Category: New Restaurant Alert

Sauce Pizza and Wine opens its 13th location (not including Sky Harbor) at 11 a.m. today in Queen Creek and will donate 100% of the day’s proceeds to 2nd Chance Dog Rescue, which is in dire need of funds. In

Bitters, a small gastropub that had its soft opening 10 days ago at SkySong in south Scottsdale, holds its official grand opening Friday. SkySong, also known as the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center, is located on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and McDowell.

After a couple community fundraising days, Denver-based Snooze, an A.M. Eatery officially opens its fifth Valley location to the public today in Ahwatukee. It’s a newly constructed building in the Ahwatukee Foothills Towne Center on Ray Road just west of the I-10.

Steak and Stone, a two-year-old steakhouse and BBQ restaurant at Falcon Field in northeast Mesa, has expanded its East Valley footprint with the opening of a second location in Gilbert. It takes over the former American Taphouse building on Gilbert Road, south

The Henhouse Cafe, a family-run breakfast and lunch restaurant, has opened its third location on the northeast corner of Dobson and Rio Salado at Mesa Riverview. It takes over the space formerly occupied by Flip’s Burgers & Brews and, before that,

It looks like much-loved Yoli’s Cafe in downtown Chandler will not reopen under new ownership after all. A new taqueria called Ghett’ Yo’ Taco instead will open in the former Yoli’s building on Friday, Sept. 29. Downtown Chandler entrepreneur Peter Sciacca bought

Someburros, the Tempe-born chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants, finally opens its much-delayed Queen Creek location on Friday, Sept. 29. The first 100 people in line when doors open at 9 a.m. will receive a free burro every month for a year.

It’s a great time to be a barbecue lover in Gilbert: Arizona BBQ Company opened this week in the former La Calabria strip-mall space on the northwest corner of Val Vista and Ray. It’s the second new smokehouse to open in the town in the past week. Waldo’s BBQ opened a

Now we know what’s taking over the recently sold Minder Binders building on the northeast corner of McClintock and University in Tempe. The new restaurant, called The Social Hall, is from the owners of a Seattle restaurant and sports bar called

Waldo’s BBQ, which bills itself as the ’’biggest BBQ caterer in the State of Arizona,’’ has opened its second full-service East Valley restaurant on the northwest corner of Val Vista and Williams Field in Gilbert. It takes over the building

Fast-growing drive-through chain Salad and Go, which just opened its 10th Valley location in west Chandler, isn’t slowing down. The Gilbert-based concept has announced its first Queen Creek location on the southeast corner of Ellsworth and Rittenhouse. No opening date has been

PDQ – a fast-growing, Florida-based fast-food chain specializing in chicken tenders, chicken nuggets, and chicken sandwiches – will make its Arizona debut at 10:30 a.m. Sunday next to Paradise Valley Mall on Cactus, just west of Tatum. The first 50 people in line

B2 Burgers & Brews opens at 11 a.m. today on Warner, just west of Arizona, in Chandler. The strip-mall space formerly was home to The Reef and, before that, The Draft House. The family-friendly venue offers 14 specialty burgers (see menu),

The Local Chandler, a sports-themed restaurant and lounge, has opened in the former 55 Chicago building, next to The Perch brewpub, in downtown Chandler. The venue features 25 TVs and a projector on the back patio. The kitchen (see menu) offers burgers,

Even Stevens – a Utah-based chain that donates a sandwich to a non-profit for every sandwich it sells – opens its seventh Arizona location today in downtown Chandler. It takes over the former bridal store on Boston, just west of Arizona Avenue. The

Have you tried Thai rolled ice cream yet? The East Valley’s newest purveyor is I Roll Thai Ice Cream, which just opened on the southeast corner of Dobson and Ray in Chandler. Thai rolled ice cream is created when ice

Restaurant collaborations seem to be trending in the Valley. Plans for at least six new restaurants in Phoenix and Scottsdale recently have been announced. Mama Linda’s Gadzooks Enchiladas and Soup and Wren House Brewing Company are joining forces on Mama Linda’s,

Salad and Go, the Gilbert-based chain of ‘‘drive-through salad bars,’’ opens its first Chandler location at 10:30 a.m. today on the southeast corner of Kyrene and Chandler Boulevard. It is the four-and-a-half-year-old concept’s 10th Valley location. Salad and Go offers

Yesterday MXSW broke the news that the just-closed Riazzi’s Italian Garden in Tempe would be replaced by a new restaurant called Quartiere. Today we have details. Like Riazzi’s, which had operated for 72 years before closing earlier this week, Quartiere will