Author: Jess Harter

🍕 Patricia’s Pizza, a new restaurant from The Italian Daughter owner Melissa Maggiore Meyer, has opened in the Safeway/Target shopping center on the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Ashler Hills in far north Scottsdale. The wood-fired pizzeria takes its name from

☕️ Better Buzz Coffee, a San Diego-based chain that opened its first out-of-state locations in north Phoenix and south Tempe last year, has expanded with two more Valley shops. One is near the southeast corner of Bell and Bullard in Surprise;

🇯🇵🇪🇸 Tiki Taka, a shared-plates restaurant inspired by flavors from Japan and Spain but incorporating Southwest ingredients, has opened at the Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort near the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Doubletree Ranch roads. The 138-seat venue is the

🍽️ Mixela, a globally inspired tapas bar from owner and chef Gian Franco Brugaletta, has opened on the northwest corner of 24th Street and Osborn in Phoenix. The seasonal menu from Brugaletta, whose roots are in Venezuela and Italy, ranges from

🍹 Industry Standard, a neighborhood small-plates restaurant and upscale craft cocktail lounge, officially opens today on the northwest corner of Second and Roosevelt streets in downtown Phoenix. The new concept from Scapegoat Beer & Wine owner Mike Cheathem, along with DashTrack founder

🍖 Rollin Smoke Barbeque, which has four restaurants in Las Vegas, has made its Arizona debut at Gateway Pavilions on the northwest corner of McDowell and 99th Avenue – just off I-10 – in Avondale. The menu features what it

🍷 Postino WineCafé, the Valley’s pioneering wine bar concept, has opened its first West Valley location adjacent to the Peoria Sports Complex on the southeast corner of Bell and the Loop 101. A dozen kinds of bruschetta are the centerpiece of

🍕 Electric Pickle, a pickleball-themed entertainment complex from California-based Eureka Restaurant Group, has opened near the northeast corner of I-10 and Warner Road, just south of IKEA and Main Event, in south Tempe. The 4.5-acre venue soft-opened over the weekend

In roughly chronological order: 🍝 Élephante: The upscale coastal Italian restaurant from Santa Monica, Calif., opens a second location in the former Crate & Barrel space at Scottsdale Fashion Square. (see story) 🍣 Three Thirty Three: The high-end Asian-inspired concept is the

🍔 Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers will open its 18th Arizona location at 3 p.m. Thursday at Gilbert Town Square on Gilbert Road between Warner and Ray. It replaces its recently closed sibling concept Famous 66 American Tavern. Besides 19 specialty burgers

🇻🇳 Pho Thien Long, a restaurant offering southeast Asian cuisine, has opened at the Cactus Crossing shopping center in Glendale. It takes over the space formerly home to China Rainbow on the northeast corner of Cactus and 67th Avenue. The