Category: New Restaurant Alert

Confirming rumors that have ben swirling for months, Denver-based Snooze, an A.M. Eatery announced it will open in downtown Gilbert late this year. The breakfast restaurant chain will construct a stand-alone building on Gilbert Road in the parking lot between

The Brass Tap, a national chain of craft beer bars, will make its Arizona debut next month at Mesa Riverview. The Florida-based chain offers 60 beers on tap, another 300 in bottles or cans, and a small food menu. The

Residents of The Islands in Gilbert won’t be marooned without a neighborhood wine bar much longer. Ahwatukee’s My Wine Cellar is taking over the former DownUnder Wines & Bistro space on the northeast corner of McQueen and Warner. The new wine bar will

The Well, a juice bar in the Sun Devil Fitness Complex on the ASU campus, will celebrate its grand opening with free samples from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. The juice bar, owned by ASU alumna Laura Pich, has a

A new Italian restaurant called Via will open this week in the recently closed Tutti Santi space on the southwest corner of Greenfield and Warner in Gilbert. The kitchen – which will offer pizza, pasta, and paninis – will be headed

A while back, we told you about Salad and Go – the Valley’s first “drive-through salad bar” – beginning construction on a second Gilbert location. The concept, the brainchild of Gilbert resident Roushan Cristofellis and her husband, debuted in February on

Downtown Tempe’s newest destination – El Hefe Super Macho Taqueria – has opened on the southwest corner of Mill and Sixth. It takes over the former Canteen Modern Tequila Bar, which closed in October. El Hefe offers a menu of tacos,

Fast-expanding Blue 32 Sports Grill opens its second Gilbert location today on the northwest corner of Higley and Chandler Heights. Hours will be limited to 4-8 p.m. The sports bar and restaurant will be closed New Year’s Day,  then re-open Thursday

Three weeks ago, we told you Thai food was returning to downtown Chandler. Now it’s arrived. Charm Thai Cuisine, a new restaurant from the owners of Thai Basil, is now open in the former Latitude Eight Thai Grill space. (Latitude

The Watershed, a lakeside restaurant and bar, has opened on Lakeshore, the half-miler between Rural and McClintock, just south of Baseline in south Tempe. The newcomer takes over the once-ramshackle building longtime Lakes residents fondly remember as Charlie Brown’s (among

Recently closed De La Cruz Bistro in downtown has been replaced with Margaritas, but the revamped restaurant still is part of the de la Cruz family empire. The new owner is the nephew of Omar de la Cruz, who opened De La

24 Carrots, the acclaimed vegan/vegetarian cafe that opened in west Chandler in 2008, has moved into larger digs. Its new home is the former Efes Turkish Cuisine space on the southwest corner of McClintock and Guadalupe in Tempe. The new

Bisbee Breakfast Club, a southern Arizona favorite since 2001, is taking over the building just south of Cornish Pasty Company on the southeast corner of Dobson and Guadalupe in Mesa. The building most recently housed Peruvian restaurant Inka Fest. Other

Chao, the new Asian restaurant from the folks behind the just-closed Latitude Eight Thai Grill, opens this weekend on the northeast corner of Dobson and Germann in Chandler. The work-in-progress interior of Chao (pronounced “chow”) features clean lines and a

Confirming what many Latitude Eight fans have suspected, owner David Fliger says his acclaimed Thai restaurant in downtown Chandler officially has closed. But those who crave its Pad Thai, curries, and seafood entrees need not fret. Fliger is opening a

Georgia-based Mellow Mushroom has opened a new East Valley location in the former Rock Bottom Brewery building on Ray Road, just west of I-10, in Ahwatukee. The hippie-themed concept offers 16 specialty pizzas with monikers such as Kosmic Karma, Magical Mystery Tour,

Now we have a date: Dec. 16. That’s when World of Beer will open its long-awaited Gilbert location next to Barnes & Noble at San Tan Village. The 2,900-square-foot tavern will have 60 beers on tap and 500-plus in bottles.