Category: New Restaurant Alert

Seattle-based MOD Pizza – yet another quick-serve, build-your-own pizza concept – makes its Arizona debut at 4 p.m. today at SanTan Village in Gilbert. The first 52 people in line will get their pizza or salad for free, and 100% of today’s sales will

The Revival, a new restaurant from former House of Tricks chef Kelly Fletcher, opens at 11 a.m. today in the former Mucho Gusto building in Tempe. Fletcher, who left Tricks in February after a decade at the acclaimed restaurant, is partnering

After a decade in downtown Tempe, the Tavern on Mill will transform itself into a brewpub and microdistillery called Wasted Grain next month. Located off Hayden Square near Mill and Fourth Street, the Tavern on Mill will close July 7

Oma’s Place, a sandwich shop and bakery that also offers daily German food specials, has opened on the northeast corner of Alma School and Southern, kitty-korner from Fiesta Mall, in Mesa. It is the first restaurant venture by East Valley resident Astrid

The Bistro, a spinoff of the popular Queen Creek eatery The Deli, opened today on Ellsworth Road between Ocotillo and Chandler Heights. The space previously was home to Rhino Caffe  and Sorella Caffe. The Bistro’s breakfast menu features a breakfast burrito ($7), BLT ($6), granola

Last month, MXSW reported health-focused cafe Nourish had closed its original Scottsdale location and was moving to Tempe. Now we know where the location will be: On the campus of the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine at 101 and Broadway. Nourish, which offers in vegetarian,

Tempe Mexican restaurant Mucho Gusto will close Saturday and reopen July 1 as The Revival. Mucho Gusto founder and general manager Chad Withycombe will partner with longtime House of Tricks chef Kelly Fletcher, who left the Tempe fine-dining restaurant earlier this year,

Tokyo Joe’s, a Colorado-based chain of Asian restaurants, made its Arizona debut over the weekend on the northeast corner of Val Vista and Baseline in Mesa. The Dana Park eatery is the fast-casual chain’s first outside Colorado. It plans to

The wait is over: Classic Italian Pizza finally reopens today in its new digs on the southwest corner of McClintock and Guadalupe in Tempe. The acclaimed pizzeria lost its lease at its original location at Lakeshore and Baseline early last

OHSO Eatery + Distillery, a spinoff of east Phoenix’s OHSO Eatery + Nanobrewery, opens today on Hayden Road, just south of Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, in north Scottsdale. The new site has 36 craft beers on taps, a little more

Fractured Prune, a Maryland-based chain of doughnut shops, will make its Arizona debut Tuesday on the northeast corner of Rural and Ray in west Chandler. Doors will open at 6 a.m. The first 100 people in line will receive prizes,

Fusion Burrito, a new independent restaurant offering burritos with globally inspired fillings, opens today on Gilbert Road just south of Guadalupe in Gilbert. The 1,500-square-foot building, which has a dog-friendly patio and drive-through, most recently was home to Rienda’s Mexican

Another week, another fast-casual burger concept comes to the Valley. This week it’s Florida-based BurgerFi, which made its Arizona debut on the northeast corner of Val Vista and Baseline in Gilbert. It takes over a restaurant space that’s seen frequent

The East Valley will get its first Panera Bread next week when the St. Louis-based chain opens a bakery-cafe on the northeast corner of Arizona Avenue and Ocotillo in south Chandler. Panera Bread, which is scheduled to open its Chandler

Philly’s Sports Bar & Grill, a mainstay for the past 19 years on Scottsdale Road in north Tempe, opened a spinoff location, Philly’s on Priest, Monday in west Tempe. The new location, on Priest about a half-mile north of Broadway,

The day East Valley pizza lovers have been waiting for for more than a year – the reopening of award-winning Classic Italian Pizza – is almost upon us. Owner/chef Azhar Began says his new location, now dubbed Began’s Classic Italian Pizza, will open

Biscuits, the locally owned breakfast-and-lunch concept with locations in Ahwatukee and Gilbert, opened its third restaurant today on the southeast corner of McClintock and Elliot in south Tempe. It takes over the former Windy City Cafe, and has the same

Li’s Asian, a fast-casual restaurant featuring Chinese food and sushi, has opened on the southwest corner of McClintock and Elliot in south Tempe. The menu offers a variety of Americanized Chinese dishes with chicken, beef, pork, or shrimp in a

Nothing like starting the week with some huge news: OHSO Brewery in east Phoenix is opening a second location – OHSO Distillery – in north Scottsdale next month. “Variety is the spice of life, and I plan to keep growing,” says Jon