Author: Jess Harter

🍺 The third time was the charm for Pedal Haus Brewery. After failing to meet two announced opening dates, its new biergarten concept finally launched over the weekend in downtown Mesa. The brewery’s fourth restaurant and taproom takes over the

🍷 Saint Urban, an elevated neighborhood wine bar from Valley restaurateur and chef Christopher Collins, has opened at McCormick Ranch in central Scottsdale. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because Collins opened a French brasserie called St. Urban in uptown

🍝 La Zozzona, a new concept from acclaimed chef and restaurateur Richard Blais, has opened at the Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort near the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Doubletree Ranch roads. It’s the former ‘‘Top Chef: All-Stars’’ winner’s first Arizona restaurant.

🍣 Kodo Sushi & Sake, a Japanese eatery focused on sushi, sake, and Japanese beer, has opened a third Valley location, dubbed Kodo Sushi & Bar, in the former Umami BBQ & Sushi space on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and the 101

🍔 Bubba’s 33, a Kentucky-based restaurant and ‘‘garage bar’’ concept from the founders of Texas Roadhouse, has opened its second Valley location near the northwest corner of I-10 and Bullard in Goodyear. A wide-ranging menu includes burgers, sandwiches, pizzas, pastas, and steaks.

🫕 Bonnie’s Bread & Butter Co., a sit-down restaurant specializing in ‘‘sandwiches, brews, and fondue,’’ has opened in the De Leon Plaza on Arizona Avenue, a quarter-mile south of Ray, near downtown Chandler. Highlights of the diverse menu include cheese fondue

🤠 Rusty Buckle Saloon, a country music venue and scratch kitchen, has opened on the southwest corner of North Apache Trail and Idaho in Apache Junction. It’s the latest concept from DTC Sports Grille founder Mike Myers, who’s enlisted chef Mark Coakley

🇵🇪 Mr. Pio, an eatery specializing in Peruvian rotisserie chicken, has opened near the northwest corner of Thomas and 44th Street in east Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood. Diners can choose a quarter-chicken ($18 white meat/$15 dark) or half-chicken ($29 for either), both

🐓 Phoenix-based Angie’s Food Concepts – home to Angie’s Lobster, Angie’s Prime Grill, and Angie’s Burger – is introducing a fourth fast-food concept: Angie’s Chicken. The menu will feature $3.99 fried chicken sandwiches and $3.49 three-piece chicken tenders (antibiotic- and hormone-free) with a choice of

🍕 Vero’s Chicago Pizza has opened its second Chandler restaurant – its eighth overall in the Valley – in front of Whole Foods on the southeast corner of the Loop 101 and Ray. The local chain debuted in 2013 in Queen

🍕 Your Pie, a Georgia-based chain of fast-casual pizzerias, has made its Valley debut at Pecan Lake, the new 12-acre indoor/outdoor entertainment center near the northwest corner of Riggs and Ellsworth in Queen Creek. The only other Arizona location is in

🍺 When Pedal Haus Brewery announced its new biergarten concept in downtown Mesa finally would open last Friday, it appeared to be the end of three-plus years of delays and false starts. Wrong. After holding a ‘‘friends and family’’ practice