By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Da’Bayou Creole Kitchen, which supplanted The Brass Tap in downtown Gilbert in 2020, has been replaced by Tasted, a meal prep and catering company.
Copper 48, the downtown Gilbert gastropub that launched in 2016 as Nico’s Heirloom Kitchen before rebranding last January, has closed.
Badlands Bar & Grill, an all-day American comfort food restaurant from the owners of Chicago’s Dakota 94, has opened in the former Tres space on the west side of Price, about a quarter-mile south of Guadalupe, in Tempe.
Texas Rib Shack, a 3-year-old family-run barbecue joint in Glendale that closed last fall, plans to reopen next month on the southeast corner of Indian School and 67th Avenue in west Phoenix.
Award-winning Arizona Stronghold Vineyards will open its second tasting room – and first in the Valley – at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7, in the former Sugar & Spro space near the southeast corner of Marshall Way and Fifth Avenue
Hash Kitchen, the popular brunch concept with five Valley locations, is the latest addition to the list of restaurants coming to Cooley Station, a mixed-use development scheduled to begin opening in April on the southwest corner of Recker and Williams
Boba Tealight, a locally owned boba shop that also will offer Taiwanese street food, is coming to the Target strip mall on the southwest corner of Val Vista and Warner in Gilbert.
Popular food truck Tacos Barbon has opened a bricks-and-mortar restaurant with an expanded menu inside the Holiday Inn & Suites on the northwest corner of I-10 and Dysart in Goodyear.
Scott and Melissa McIntire, owners of The Ainsworth in downtown Phoenix and The Lola at Westgate, and 101.5 FM radio personality “Joey Boy” Rodriguez have opened an Asian-American fusion restaurant, Buddha’s Ritual, at Soho Scottsdale on the southwest corner of
Randy Walters, the former owner of well-known Chandler restaurants Pittsburgh Willy’s and Wimpy’s Paradise, has published a book about his business and life experiences, ‘‘Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, and Hugs,’’ available on Amazon.
Eggstasy, a local chain of breakfast-and-lunch restaurants, has opened its fifth Valley location at The Shops at Norterra on the northeast corner of the I-17 and Happy Valley in north Phoenix.
Woo Woo Burgers, a ghost kitchen concept that Z’Tejas Southwest Grill launched last May out of its Chandler restaurant, has expanded with pickup and delivery service now available out of Z’Tejas’ Scottsdale restaurant near the northwest corner of Hayden and
Chino-Mex, a 2-year-old south Phoenix restaurant offering a Asian-Mexican hybrid menu (think birria ramen and birria tacos), will open its second location in the short-lived Bibio Modern Korean Kitchen space on the northwest corner of Kyrene and Chandler in west
Beau MacMillan, longtime chef at Elements at Sanctuary Camelback Mountain, is launching a second concept, an upscale Mediterranean restaurant called Cala, later this month at the new Senna House boutique hotel on the southeast corner of Camelback and 75th Street
Citing the Valleywide labor shortage, Oregano’s Pizza Bistro has closed its downtown Tempe restaurant until April so staffers can assist at other Valley locations.
P.F. Chang’s, the Asian-themed casual restaurant chain that started in Scottsdale in 1993 and grew to more than 300 locations worldwide, has closed its restaurant on Tempe’s Mill Avenue after 24 years.
Point 22 Tavern, an all-day American grill with a full bar, is coming to Cadence at Gateway on the southeast corner of Ellsworth and Ray in southeast Mesa next summer.
Rosie’s Taco Shop, a new concept from the founders of Oscar’s Taco Shop (which has 13 family-run locations in Arizona and Tennesee), is coming to a new development on the southeast corner of McQueen and Guadalupe in Gilbert.
Bonfire Craft Kitchen & Tap House, a 2-year-old restaurant and sports bar in Surprise, will open its second location in the former Tilted Kilt building near the southwest corner of Priest and Warner in south Tempe.
Mae Khong Thai Tapas & Bar, a family-run traditional Thai restaurant, has had its soft opening in the former Thai Time Kitchen space next to the AMC Mesa Grand 14 theaters on northeast corner of Stapley and Baseline in Mesa.
