Category: New Restaurant Alert

Tortilla Fish Taco Shop, which specializes in Baja-style fish and shrimp tacos, has opened on the northeast corner of Priest and Elliot in south Tempe. The simple menu offers four types of tacos – battered fish, shrimp, combo, and fish machaca

It’s now a little easier for east Mesa residents to eat healthier. The Cutting Board Bakery & Cafe – which bills itself as “vegan, vegetarian, whole foods and healthy – has opened on Power, just south of Baseline. The eatery

Sol Diablo Cantina Kitchen, the latest concept from the Humble Pie family of restaurants, opens at 3 p.m. today on the southwest corner of College Avenue and Fifth Street, just across the street from Sun Devil Stadium, in Tempe. The Baja-inspired cantina,

Umami, a new ramen and sake bar, finally has opened on Sixth Street just east of Mill in downtown Tempe. Chefs Jared Lupin (Republic Ramen, DownUnder Winebar) and Matt Marlowe won a restaurant-startup contest sponsored by the building’s landlord in March. The

Is Tempe big enough for two Detroit-focused eateries? We’ll start finding out Friday when Detroit Coney Grill opens on Broadway just west of Hardy. Michigan native David Najor will offer his home state’s signature Detroit-style coneys – beef hot dogs

Sunnyside Breakfast Lounge will open Friday in the former Egg & I building at The Village at Las Sendas shopping center at Power and McDowell in northeast Mesa. Open 6:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. daily, Sunnyside will serve a typical breakfast and lunch

Nabers, which describes itself as a friendly neighborhood restaurant with live music, will open Friday in the former Jilly’s American Grille and Ernie’s Inn building southeast of I-10 and Ray in Chandler. The 7,575-square-foot restaurant is the first for ASU grad

Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria is opening another location – its third – next month in the Safeway shopping Center at 48th Street and Elliot in Ahwatukee. The space formerly housed Naked Pizza for two years until its closure in March.

House of Brews, a neighborhood bar and grill with 26 beers on tap, reopens today on the southeast corner of Cooper and Warner in Gilbert. The original House of Brews lasted 20 months before closing in January. It reopened under

Sam Fox is one of the country’s most prolific restaurateurs. His Scottsdale-based company has three dozen restaurants spread across six states representing 11 different brands, including True Food Kitchen, Blanco Tacos + Tequila, and Culinary Dropout. It’s no surprise Phoenix and

The surf’s up in downtown Gilbert, where the long-awaited SoCal Fish Taco Company has opened. The eatery is the brainchild of Pablo Reynoso Jr., a Southern California native whose parents opened the popular Seafood Market & Restaurant in Mesa in 1991.

Barrelhouse American Kitchen & Cocktails, whose owner describes it as a “neighborhood scratch kitchen,” will have a soft opening Saturday on the northwest corner of Alma School and Warner in Chandler. The strip-mall space (shown above still under renovation) formerly

Coming soon to Tempe: Salut Kitchen Bar, which describes itself as “an American twist to Mediterranean cuisine in a relaxed European inspired environment.” The restaurant, located on University about one-third of a mile west of McClintock, formerly was Sayuri Sushi

After almost four years in Queen Creek, Trophy’s is now Wild Side Grill, reflecting its transformation from steakhouse to casual neighborhood grill. Its signature animal mounts – including the “North American 29,” all the big-game species found on the continent –

It took almost six years longer than expected, but Bombay Spice Grill finally opens in Tempe today. The Indian restaurant originally had planned to open in 2007 at the then-new Tempe Marketplace, but there were problems with the lease. After

It’s a good day for time-crunched Gilbert diners looking for an alternative to fast-food. Salad and Go, a drive-through salad eatery, opened today on the southeast corner of Gilbert and Guadalupe. Salad and Go offers a menu of 10 gourmet

Spokes on Southern Neighborhood Grill & Alehouse, a spinoff of Boulders on Broadway, opens at 11 a.m. today on Southern just west of McClintock in Tempe. “I like the name ‘Alehouse,’” says general manager Cooper Parkinson. “It brings back images

AZ Food Crafters, hand-pie makers who are regulars at many of the Valley’s farmers markets, have opened a takeout shop in Chandler. Located in a worn strip mall on the southeast corner of Ray and Alma School, AZ Food Crafters offer