Category: Coming soon

🍔 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

🌮 Taco Chelo, a 5-year-old taqueria on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix, is opening a second location on the northeast corner of College Avenue and Sixth Street in Tempe. The concept was created Valley restaurateur Aaron Chamberlain, chef Suny Santana, and

🍝 If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the opening of a Fazoli’s in the Valley that’s not behind a TSA checkpoint, you’re in luck… After a 14-year absence from Arizona, Fazoli’s returned in February with a location in Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport’s

🏨 The internationally inspired hotel, the first hotel from Valley restaurateur Sam Fox, is getting final touches on the northwest corner of 44th Street and Camelback in Phoenix. Four out of the five restaurants at The Global Ambassador also will

🏀 Big Chicken, the Las Vegas-based fast-casual chain co-founded by former NBA star, made its Arizona debut at ASU’s Mullett Arena in 2022 and added a downtown Gilbert location earlier this year. Steve Christensen, one of the chain’s local franchise

The celebrity chef’s second Phoenix location – which will feature burgers, sandwiches, and pizzas – was one of several leases approved by the Phoenix City Council. It will be located in the eighth concourse of Sky Harbor’s Terminal 4. Also

🥩 Angie’s Prime Grill, the new drive-through steakhouse concept from the founders of Salad and Go and Angie’s Lobster, will make a limited debut next Monday, Oct. 16, in north Phoenix. MXSW Insiders were among the first to learn about

🎳 OHSO Brewery is planning a new concept – a tapas-style restaurant with duckpin bowling and other games – next to its brewpub in downtown Gilbert. The space: The yet-to-be-named venue, which is still in the early planning stages, will

🍔 Bad Jimmy’s, a pop-up burger concept that regularly appears outside the Cobra Arcade Bar, is moving into the former home of Jamaican restaurant The Breadfruit & Rum Bar on the northeast corner of First Avenue and Pierce  in downtown

🍹 Bar Cena, a new cocktail and dining lounge, will replace the Vanilla Gorilla Tap Room & Bottle Shop next to Hush Public House near the northwest corner of Scottsdale and Thunderbird in north Scottsdale. The history: Chef Dom Ruggiero,