Author: Jess Harter

🍨 Idaho-based Stella’s Ice Cream has made its Arizona debut at Verde at Cooley Station on the southwest corner of Williams Field and Recker in Gilbert. The menu offers a dozen core ‘‘classic’’ flavors and introduces a new seasonal flavor every month.

😎 Vybe – an immersive restaurant with wall-to-wall video imagery, roaming performers, and rotating DJs – has opened at The Forum entertainment complex on the west side of Gilbert Road about halfway between Germann and Queen Creek in south Chandler. A globally

The Burger Joint 🍔 The Burger Joint, a family-run ghost kitchen offering burgers and chicken sandwiches, has opened in the Tempe Food Court just south of Tempe Marketplace. Prime beef is ground fresh in-house every day, and all sauces are made

🍜 Ten Seconds Yunnan Rice Noodle, a global chain specializing in the cuisine of its namesake southwestern Chinese province, has made its Arizona debut on the northeast corner of Dobson and Broadway in east Mesa. It shares a building with Koreatown in front

🥙 Authentic German-style döner sandwiches have arrived in the Valley thanks to a new eatery, Kings Döner, in the Albertson’s plaza on the southeast corner of Cave Creek and Union Hills in north Phoenix. Döner kebab – seasoned meat sliced

Shatera 🥙 Shatera, a counter-service Mediterranean restaurant offering halal shawarma and kabobs, has opened at Verde at Cooley Station near the southwest corner of Williams Field and Recker in Gilbert. It’s situated between Hash Kitchen and Vitality Bowls. The menu