By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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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
The Bar, a 4-year-old Arcadia tavern with a ‘‘The Big Lebowski’’ theme, will open a second location – this one with a ‘‘Pulp Fiction’’ theme – in the just-closed Copper 48 space near the northwest corner of Gilbert and Vaughn
Snowtime, a Korean dessert shop, has opened its third East Valley location next to next to Home Goods and the AMC Ahwatukee 24 theaters on the southwest corner of I-10 and Ray in Ahwatukee. It sells ice cream, shaved ice,
Cafe Rio Mexican Grill, a Utah-based chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants, will open its 12th East Valley location in the former Boston Market building on the northwest corner of Alma School and Ray in Chandler. Valley-based Laurshan Construction has built more
The Paleta Bar, a New Mexico-based chain of Mexican dessert shops, has opened its third East Valley location on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Chandler Heights in south Chandler. The menu offers customized paletas, fruit cups, elote cups, dorinachos,
Frenchie Pizza, which opened in July in the Crossroads Towne Center on the southeast corner of Gilbert and the 202 in south Gilbert, has closed temporarily due to a staffing shortage. ‘‘Rather than offer subpar quality, we have chosen to
Little O’s, a smaller spinoff of OHSO Brewery, has soft-opened its second location – and first true market – next to the original OHSO on the northeast corner of Indian School and 49th Street in east Phoenix. It offers coffee
