Category: New Restaurant Alert

Hangar 9, the neighborhood bar and grill that lost its lease in Chandler four months ago, has reopened at a new location in Gilbert. The restaurant formerly was located on the northwest corner of McQueen and Pecos for three years.

The Sicilian Baker, an Italian bakery and build-your-own cannoli bar coming to Chandler this summer, makes its debut at 10 a.m. today in northeast Phoenix. The bakery, which MXSW first reported last September, is the latest concept from Valley restaurateurs

In Pizza We Crust, a small pizzeria featuring a variety of creative concoctions, has opened on the southeast corner of Gilbert and McKellips in northeast Mesa. Owners Elise Lawrence and Andrew Martinez met as co-workers at an Italian restaurant and

Topo, the newest concept from East Valley restaurateur Joe Johnston, opens at 11 a.m. today next to Joe’s Real BBQ on the northeast corner of Gilbert and Page in downtown Gilbert. The grab-and-go food stand, topped by a 7-foot Styrofoam sculpture of a

Happy Bao’s, a Chinese eatery specializing in dumplings, noodles, and bao (steamed buns), has opened in the Mekong Plaza on the southwest corner of Dobson and Main in west Mesa. Five types of dumplings – including the house signature dumplings with pork,

Arizona Pita, a small fast-casual restaurant offering what it calls ‘‘Mediterranean gourmet food,’’ has opened in the Higley Marketplace on the northwest corner of Higley and Baseline in Gilbert. It moves into a strip-mall endcap space formerly occupied by Careful Cleaners. Appetizers

Back in mid-2017, I wrote a post about ShinBay‘s plans to reopen in Scottsdale in early 2018. Well, it took a full year longer than expected, but the contemporary Japanese restaurant finally got its doors open over the weekend. It’s the third

Sandbar Mexican Grill, a beach-themed restaurant and bar, opens its third Valley location at 6 p.m. today on the southwest corner of SanTan Parkway and Williams Field in the SanTan Village Shopping Center in Gilbert. The concept is one of several from

Nando’s Mexican Cafe, a locally owned chain of Sonoran-style Mexican restaurants, has opened its fourth East Valley location on the northwest corner of Ellsworth Road and Victoria Lane in Queen Creek. It’s a newly constructed building just north of the

Civic Market – a restaurant, retail store, and beauty salon – has opened on the southwest corner of Washington and Chicago in downtown Chandler. It shares a courtyard with craft beer bar QuartHaus next to the police station and courthouse on

Jiwoong ‘‘Junn’’ Kang – who opened Scottsdale’s Bei Sushi while he was a senior at ASU and Tempe’s Zu Izakaya Asian Kitchen Bar while attending Le Cordon Bleu, has launched another restaurant. Junn All You Can Eat Sushi has opened on the northeast corner

El Paisano Mexican & American Restaurant, a fast-casual eatery offering everything from burritos and tacos to burgers and Philly cheesesteaks, has opened on the northeast corner of Rural and Apache in north Tempe. The restaurant began as a counter inside

Lori Hassler, owner/chef of acclaimed Radda Caffe-Bar in Scottsdale a decade-plus ago, has reemerged with a new project: The Farish House. Hassler and her husband, Eric, just opened the bistro and wine bar in a 120-year-old brick house on the southwest corner of

Thirsty Amigos Taco Shop, a new fast-casual Mexican restaurant, has opened at Gilbert Town Square on Gilbert Road between Warner and Ray (map) in Gilbert. It takes over the seemingly jinxed building that most recently was home to Steak & Stone, which

Pour Wine & Taproom, a new beer and wine bar, has launched its ‘‘super soft’’ opening on the southeast corner of Ellsworth and Guadalupe (map) in southeast Mesa. It’s located just south of Sonic Drive-In in the same strip mall as Bella

Arizona Wilderness Brewing, Gilbert’s first craft brewery that launched in 2013, opened its much-anticipated second location on the southeast corner of Second Street and Roosevelt in downtown Phoenix. The new location is a counter-service restaurant featuring burgers and the brewery’s award-winning

Rusty Taco, a Dallas-born chain of fast-food taco shops, makes its Arizona debut at 11 a.m. today on the southwest corner of Santan Village Parkway and Williams Field (map) near the SanTan Village shopping center in Gilbert. The concept was

Spinato’s Pizzeria in northeast Tempe reopens at 11 a.m. today at its new, much larger location on Rio Salado Parkway just west of the Loop 101 (map). The family-run pizzeria’s original industrial park location, about a block south and west,

Burgerim, one of the world’s fastest-growing burger chains, has opened its first Arizona restaurant on the northeast corner of the Santan Freeway and Gilbert in Gilbert (map). The restaurant, whose name means ‘‘many burgers’’ in Hebrew, sells burgers made with

Crème & Chocolats, the year-old dessert bistro at Mesa’s Dana Park, has opened a second location between BJ’s Brewhouse and The Old Spaghetti Factory (next to the Harkins theaters) behind Chandler Fashion Center (map). The French-inspired shop sells nine flavors of soft-serve ice