Category: New Restaurant Alert

🌮 Tacos Los Vales, a two-year-old Mexican eatery in west Phoenix, has launched a second location on the southwest corner of Fourth Street and Jackson – across the street from Chase Field – in downtown Phoenix. The menu offers 20

🧀 Melty, a Utah-based chain of fast-casual sandwich shops, has made its Arizona debut at Superstition Springs on the southwest corner of U.S. 60 and Power in east Mesa. The menu features 15 ‘‘melts,’’ led by their signature grilled cheese

 Ricemill, a new Asian-inspired fast-casual concept that debuted in downtown Phoenix in March, has opened a second location at Arrowhead Towne Center on the northwest corner of Bell and 75th Avenue in Glendale. Ricemill’s menu features chef-curated rice bowls like

🍹 Lazy Bird Kitchen & Cocktails, a restaurant specializing in elevated comfort food and craft cocktails, has opened at Park West on the northwest corner of the 101 and Northern in Peoria. It takes over the 6,820-square-foot building previously home

🍗 Midwest Wings, a local mini-chain of fast-casual eateries, has opened its third Valley location on the southeast corner of Rural and Broadway in Tempe. The menu offers wings and tenders in 17 flavors – 12 wet and five dry

🇹🇭 Thai’d Up Rice & Noodles, a small eatery specializing in Thai food to go, has opened in the Walmart plaza on the southwest corner of Bell and Tatum in northeast Phoenix. Besides the namesake dishes, the menu offers stir-fry

🍞 South Tempe has a new sourdough bakery: Copper State Bread has opened on the Sprouts plaza on southeast corner of Rural and Elliot. Owner and baker Bryan O’Connor – whose dad was a chef and his mom a pastry

🥢 Niu Mama Kitchens, an Asian-themed food hall, has soft-opened in the EoS Fitness plaza on the southwest corner of Glendale and 43rd Avenue in Glendale. Diners can order from five indoor food stalls: Pho Mama (Vietnamese pho) Lao Ma

🥣 Busby’s Soul Bowls, an all-day soul food concept, celebrates its grand opening from 3-7 p.m. Friday in the Food City plaza on the southeast corner of Hardy and Baseline in Tempe. The breakfast menu offers build-your-own biscuit bowls with

🥗 The Mix by Chic Chef, a walk-up gourmet salad bar and lunch spot from chef Nik Fields, has opened at the Arizona Center in downtown Phoenix. It joins another Fields business, The Grind Coffee Shop, in a dual-concept hub

🥃 Spirit House, the downtown Chandler cocktail concept from SanTan Brewing & Distillery, opens a location at Sky Harbor Thursday.  Located between gates D14 and D17 in Terminal 4, the speakeasy-style space will offer tasting flights, clean pours, classic drinks,

🍕 Grotti’s Pizza, a family-owned pizzeria serving slices as well as whole pizzas up to 20 inches, has opened on the northeast corner of Val Vista and Riggs – across the street from Basha High School – in south Gilbert.

🥢 The Orange Chicken Spot, a family-run eatery offering Chinese-American cuisine, has opened just south of Ted’s Hot Dogs on the southwest corner of McClintock and Broadway in Tempe. The highlight of the fast-casual menu, not surprisingly, is orange chicken.

☕️ I remember writing about the Arizona debut of Black Rock Coffee Bar in  Chandler back in 2016. Little did I realize at the time the chain would grow to nearly 60 Valley location in less than a decade. Then

🥩 Bull King Steak House, a Taiwanese-style hot plate steakhouse, has opened in the Talavi Towne Center on the southeast corner of Bell and 59th Avenue in Glendale. It takes over the space previously home to Payless ShoeSource. Steaks –

🍺 Sacred Pint, a neighborhood taproom and wine bar, has opened inside the Neighborhood Comedy Theater on the northwest corner of Main and Robson – just across the street from Pedal Haus Biergarten – in downtown Mesa. The 24 taps

🇮🇳 Chaat & Curry Point, an eatery specializing in north Indian street foods, has opened on the northwest corner of Val Vista and Ray in Gilbert. Besides street chaat, the all-vegetarian menu includes curries, rice bowls, and vegetable and paneer

🍲 BoSa Kobe Hot Pot, a sister concept of the Valley’s ubiquitous BoSa Donuts, opens its second location Friday on the northwest corner of Northsight and Raintree in north Scottsdale. BoSa Donuts owner Jackson Chao and his cousin Sovanna Srey

🇹🇭 PP Thai & Sushi Bar has taken over the former Nunthaporn’s Thai Cuisine space just west of the Mesa Arts Center in downtown Mesa. Nunthaporn’s had occupied the space near the southwest corner of Main and Center since 2009.

🐓 Zaxbys, a Georgia-based fried chicken concept, makes its Arizona debut Wednesday at the Vineyard Towne Center on the northwest corner of Combs and Gantzel in Queen Creek. The fast-casual restaurant and drive-through offers chicken tenders, wings, sandwiches, and salads. You