Category: New Restaurant Alert

🥪 The Delicatessen, the newest concept from prolific Valley restaurateur Joey Maggiore, has made its debut near the northeast corner of Tatum and Cactus in northeast Phoenix. It takes over the space formerly home to another Maggiore concept, The Rosticceria,

🍕 Brooklyn V’s, a local group of New York-style pizzerias, has opened its sixth East Valley location in northeast Mesa. It takes over the former Flancer’s building on the southwest corner of Higley and McKelllips. Flancer’s closed in June. Owner

🌮 Willie’s Taco Joint, an eight-year-old eatery in downtown Phoenix, has opened a second location inside the Vīb Hotel on the southeast corner of Fifth Street and Farmer just west of downtown Tempe. There are two spaces: one in the first-floor

🍣 Yama Sushi House, a local mini-chain of Japanese restaurants, has opened its fifth Valley location on the northeast corner of Seventh Street and Union Hills in north Phoenix. The menu offers nearly two dozen specialty rolls, classic rolls, sashimi,

🌮 Salt & Lime Modern Mexican Grill has opened its third location on the northeast corner of 44th Street and Camelback in east Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood. The 1,500-square-foot space is next to Steak 44 and across the street from The

🇰🇷 Haan Korean BBQ, a new concept from the owners of Oka Sushi, has opened near the southwest corner of Saguaro and Amhurst in Fountain Hills. Premium cuts of meat – beef (including A5 wagyu), pork, or chicken – are

🇮🇳 Chaat Express, a fast-casual eatery specializing in northern India street food, has debuted on the southwest corner of Dobson and Warner in Chandler. It’s a rebranding of the space’s former occupant, the Indian restaurant Sapurna. The menu features chaats,

🐓 Chickenhug, a fast-casual eatery launched by four friends from Jordan, has opened near the northwest corner of Apache and River in Tempe. The menu offers whole and half chickens, plus chicken sandwiches, in four flavors: original, spicy, garlic basil,

🍳 The Heritage, a breakfast and lunch restaurant, has opened in the former Cafe 25:35 space near the southeast corner of Fourth Street and Monroe in Old Town Buckeye. Menu highlights include pancakes made with local flour, local eggs, and local

Desi Chowrastha, a Texas-based chain of Indian restaurants, has made its Arizona debut on the northwest corner of McQueen and Warner in Chandler. It’s located in the same strip mall as Zesty Zzeeks and The Sugar Bar. The menu features

🌮 Taco Bitch, a Mexican concept from caterer Rosalinda Jimenez, has opened inside Aguila’s Hidaway Lighthouse on the southwest corner of Indian School and El Mirage in Avondale. The menu offers carne asada and chicken street tacos, hard-shell tacos, flautas,

🍕 Happy Joe Coffee, a three-year-old Tempe shop known for its CBD-infused coffee, has launched Happy Joe Pizza, an in-house concept serving Detroit-style pies. Only 40 pizzas are available from 5-9 p.m. Fridays at the shop on the southeast corner

🥪 Sourdough & Co., a California-based chain of sandwich shops, has opened its sixth Valley location on the northwest corner of Hayden and Chaparral in Scottsdale. Founded in 2010, Sourdough & Co. has about 100 locations, mostly in California. Its menu

🇻🇳 Amy Pho, a family-owned Vietnamese restaurant, has opened on the northeast corner of Seventh Avenue and Union Hills in north Phoenix. It takes over the space formerly home to PT Pho Express, which closed in June. The signature Amy

🌮 Street Queen Tacos, a four-year-old Mexican eatery in Casa Grande, has opened a pair of Valley locations. One is on the northwest corner of John Wayne Parkway and Smith Enke in Maricopa. The other is on the southwest corner

🥗 Cultivate, a refined weekday-only eatery operated by Tarbell’s owner and chef Mark Tarbell, has opened at Bond, formerly known as the Biltmore Commerce Center, on the northeast corner of Camelback and 32nd Street in Phoenix. The breakfast menu offers avocado

🍕 Il Bosco Pizza, the well-regarded wood-fired pizzeria and bar, has launched its first East Valley location. It takes over the former Sacred Pi space in the Changing Hands Bookstore plaza on the southwest corner of McClintock and Guadalupe in Tempe.

 Prince Street Pizza, a New York-based chain known for its Sicilian “SoHo” square slices and Neapolitan-style whole pies, makes its Arizona debut at 5 p.m. Thursday in downtown Tempe. It’s taking over the former Jimmy John’s space at Centerpoint on

🍔 Dink & Dine Pickle Park, a new ‘‘eatertainment’’ concept planning a national rollout, has made its debut at Mesa Riverview on the southeast corner of the 202 and Dobson. It takes over the space briefly home to The Revelry

🐄 Chick-fil-A launches it sixth Mesa location at 6 a.m. Thursday on the southwest corner of Ellsworth and Warner in southeast Mesa. Anyone who visits the restaurant on opening day dressed in cow attire – whether it’s a full cow