Author: Jess Harter

Former San Francisco residents Tina Chau and Sam Chang opened the first Slickables next to La Bocca Urban Pizzeria + Wine Bar in January 2012. The store specializes in ice cream sandwiches, allowing customers to choose among a dozen flavors of

Owner Daniel Contreras said he wanted to open three Valley locations of his iconic Tucson restaurant El Güero Canelo “as soon as possible.” That was in 2011. Well, it took four years but Contreras finally found a site he liked. Unfortunately for East Valley residents,

I’m lovin’ it. Flo’s, the elegant Chinese restaurant that’s been serving upscale Scottsdale diners for 18 years, is opening a new location – in the former McDonald’s on the northwest corner of Rural and Baseline in Tempe. It will serve

Teriyaki Madness, a Denver-based chain of fast-casual Asian restaurants, opens its first Arizona location today on the southeast corner of Power and Southern in east Mesa. The chain was launched in Las Vegas in 2003 and now has expanded to

OHSO Eatery + Brewery opened the doors at 11 a.m. at its third location, located in the Paradise Valley Marketplace at Tatum and Shea in Phoenix. Like the original that opened near 48th Street and Indian School in Arcadia in 2011, the

Craft 64, a wood-fired pizzeria, craft beer bar, and wine lounge in Old Town Scottsdale, had its soft opening over the weekend, and now is open to the public at 11 a.m daily. The house-turned-shop-turned-eatery is located on Main Street just west

The first spinoff of the popular Scottsdale restaurant takes over the former Grimaldi’s Coal Brick-Oven Pizzeria space on the southwest corner of Alma School and Queen Creek. Stone & Vine offers a full range of 12-inch pizzas ($12-$15), panini sandwiches ($10-$12), pastas

Located on the northwest corner of Higley and Chandler Heights, the new fast-casual concept is in the same strip mall (and from the same owners) as Blue 32 Sports Grill. The simple menu (see menu) features made-to-order food with local and fresh

The new owners, Fabrice and Mairead Buschtetz (pictured), officially take over Tuesday and bring an international flair to the neighborhood wine bar. Fabrice was a chef for three decades in France, where his parents and grandparents had restaurants. He married Mairead, a

The new concept, which describes itself as “soul food blended with Mexican ingredients,” is located on the northeast corner of Terrace and Apache (map) in the same strip mall as Curry Corner. “We wanted to bring something different to Tempe,”

It’s been five quiet months since Chao closed its doors after only 10 months on the northeast corner of Dobson and Germann. Now, there’s activity again in the building: A new Mediterranean restaurant called The Ivy is scheduled to open

The restaurant, which opened at 3 p.m. today, takes over the former Uncle Bear’s Bar & Grill on the northeast corner of Dobson and Germann. CB&C debuted in north Scottsdale in 2011. A second location opened in Old Town Scottsdale

It’s likely just a week or so (depending on inspections) until the venue – a pizzeria, wine lounge, and craft beer bar – opens its doors on Main Street, just west of Goldwater (map). One of the remaining tasks: Installation

The San Diego-based chain opened its 15th restaurant – and first outside of California – on the northeast corner of Gilbert and Southern this morning. The breakfast menu offers a dozen specialty omelets and a half-dozen types of eggs Benedict, as

After nearly 12 years on the southeast corner of Mill and Fifth Street in Tempe, the popular basement piano bar unexpectedly announced last August it would close a week later. Owner Austin Walter replaced The Big Bang with a new

After a couple months of construction delays, a spinoff of the iconic Phoenix restaurant finally joins Zinburger at the new Heritage Marketplace building in downtown Gilbert. The original Lo-Lo’s was opened in 2002 by Larry “Lo-Lo” White, whose grandmother had her

FrinGo’s Kitchen, a family-owned Puerto Rican restaurant, opens its doors at 11 a.m. today on the northwest corner of Alma School and Warner in Chandler. It takes over the space that formerly housed Tumi Fine Peruvian, which recently relocated a mile