Category: New Restaurant Alert

🍽️ June was a busy month for the Valley dining scene, with a buzzy Old Town rebrand, a downtown bar-and-seafood double feature, a new Chandler roadhouse, an upscale Indian debut at Desert Ridge, and the most-hyped opening of the year

🌯 Arizona’s beloved family-owned Mexican chain Someburros brings its Sonoran-style eats to a brand-new location today at Lake Pleasant Towne Center on the northwest corner of Lake Pleasant Parkway and Happy Valley in Peoria. Someburros launched its first location in

🍛 Desert Ridge Marketplace isn’t just a place to grab dinner before a movie anymore – not with the opening of Nadu over the weekend. The concept comes from Michelin-starred, James Beard-nominated chef Sujan Sarkar, who partnered with Zest Hospitality

🔥 A new kind of tabletop experience has landed at the southeast corner of Power and Warner in southeast Mesa: DZO BBQ, a Vietnamese BBQ spot that sets itself apart from the sea of Korean tabletop joints in the area.

🥩 Churrasco de Brasil, the Brazilian steakhouse that won over Tucson diners when it debuted there in 2019, has opened its second location at the Shops at Norterra in north Phoenix. The experience is classic rodízio-style: Gaucho chefs circulate the

🍕 A new neighborhood pizza spot has landed on the northeast corner of McDowell and Granite Reef in south Scottsdale, and it’s brought some serious personality with it. CAP Pizza & Wings (short for Cheap Ass Pizza) leans hard into

🐟 Seattle Fish House, a husband-and-wife operation, has opened on the southeast corner of Main and Greenfield in east Mesa – and they’re bringing serious fish-and-chips energy to the East Valley. The duo’s mission: to serve the freshest, tastiest, and

🍔 West Chandler has a new neighborhood bar: Bourbon Jim’s opened last weekend in the space formerly occupied by Jersey D’s Tavern & Grill on the southeast corner of Ray and Kyrene. The result is a ‘‘rock ’n’ roll, country,

🥖 The Valley’s favorite cannabis-themed sandwich joint just dropped its 12th metro area location. Cheba Hut opened Monday on the northwest corner of Indian School and 32nd Street in Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood. The spot is the brainchild of Arizona native

⛽️ After years of road-trip envy, Arizona gets its own Buc-ee’s today when the Texas-born travel center throws open its doors in Goodyear at 6 a.m., followed by an 8 a.m. ribbon-cutting. So why does a gas station inspire this

🌮 America’s Taco Shop is back in Phoenix with a new outpost in the former Melrose Kitchen space on the northwest corner of Seventh and Glenrosa avenues marking the once-celebrated brand’s second active Valley location. The carne asada specialist opened

🐟 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

🥩 A Texas institution just became an Arizona one. Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille officially opened Monday at Northside at SanTan Village, marking the brand’s first Arizona location after more than 40 years of feeding steak lovers across the country. The