Category: New Restaurant Alert

🥗 Sweetgreen makes its Arizona debut Tuesday at Scottsdale Quarter, and they’re celebrating in style – think live vinyl DJ sets, free Jeni’s Ice Cream, and complimentary succulents from Dig It Gardens, all happening from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The fast-casual

🐦‍⬛ Peoria just landed a stylish new dining destination. Sparrow, the latest concept from Valley-based Sky Restaurant Concepts, is now open at The Trailhead, a 40-acre mixed-use development at 83rd Avenue and Happy Valley. Led by co-owner and creative director

🍕 Crusty Pizza has opened its doors, bringing hand-tossed pies and a casual neighborhood vibe to the southwest corner of San Tan Boulevard and Grapefruit Drive in Queen Creek. It takes over the space formerly home to Fyre Subs in the

🎣 Scottsdale Fashion Square just hooked a big one: Catch, the buzzed-about seafood and steakhouse concept with outposts in New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas, has officially dropped anchor in Arizona. Known for its glittering interiors, lively vibe, and

🥢 Pepper Lunch, a Japanese “fast-steak” chain with more than 540 locations in 17 countries, makes its long-awaited Arizona debut Saturday at the brand-new University Gateway Building near the southeast corner of Mill and University in Tempe. Founded in 1994,

🦆 Maggie’s Lounge – a chef-driven New American restaurant, bar, patio, and boutique named after a male duck – has opened in Apache Junction. It’s located just north of where Apache Trail splits (between Ironwood and Idaho). The eclectic menu

🥣 Bowl Lab, an health-focused eatery that describes itself as ‘‘where flavor meets intention,’’ has opened on the southwest corner of Olive and 43rd avenues in Glendale. The menu offers a variety of signature bowls, including the Mexican Sunrise, Southwest

🇮🇳 Arusuvai Kitchen, a small restaurant specializing in South Indian cuisine, has opened on the northeast corner of Dobson and Baseline in Mesa. It takes over the strip-mall space formerly home to Chinese restaurant Lucky Wok. House specialities include Chettinad

🍔 ProteinHouse, a Las Vegas-based fast-casual concept focused on healthy eating, has opened its fourth Valley location on the southeast corner of Mill and University in Tempe. The all-day menu includes breakfast sandwiches, protein pancakes, salads, bowls, wraps, and burgers

🍦 Snowbird Ice Cream Co., Fountain Hills’ only dedicated ice cream shop, has opened on the southwest corner of Avenue of the Fountains and Verde River Drive. Founded by 21-year-old Fountain Hills resident Izaak Wontorski, the 860-square-foot shop features a

🍕 Old Town Pizza, a family-run restaurant specializing in New York-style pizzas, has opened in Old Town Scottsdale. It takes over the space formerly home to Crisp Premium Pizza near the southwest corner of Craftsman and Fifth Avenue. Besides thin-crust

🌮 Chilaquiles Modern Kitchen, a Mexican restaurant with two locations in Mesa, has launched a third on the southwest corner of John Wayne Parkway and Smith Enke in Maricopa. The signature dish, obviously, is chilaquiles, available with red sauce, green

🍺 The Original Arcadia Tavern, a reimagined version of the actual original that closed in 202, has opened in the former Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers space on the northwest corner of Indian School and 40th Street in east Phoenix. The

🌮 Zona Cantina & Cocina, a Mexican restaurant that debuted in northeast Mesa in 2022, has soft-opened a second location with a limited menu and hours in Gilbert. It takes over the former Holiday Toast & Tap, which closed in

 Lin’s Grand Buffet, an all-you-can-eat Asian-American buffet, has reopened its just-refurbished restaurant on the northeast corner of 75th Avenue and McDowell in west Phoenix. The renovations include an updated kitchen infrastructure, expansion of the sushi selection, and addition of new

🥪 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