Category: New Restaurant Alert

The White Rabbit, a basement speakeasy with a secret door requiring a password, officially opens to the public at 5 p.m. Sunday in the historic Heritage Court Building on the northeast corner of Gilbert and Cullumber in downtown Gilbert. But

Char’d Brisket Dogs + Burgers, a new fast-casual concept from the guys behind Ahipoki‘s fast-growing presence in Arizona, opens at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, near the ASU campus in Tempe. It’s located next to Ahipoki on the northeast corner of Rural and Lemon.

Indian shawarma? Mexican shawarma? Chinese shawarma? These are just a few of the options at Shawarma Corner, an Iraq-based concept that’s opened its first U.S. location on the northwest corner of College and Sixth Avenue adjacent to ASU’s Tempe campus. Actually,

Who knew Chicago was famous for Mexican food? It is, at least according to loyal patrons of Taqueria Louie, which recently was opened by ‘‘two guys from Chicago’’ on the northwest corner of McClintock and Elliot in south Tempe. Taqueria Louie’s

The poke craze is showing no signs of slowing down. The East Valley’s latest concept? Poke Fuzion, which has taken over the old Chipotle location on the southeast corner of U.S. 60 and Superstition Springs in east Mesa. Besides poke bowls with

Backyard Taco, the restaurant born in a Mesa backyard, will open its third location Monday, Oct. 1, on the northeast corner of Stapley and Baseline in Mesa. It takes over the former Piggly’s BBQ building in the parking lot in

Ghost Ranch, a new modern Southwest restaurant from owner-chef Aaron Chamberlain, has opened on the northeast corner of Rural and Warner in south Tempe. Chamberlain, perhaps best known for his previous work at award-winning St. Francis in central Phoenix, opened

Rodeo Ranch, a country-themed bar with a mechanical bull, has opened on the southeast corner of Mill and Fifth Street in downtown Tempe. It takes over 3,000 square feet on the three-story building’s ground floor that formerly was home to Gringo-Star

Mr. Mesquite Taqueria, a small locally owned chain of street taco shops, has opened its first East Valley location on the southeast corner of Mill and Fifth Street in downtown Tempe. It takes over the space most recently occupied by Earl of

Izzy’s Bakery & Cafe, which formerly was located at the Chinese Cultural Center in east Phoenix, has moved to the northeast corner of Dobson and Main in west Mesa. Besides Chinese buns and cakes, Izzy’s has small but expanding menus of

Caldwell County BBQ, a new fast-casual restaurant from the founder of popular Waldo’s BBQ, has opened on Power Road, about a quarter-mile north of the Loop 202, in southeast Gilbert. The restaurant gets its name from owner Clay Caldwell, who launched Waldo’s

The Churchill, a small restaurants-and-retail complex built out of 19 corrugated metal shipping containers, will open Saturday, Sept. 1, on the northeast corner of First Street and Garfield in downtown Phoenix. The 14,000-square-foot marketplace will have 12 vendors located around a

La Stalla Rustica Cucina, the longtime Italian restaurant in downtown Chandler that closed at the end of June, reopened today on the southeast corner of 48th Street and Warner in Ahwatukee. It takes over the former Los Dos Molinos, next to Philly’s Sports