Author: Jess Harter

🥖 Local fast-casual concept Forefathers Cheesesteaks has opened its fourth Valley location next to the AMC Mesa Grand 14 theaters on the southeast corner of Stapley and the U.S. 60 in Mesa. Forefathers offers cheesesteaks – steak or chicken –

🍰 Nothing Bundt Cakes, a Texas-based chain of specialty cake shops, has opened its 14th Valley location on the southeast corner of Happy Valley and Lake Pleasant Parkway in Peoria. Cakes come in 8- and 10-inch sizes (starting at $28.50),

🍳 Bits of Both, a locally owned brunch restaurant, has opened in the Safeway plaza on the southeast corner of Power and McKellips in northeast Mesa. Highlights of the breakfast menu include pancakes on a stick (two for $11), chorizo

🍝 Bar Capri, an Italian restaurant and bar from the owners of Freely Taproom & Kitchen, has opened in south Tempe. It takes over the space formerly home to Slim Thick Cafe – next door to Freely – on the

🇮🇳 Curry Leaf, an Indian restaurant and market, soft-opens at 11 a.m. Thursday in south Chandler. It has moved into a former martial-arts studio space in the Bashas’ plaza on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Chandler Heights. It’s next

🍕 Strad Pizza, a car-themed concept from a popular YouTuber, has opened on the northwest corner of Scottsdale and Thunderbird in north Scottsdale. It’s a joint venture by car YouTuber James Stradman (pictured), who lives in Utah and has more

🍺 Gilbert-based Arizona Wilderness Brewing has opened its third brewpub on the historic Miracle Mile near downtown Phoenix. The 10,000-square-foot building on the northwest corner of McDowell and 15th Street formerly was home to multiple businesses, including a commercial florist,

🌵 Süss Pastries, a bakery specializing in European-style pastries with Sonoran flavors, has opened a storefront on the southeast corner of Seventh Avenue and Missouri in Phoenix. Launched by Jasmin Smith in 2018 out of her apartment kitchen, Süss (pronounced