Author: Jess Harter

🌮 El Carbon Mexican Eatery, a new open-fire concept from Valley restaurateur Danny Quinn, has opened at the Shops at Gainey Ranch on the northeast corner of Doubletree Ranch Road and Vaquero Drive in central Scottsdale. What’s on the menu? Seven kinds

🍔 The Spot Neighborhood Grill, a three-year-old American restaurant in north Scottsdale, has launched a second location on the northeast corner of Bell Road and 55th Avenue in Glendale. What’s on the menu? Burgers, sandwiches, and wings. Highlights include the Whiskey Bourbon

🌮 Just two weeks after closing its original location in Tempe, quick-casual concept Tacos & Craft has opened on the northwest corner of Northern and 91st avenues in Peoria. The background: The Tempe location near the northeast corner of Rural and Baseline

🌮 The Taco Spot, a fast-expanding local taqueria, has launched its 10th Valley location on the northeast corner of Central Avenue and Adams Street in downtown Phoenix. What’s on the menu? Birria tacos, birria quesadillas, birria vampiros, and birria ramen are the

🍖 Charlie’s Backyard BBQ has opened in the former Tom’s BBQ strip-mall space on the northwest corner of Country Club and Southern in Mesa. The menu features traditional smoked meats such as ribs, brisket, and pulled pork, as well as fried fish. Rotating Saturday

☕️ SW Grilled Coffee, a mobile coffee bar that launched in 2022 in a converted horse trailer, has opened a bricks-and-mortar cafe under a new name, Heat Coffee. It’s located inside the Sol Flower dispensary on the southwest corner of Thunderbird Boulevard

🥖 Oldies Subs & More, a sibling concept to Gold Canyon’s Oldies Ice Cream, has opened near the southwest corner of Apache Trail and Phelps Drive in Apache Junction. Build-your-own subs are served on bread baked fresh daily. You also can

🍜 Pho Anan, a small Vietnamese eatery offering pho, banh mi, and a variety of entrees, has opened at Westgate near the southwest corner of Glendale and 93rd avenues in Glendale. The owners also operate five-year-old Vietnamese restaurant Pho Vinh Long

🍗 Midwest Wings XL, an eatery offering chicken wings with a choice of 12 sauces and four rubs, has opened in the Collier Center near the southeast corner of Washington and Second Street in downtown Phoenix. The menu also offers chicken