Category: Food & Drink News

The Sicilian Butcher and The Sicilian Baker – originally scheduled to open in Chandler last December – appear to be almost ready. Barring any last-minute delays, the two Italian concepts are scheduled to open on the southwest corner of the

La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen, a 6-year-old restaurant and bar in Gilbert, will open a second location at Overstreet in downtown Chandler. It will take over a portion of a large space originally planned for a second location Camp Social

Charlie Balogh, a longtime organist at Organ Stop Pizza in Mesa, unexpectedly died Thursday, Nov. 21, from complications of a stroke. He was 68. Balogh, one of three staff organists for the pizzeria’s famed Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ, began his

Condolences to the family and friends of Victoria Chavez, co-founder of Los Dos Molinos. The popular Mexican restaurants announced her passing Sunday on social media: ‘‘It’s with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to Chef Victoria, matriarch and founder of

The Draft Sports Grill, which opened across the street from Fiesta Mall in Mesa in 2014, will move to a new location about two miles away in early 2020. The new location will be next to Tsing Tao Chinese Cuisine

Artichoke Basille’s Pizza, an award-winning pizza chain out of New York City, will open its first Arizona location on the northwest corner of Lakeshore and Baseline in Tempe. It joins an increasingly busy corner that already has Scramble and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

Dori Hand Roll Bar and Ramen, described as a ‘‘one-of-a-kind’’ hand roll bar featuring an extensive ramen menu by chef Jared Lupin, is coming to the Camelback Colonnade on the southwest corner of 20th Street and Camelback in Phoenix. Diners

Bamboo Sushi, a Portland-based concept that bills itself as the world’s first certified sustainable sushi restaurant, will open its first Arizona location at the Arizona Biltmore next month. The menu offers signature sushi rolls, traditional nigiri, and Japanese-inspired shared plates.

Texas-based Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will open its third East Valley location on Wednesday, Nov. 27, on the southwest corner of Power and Ray in southeast Gilbert. The chain of dine-in movie theaters made its Arizona debut with a nine-screen complex in

Rocky Point, a Mexican restaurant specializing in seafood, is moving into the former Guedo’s Taco Shop on the northeast corner of Gilbert and Pecos in Gilbert. Guedo’s Cantina Grille was a fixture in downtown Chandler for 36 years before closing

One of the most anticipated openings of 2019 is Jolibee, known as ‘‘the McDonald’s of the Philippines,’’ which is building its first Arizona restaurant on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Germann in Chandler. When MXSW first broke the news

Pizzeria Bianco, arguably Arizona’s most famous restaurant, is expanding to Los Angeles. Chef-owner Chris Bianco will open the first out-of-state location of his wood-fired pizzeria at the Row in Downtown. It will take over the just-closed Tartine Bianco, a pizzeria

Square One Concepts, the Valley-based restaurant group best known for Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers, is bringing Bourbon & Bones to San Tan Village in Gilbert. Bourbon & Bones, which debuted in Scottsdale in 2016, offers steaks, prime rib, and a

Crumbl Cookies, a fast-growing chain of gourmet cookie stores that’s already opened five East Valley locations this year, is growing again. The Utah-based concept’s newest store will have a soft opening from 6 p.m.-midnight today in the former Hi-Health space

It look like the East Valley is getting a couple new Macayo’s Mexican Kitchen restaurants. Mesa-based Kind Hospitality, which launches and runs licensed restaurant locations like OHSO Brewery at Sky Harbor and Barrio Brewing near Mesa Gateway Airport, has applied

Frasher’s Steakhouse, a Scottsdale landmark for nearly 16 years before closing in 2015, is coming back to life. Where: The St. Louis-style steakhouse’s original home (pictured) – the former Ambrosino’s Gourmet Italian Dining building on the southwest corner of Scottsdale

Modern Italian concept North Italia (pictured) and fast-casual healthy concept Flower Child are the latest Sam Fox restaurants coming to Gilbert. Where: The two – among of the 11 concepts Fox sold to The Cheesecake Factory earlier this year but

Peixoto Coffee, a well-regarded coffeehouse and roastery that launched in downtown Chandler in 2015, is opening a second location in Gilbert. It’ll be part of restaurateur Joe Johnston’s Epicenter development just starting construction at Agritopia on the northwest corner of

If you were hoping to start your day with a Breakfast Slider from the new White Castle in Scottsdale, you had to go away hungry. The 24-hour fast-food restaurant, which launched at 8 a.m. Wednesday, was forced to close at

Just yesterday, I wrote about Local Edition, a new concept coming to downtown Gilbert from the owners of The Porch neighborhood gastropub in Arcadia. It turns out the East Valley also is getting a second location of The Porch. John