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Author: Jess Harter

Win free meals for year at Panera Bread’s Scottsdale opening

🥪 St. Louis-based Panera Bread opens its third Scottsdale cafe Thursday in the former Cousins Subs space in front ot the Hilton Home2 Suites near the southeast corner of Scottsdale and Thompson Peak. The first 100 customers after doors open at

Italian restaurant Sorrento opens in north Scottsdale

🍝 Sorrento, a wood-fired Italian restaurant and bar, has opened in the Sprouts shopping plaza on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and Pinnacle Peak in north Scottsdale. It takes over the space formerly home to Copper Mule Kitchen & Bar.

Le Taco eatery & listening room debuts in downtown Phoenix

🌮 Le Taco, a Mexican eatery and listening room, has opened in the former Little O’s space near the southeast corner of Seventh Avenue and McDowell in Phoenix. The menu offers 13 tacos, plus a few apps, salads, and desserts

Teriyaki Madness inexplicably closes all of chain’s Valley locations

🚫 Denver-based chain Teriyaki Madness has closed all of its Valley restaurants – including Scottsdale, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Ahwatukee, and Tolleson – without explanation. The Asian fast-casual restaurants are listed as ‘‘temporarily closed’’ or ‘‘permanently closed,’’ depending on where you

Disco Dragon closes on Roosevelt Row, Pretty Penny to move in

🚫 Disco Dragon, a two-year-old Asian-inspired cocktail bar on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix, has closed. Its across-the-street sibling, upscale restaurant Pretty Penny, will move into the space on Dec. 4. Both concepts are owned by Sam Olguin and Brenon

Shy’s Pizza & Wings takes over former Florigino’s in Gilbert

🍕 Shy’s Pizza & Wings, a sports bar-ish pizzeria, has opened on the northeast corner of Gilbert and Guadalupe in Gilbert. It takes over the strip-mall space formerly home to Florigino’s Pizza & Pasta (which originally was named Floridino’s although

Scottsdale Princess resort opens Sandoval’s remodeled Toro

🏌️‍♂️The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess has reopened Toro, celebrity chef Richard Sandoval’s restaurant connected to the clubhouse at the TPC Scottsdale golf course. The resort had closed Toro over the summer for remodeling in an effort to attract more non-golfing diners.

Dog Haus unveils limited-time Terducken & other food news

🦃 Can’t wait for Thanksgiving? Dog Haus has unveiled its take on the iconic Turducken – a turkey, duck, and chicken sausage topped with warm turkey gravy, garlic aioli, onions, and scallions on King’s Hawaiian rolls ($11.99). There’s also a