Category: New Restaurant Alert

🇰🇷 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

🌮 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