Author: Jess Harter

🌮 Street Queen Tacos, a four-year-old Mexican eatery in Casa Grande, has opened a pair of Valley locations. One is on the northwest corner of John Wayne Parkway and Smith Enke in Maricopa. The other is on the southwest corner

🥗 Cultivate, a refined weekday-only eatery operated by Tarbell’s owner and chef Mark Tarbell, has opened at Bond, formerly known as the Biltmore Commerce Center, on the northeast corner of Camelback and 32nd Street in Phoenix. The breakfast menu offers avocado

🍕 Il Bosco Pizza, the well-regarded wood-fired pizzeria and bar, has launched its first East Valley location. It takes over the former Sacred Pi space in the Changing Hands Bookstore plaza on the southwest corner of McClintock and Guadalupe in Tempe.

 Prince Street Pizza, a New York-based chain known for its Sicilian “SoHo” square slices and Neapolitan-style whole pies, makes its Arizona debut at 5 p.m. Thursday in downtown Tempe. It’s taking over the former Jimmy John’s space at Centerpoint on

🍔 Dink & Dine Pickle Park, a new ‘‘eatertainment’’ concept planning a national rollout, has made its debut at Mesa Riverview on the southeast corner of the 202 and Dobson. It takes over the space briefly home to The Revelry

🐄 Chick-fil-A launches it sixth Mesa location at 6 a.m. Thursday on the southwest corner of Ellsworth and Warner in southeast Mesa. Anyone who visits the restaurant on opening day dressed in cow attire – whether it’s a full cow

🌮 Tacos Los Vales, a two-year-old Mexican eatery in west Phoenix, has launched a second location on the southwest corner of Fourth Street and Jackson – across the street from Chase Field – in downtown Phoenix. The menu offers 20

🧀 Melty, a Utah-based chain of fast-casual sandwich shops, has made its Arizona debut at Superstition Springs on the southwest corner of U.S. 60 and Power in east Mesa. The menu features 15 ‘‘melts,’’ led by their signature grilled cheese

 Ricemill, a new Asian-inspired fast-casual concept that debuted in downtown Phoenix in March, has opened a second location at Arrowhead Towne Center on the northwest corner of Bell and 75th Avenue in Glendale. Ricemill’s menu features chef-curated rice bowls like