space on the northeast corner of Tatum and Shea in Paradise Valley by the end of this year.

Tacos Calafia, which began as a Peoria food truck but has become a fast-growing chain of restaurants specializing in Tijuana-style tacos, has opened its sixth bricks-and-mortar location on the southeast corner of Chandler and 48th Street in Ahwatukee.

Mario Rana, owner of Italian eatery Osteria Mia and State 48 Brewery, will debut a new Mediterranean-influenced concept, The Stetson Social, next summer at the new 83 Marketplace on the southeast corner of Happy Valley and 83rd Avenue in Peoria.

Miami-based music producer DJ Khaled has partnered with Reef, the world’s largest ghost kitchen operator, to launch the virtual chicken-wing concept Another Wing, including three locations in Tempe and another in Phoenix.

K-38 Beach Mex Cantina, the Mexican eatery that postponed last week’s official launch at the last minute due to ‘‘staffing issues,’’ is scheduled to finally open today on the southwest corner of Alma School and Ocotillo in south Chandler.