Author: Jess Harter

🦬 The Frybread Lounge, which claims to be the first Indigenous-owned restaurant in Old Town Scottsdale, has opened on the southeast corner of Scottsdale Road and Main Street. It’s located next to sibling business Native Art Market. The menu from

🧑🏾‍🍳 The Larder & The Delta, the elevated Southern restaurant from chef/owner Stephen Jones, reopens today in midtown Phoenix. Jones, who lost his downtown Phoenix space last October, takes over the recently closed Binkley’s Restaurant on the northwest corner of

🧇 Central Bean Cafe, a family-run bakery specializing in ‘‘croffles’’ (croissant waffles, pictured) and Filipino pastries, has opened in uptown Phoenix. It takes over the space formerly home to Infinity Sweets bakery near the southeast corner of Central Avenue and

🍲 Top One Hot Pot & Asian Cuisine, a restaurant specializing in traditional hot pots, has opened at Superstition Springs on the northwest corner of Power and Baseline roads in east Mesa. Besides hot pots (including a mini version for solo

🥙 Spitz, a Los Angeles-based Mediterranean street food concept that made its Arizona debut last year, opens its third Valley location today near downtown Chandler. It takes over the former Roll-Em-Up Taquitos space on the southeast corner of Arizona Avenue and

🧋 Pu’er Taiwan Tea & Coffee, a Texas-based chain specializing in its namesake fermented variety of tea, has made its Arizona debut at the Agua Fria Towne Center on the northeast corner of the Loop 101 and Camelback Road in

☕️ San Diego-based Better Buzz Coffee launches its second Valley location at 5 a.m. Thursday in south Tempe. The store, which has a double drive-through, is located on the northwest corner of Kyrene and Elliot roads. Besides hot and cold coffee

🦞 Krazy Cajun Seafood & Hibachi, which debuted in Phoenix in 2021, has opened a second location in the Fry’s plaza on the northwest corner of Rural and Ray roads in south Tempe. Previous occupants of the space included Asian