Author: Jess Harter

☕️ Oregon-based Black Rock Coffee Bar opens its second Surprise location at 5 a.m. Friday on the northwest corner of 163rd Avenue and Pat Tillman Boulevard. To celebrate the grand opening, guests will receive a limited=edition Arizona sticker. It’s Black

🥟 Bing Bistro, a Chinese restaurant specializing in handmade dumplings and noodles, has opened in north Scottsdale. It takes over the space formerly home to Veggie Village in the Best Buy plaza on the southeast corner of Hayden and Frank

 Cali Tacos, a California-based chain that recently added a location in Glendale, also has opened one on the southwest corner of Lindsay and Main in east-central Mesa. The menu offers tacos on a choice of corn or flour tortillas ($2.49-$3.99),

🍚 Good Fortune, a Chinese restaurant that also offers some Japanese and Thai dishes, has opened on the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Pinnacle Peak in north Scottsdale. Besides Americanized Chinese dishes – think sweet and sour pork and orange

🍎 Six Byrd Cider has opened a second Valley taproom at its new production facility in Tempe. The cidery, which offers a rotating selection of up to 75 ciders  every year, was founded in 2019 in Tempe by Jared, Eric,

🍕 Arizona Pizza Company has opened its third Valley location on the southeast corner of Bell and 75th Avenie in Peoria. In addition to 12-, 14-, and 16-inch pizzas, the menu offers appetizers, salads, wings, subs, and desserts. The brand

  🐓 Sneakybird, a local fast-casual concept featuring oven-grilled chicken, has opened its fourth Valley restaurant at the Marketplace at Hudson Station on the southwest corner Queen Creek and Signal Butte in Queen Creek. In addition to chicken sandwiches, chicken

 Better Buzz Coffee, a San Diego-based chain that expanded into Arizona in last year, has opened its sixth Valley location in the new Vineyard Town Center on the northwest corner of Gantzel and Combs in Queen Creek. In addition to

🥖 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