Author: Jess Harter

☕️ Better Buzz Coffee, a San Diego-based chain that expanded into Arizona in last year, has opened its fifth Valley location on the northeast corner of 107th Avenue and McDowell in Avondale. In addition to hot and cold coffee drinks, Better

🥯 Don Guerra’s Barrio Bagel & Slice, a bakery and pizza slice drive-through from the James Beard Award-winning Tucson baker, has opened in Gilbert. The new concept takes over the former Sonic Drive-In just south of Arizona Wilderness Brewing near the southeast corner of

🍣 Handroll & Poke By Gohan, a small Japanese restaurant, has opened on the northwest corner of 91st Avenue and Glendale – just north of Westgate Entertainment District – in Glendale. The compact menu features four appetizers ($7-$11), nine specialty

☕️ Locally owned Mission Coffee & Tea has opened just north of Eggstasy and Kodo Sushi at the Watermark near the southwest corner of Gilbert and Germann in Chandler. The cafe sources its coffees and teas directly from growers around

ç 🥤 California-based smoothie shop Juice It Up has made its Valley debut on the northwest corner of Rural and Ray in south Tempe. The menu offers 11 ‘‘classic’’ smoothies and 11 ‘‘specialty’’ ones. The latter include superfruit-infused, protein-infused, and

🌮 Sonoran wood-fired restaurant Glenrosa has opened at Grass Clippings Rolling Hills golf course and entertainment venue in north Tempe. The 5,800-square-foot restaurant is the final piece of a $15 million renovation of the longtime Rolling Hills, Arizona’s only night

🥘 Indibar, an elevated Indian restaurant fusing traditional Indian flavors with modern techniques, has opened in central Scottsdale. It takes over the former Rancho Pinot Grill space at the Lincoln Village shopping center on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and