Category: New Restaurant Alert

Back in March, MXSW reported Arkansas-based chain Slim Chickens would make its Arizona debut in Gilbert in September. The fast-casual restaurant opened yesterday on the southwest corner of Gilbert and Guadalupe. Slim Chickens offers chicken tenders, chicken wings, and even chicken and waffles (pictured). Sides include

For months, Fox Restaurant Concepts has been teasing fans with cryptic clues about a new concept debuting in Arcadia in early 2017. Back in February, Fox himself posted a photo of a hand-drawn teaser (pictured) on social media. The restaurant’s temporary working name was

Utah-based Cafe Rio Mexican Grill opens its fourth East Valley location today on the southeast corner of Ellsworth and Rittenhouse in Queen Creek. The fast-casual chain’s latest location is across Ellsworth from Queen Creek Marketplace, and joins other E.V. locations in Gilbert

Good Time Charli’s, a bar and grill with plans to offer live music seven days a week, opens at 10 a.m. today on the southwest corner of Kyrene and Chandler Boulevard in west Chandler. It takes over the strip-mall space

Food and drink options for travelers at Phoenix Sky Harbor just keep getting better and better. The latest addition? OHSO Eatery and Brewery, which will open in a post-security space in Terminal 2 in September, according to owner Jon Lane.

The Halal Guys, the famous street carts that have been selling Middle Eastern food in New York City for 25 years, are coming to the Valley. According to AZ Central, an investment group plans to open 15 bricks-and-mortar restaurants in Arizona over the

Gilbert-based Salad and Go has announced yet another Valley location: On the northeast corner of Litchfield and Bell in Surprise in the West Valley. It’s scheduled to open in early 2017. That likely would make it the drive-through salad shop’s ninth location, assuming openings

Cuisine & Wine Bistro, named the top wine bar in Arizona earlier this year, will celebrate the grand opening of its new south Chandler location from 3-8 p.m. Sunday. It takes over the former Cork (and later Earnest) space on the northeast

Last October, Mouth by Southwest broke the news Cartel Coffee owner David Arnce (pictured above, far right) planned to spin off his then-3-year-old Cartel Brewery into a separate business with its own location. It took 10 months, but Cartel Brewery opens its new home

Perfect Pear Bistro is taking over the former Mucho Gusto and The Revival building on the southwest corner of Sixth Street and University, just west of downtown Tempe. Chris and Laura Hove, industry veterans who opened 30 restaurants in four states,

California-based seafood concept Ahipoki Bowl will open its third Arizona location next to ASU on Rural, between University and Apache, in Tempe. Ahipoki Bowl allows diners to create their own bowls, choosing a base (rice or salad), seafood (tuna, spicy tuna,

Back in February, perennial James Beard Award nominee Kevin Binkley announced his intention to close his flagship restaurant, Binkley’s in Cave Creek, this summer. Now we know what’s next for the building, which closed July 2. According to AZ Central, Obed de la

La Sala – a modern Latin concept from the owners of Humble Pie pizzerias and The Living Room wine bars – will open later this year at Downtown Ocotillo in south Chandler. La Sala (Spanish for ‘‘the living room’’) will be located between The Living

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema still is a few months from making its Arizona debut in south Chandler, but it’s already picked its second location. Earlier: Alamo Drafthouse coming to Chandler after all That location is the under-redevelopment Lake Country Village shopping center on

Last week, I wrote about the impending closure of BLT Steak at the Camelback Inn. Now the Paradise Valley resort has announced what will replace the celebrity-chef steakhouse. Earlier: BLT Steak at Camelback Inn to close Sept. 9 After BLT Steak

Huss Brewing, which launched its brewery and taproom in south Tempe in 2013, is adding a second taproom on the northeast corner of Central and Camelback in Phoenix. The taproom will join the recently opened Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria, Shake Shack, and

Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria, a family-run operation with three locations, all in the East Valley, has moved its original Chandler location, but only across the street. Earlier: Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria moving to larger Chandler location The pizzeria, which debuted