Category: New Restaurant Alert

US Fries, specializing in traditional Canadian poutine with an American twist, has opened at Mill and Fourth Street in downtown Tempe. The Calgary, Alberta-based chain opened its first Arizona location in Tucson last year. Traditional poutine is a combination of French fries,

After yesterday’s post about three new restaurants coming to Gilbert, I don’t want Chandler residents to feel left out. So here are three restaurants that soon will open in Chandler: Wild Vine Uncorked Neighbors have been waiting eagerly for this wine and

Last week’s post about some of the new restaurants coming to downtown Gilbert drew a lot of comments. But not all of the town’s new-restaurant action is happening on that small stretch of Gilbert Road. Here are three places under construction to keep an

It’s been nearly a year since MXSW broke the news Crust Pizza & Ristorante would open its latest Valley location, along with a speakeasy-style basement lounge, in the San Marcos Resort in downtown Chandler. The construction has gone slowly, but the

The doors of Petersen’s Ice Cream barely were open this week when MXSW readers already were asking, “What’s opening next in downtown Gilbert?” Who can blame them? In the last nine months, Zinburger, Lo-Lo’s, Barrio Queen, Snooze, Pomo Pizzeria (pictured), and Petersen’s all opened on the same

Salad and Go, a two-and-a-half-year-old homegrown concept that has three busy locations in Gilbert, is about to go Valleywide. Over the next year, the drive-through salad bar is opening three locations in Mesa, two in Cave Creek, two in west Phoenix, and one in

For six on-again, off-again years, Noca was a critical darling of Valley foodies. But its fine cuisine (and accompanying price point) never found much of an audience outside that small group. One exception, however, was Nocawich, a casual, less-expensive sandwich concept designed to draw

Back in March, MXSW was the first to report Flo’s, an elegant Chinese restaurant that’s been serving upscale Scottsdale diners for 18 years, was opening a Tempe location this summer. Most interesting was its choice of building: The former McDonald’s on the

New restaurants just keep piling up in downtown Gilbert. Opening today is Snooze, an A.M. eatery, located in the former parking lot between Joyride Taco House and Oregano’s. The Denver-based chain promotes itself as offering “creative twists on America’s favorite breakfast

Seems like it’s taken forever, but Pomo Pizzeria Napoletana finally is open in downtown Gilbert. It joins a row of recently opened eateries – including Zinburger, Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles, and Barrio Queen – at the Heritage Marketplace. Pomo is one of

When Eduardo Nunez first tasted Angel Ochoa’s grilled chicken, he asked, “Why aren’t you selling this and getting rich?” It turned out Ochoa didn’t have the money to open a restaurant, so Nunez, who worked 14 years at Panda Express,

The Arizona Republic reports Shake Shack, the famous fast-casual burger chain out of New York City, will make its Arizona debut at Scottsdale Fashion Square next year. It’ll be the chain’s third location west of the Mississippi, following locations in Austin, Texas, and Las

Transplanted Midwesterners from across the Valley will be flocking to Gilbert today for the opening of Arizona’s first Happy Joe’s Pizza. The Iowa-based chain, which has 52 locations in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Illinois, has a devoted

Texas-based Alamo Drafthouse Cinema caused quite a stir last December when it announced it was opening its first Arizona location in downtown Chandler later this year. The new development on the southwest corner of Arizona Avenue and Chandler Boulevard also is supposed

With Barrio Queen finally open in downtown Gilbert, we can turn our attention to the next restaurant scheduled to open at the new Heritage Marketplace – Pomo Pizzeria. The acclaimed wood-fired pizza kitchen, which already has locations in north Scottsdale and

The small, family-owned chain has a half-dozen locations around Arizona, including Prescott, Payson and west Phoenix. On Saturday, Alfonso’s opened its first East Valley location on the southwest corner of Gilbert and Queen Creek in the space that formerly housed New

We’re talking about the strip-mall space tucked behind Burger King on Country Club just north of U.S. 60. The space has housed a number of Asian eateries over the years, including Nunthaporn’s Thai (before it moved to its current home in

The space on the southeast corner of McClintock and Broadway in Tempe had been empty since February. BP Street Cafe offers 14 rice dishes and seven noodle dishes, all $7.50 or less. The signature menu item is laksa, a spicy coconut