Category: New Restaurant Alert

🐟 Chula Seafood opens the doors to its fourth Valley location today at the Arizona Center in downtown Phoenix. Chula Downtown joins the brand’s existing spots in uptown Phoenix, north Scottsdale, and south Scottsdale, bringing the Arizona-born seafood purveyor’s dock-to-dish

🍔 Pinky’s, the sports bar and grill that’s been quietly taking shape inside the former Angel’s Trumpet Ale House on the northwest corner of Second Street and McKinley in downtown Phoenix, officially opened its doors at 6 a.m. today. The

👨‍🍳 Chef Chris Collins – the guy behind Saint Urban, The Neighborly, Collins Brothers Public House, and several other brand – has opened One Sixth, a single restaurant that operates as six different brands. It takes over chef Mark Tarbell’s

🌮 Sazónova Taqueria has opened in the former Dos Victorias space on the southeast corner of Kyrene and Ray, bringing a cactus-flanked, street-food-meets-buena-vida vibe to the neighborhood. The menu runs deep: tacos and bowls in asada, chicken, pastor, and birria;

🍖 The former Dickey’s Barbecue Pit on the northwest corner of the Loop 101 and Raintree in north Scottsdale has gone independent as Copper State Barbecue Company. Now locally owned, the smokehouse is taking a community-first approach, slow-smoking small-batch meats

🦀 South Chandler seafood lovers, your Thursday just got a whole lot messier – in the best way possible. Angry Crab Shack officially opens its newest Arizona location at 3 p.m. today on the southeast corner of Gilbert and Queen

🍨 Brooker’s Founding Flavors – the Utah-born ice cream concept that blends a love of American history with super-premium scoops – opened Saturday in Chandler, making it the brand’s first Arizona location. The shop is tucked between Dave’s Hot Chicken

🥪 Florence called. Midtown Phoenix picked up. Paper Bag quietly opened its doors last Friday on the southeast corner of Missouri and 12th Street, and it’s exactly the kind of place that makes you feel guilty about your sad desk

🌎 As I previewed last week, Wayward opened its doors Friday in the former Liquor Pig space near the southeast corner of Scottsdale Road and Fourth Avenue in Old Town Scottsdale. The refocused food-forward concept from co-owner Christina Foster and

🍺 The West Valley has long been thirsty for craft beer options. Enter Head Right Brewing, a just-opened Surprise taproom founded by Tom BoBo, Rocky Arredondo, and former Four Peaks brewer Andy Harden. The lager-forward tap list includes the titular

🥗 The California-based sandwich and salad chain that made its long-awaited Arizona debut earlier this year has opened a second Valley outpost. Mendocino Farms, known for its fresh salads, sandwiches, and soups, first landed in the Valley at The Shops

🥩 STK Steakhouse, the “vibe dining” concept from The One Group, has opened its second Valley location on the southeast corner of Washington and Second Street in the heart of downtown Phoenix. The expansive venue seats up to 500 guests

🍽️ May delivered several notable new food and drink spots, including a French bakery built on a Gilbert native’s obsession, a century-old Buffalo legend nine years in the making, and Tokyo’s most viral noodle shop landing in Mesa: Sablé Boulangerie

🥞 South Chandler’s breakfast scene just got a little sweeter. Original Pancake House has opened in the former home of Egg N’ Joe on the southwest corner of Arizona and Ocotillo. It marks the brand’s second Valley location, joining the

🥚 The team behind downtown Phoenix’s Ramen Kagawa has opened Kagawa Guys in southeast Mesa, a sister spot leaning into Japanese comfort food beyond the bowl. It’s located on the southwest corner of Dobson and Guadalupe. The star of the

🥪 Several months ago I told you it was coming, and now it’s here. Let’s Toast has opened its first brick-and-mortar store at Uptown Plaza in Phoenix. The husband-and-wife team of Sumin Kim and Sean Atkinson have graduated from one

🍲 Kaos Hospitality, the team behind the splashy Three Thirty Three at Tempe’s Watermark, has opened hot pot concept 212° Shabu Shabu at the development on the southwest corner of the Loop 202 and Scottsdale Road. Named for the boiling

🌶️ After quietly closing its doors in early 2025, Frank & Lupe’s – a New Mexican comfort-food institution that’s been feeding Old Town Scottsdale since 1995 – is officially back. Under the care of new owner Piero Aviles, the restaurant

🥗 Sweetgreen launches its third Arizona outpost today on the northwest corner of Tatum and Shea in Paradise Valley. The 2,300-square-foot spot serves the chain’s signature salads, warm bowls, and proteins, including the Harvest Bowl, Miso Glazed Salmon, and limited-time

🫐 The corner of Mojave and Central in south Phoenix sat dark for 18 months after Aryze Breakfast Eatery closed in October 2024, but now the space is getting a fresh start. The team behind EZBachi, the Valley’s first hibachi