Category: Coming soon

🌮 Taco Chelo, the popular taqueria on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix, will open its long-awaited Tempe location on Friday, May 10, in the former Fractured Prune Doughnuts space on the northeast corner of College Avenue and Sixth Street. The

🚧 Industry Standard, a new neighborhood concept from Scapegoat Beer & Wine owner Mike Cheathem, will take over the soon-to-be-vacated Carly’s Bistro space on the northwest corner of Roosevelt and Second Street in downtown Phoenix. Carly’s Bistro announced last month

🧑🏿‍🍳 The Larder & The Delta, chef Stephen Jones’ well-regarded Southern restaurant that closed in October, will reopen in the soon-to-be-vacated Binkley’s space near the northwest corner of 24th Street and Osborn in midtown Phoenix. Binkley’s owners Kevin and Amy

🌮 The Mexicano, the Mexican concept launched by The Maggiore Group (Hash Kitchen, The Sicilian Butcher, The Rosticceria, etc.) in Phoenix in 2021, is opening a second location in front of Chandler Fashion Center. It’s taking over the building formerly home

🇬🇷 San Jose, Calif.-based chain Nick the Greek, which made its Arizona debut last year in downtown Phoenix, is preparing to open a second location in the Target plaza on the northeast corner of Gilbert and Germann in south Gilbert.

🍩 Randy’s Donuts, the iconic Los Angeles doughnut shop featured in dozens of movies and TV shows, will make its Arizona debut near the southeast corner of Seventh Street and Bethany Home in north central Phoenix. Famous for its 32-foot

🥢 Mott 32, one of world’s most acclaimed Chinese restaurants, will open its second U.S. location at the upcoming Ritz-Carlton Paradise Valley, the centerpiece of a master-planned community called The Palmeraie. Mott 32 was founded in Hong Kong and has

🍅 Sweet Tomatoes, a national chain of salad buffet restaurants that went bankrupt and closed all 97 of its locations – including seven in the Valley – in 2020, is planning a comeback under new owners. What we know so

🚧 Mark Tarbell, chef/owner of Tarbell’s and host of TV’s ‘‘Check Please! Arizona,’’ is partnering with the developer of Bond, formerly known as the Biltmore Commerce Center, to oversee its food and drink operations. Food & drink amenities The under-renovation

🍔 Ohio-based White Castle announced it will build its third Arizona restaurant on the northwest corner of I-10 and Bullard in Goodyear. The iconic fast-food chain made its Arizona debut in Scottsdale in 2019 and added a south Tempe location

🍕 An update on the Crust Simply Italian under construction in downtown Mesa, which I first wrote about in September: The 8,000-square-foot-plus Italian restaurant will be the largest of owner Michael Merendino’s six Valley locations (which include two Crust Pizzerias,

🥩 Kasai Japanese Steakhouse, a five-year-old restaurant in north Scottsdale, will open a second location next month at the Park West shopping center in Peoria. The 7,500-square-foot space on the northwest corner of Northern and the Loop 101 formerly was

🍲 Haidilao, China’s largest chain of hot pot restaurants, will make its Arizona debut next year at the Mekong Plaza on the southwest corner of Dobson and Main in west Mesa. Founded in Sichuan province 1994, the chain operates 1,400

🦞🥩🍔 It’s getting hard to keep up with the fast-growing new drive-through empire of Tony and Roushan Christofellis, who sold their popular chain Salad and Go in 2020. The couple launched Angie’s Lobster, offering $9.99 lobster meals, in 2021 and

🔥 Roberto Centeno, the James Beard Award semifinalist chef at Espiritu, and Armando Hernandez, the owner of Tacos Chiwas and Cocina Chiwas, are teaming up to open a new concept in Arcadia. Santo Arcadia, a grill-focused Mexican restaurant, is expected

🍣 Uchi, a Texas-based modern Japanese concept from James Beard Award-winning chef Tyson Cole, is scheduled to open its seventh U.S. location in the former Bandera space in Old Town Scottsdale by the end of this month. It will hold

🍝 Here’s the news Fazoli’s fans have been waiting to hear: The Italian-American fast-casual chain’s Mesa Riverview location is scheduled to open next Tuesday, Dec. 12. After a 14-year absence from Arizona, Fazoli’s returned in February with a location in

🇬🇧 Cornish Pasty Co., a Tempe-based chain that’s been introducing Valley diners to British pocket sandwiches since 2005, will open its eighth Valley location in Glendale this spring. It will join the second location of Simple Machine Brewing inside the historic Gaslight Building near

🚧 The Henry, Sam Fox’s upscale-casual New American eatery that debuted in Arcadia in 2013, is planning to open a second Valley location at at Uptown Plaza on the northeast corner of Central and Camelback. The Henry, which is expected

🍔 White Castle finally has announced the opening date – Tuesday, Nov. 28 – for the iconic burger joint’s second Arizona location near the northeast corner of I-10 and Warner in south Tempe. When White Castle made its Arizona debut in