Category: New Restaurant Alert

🇹🇭 Thai’d Up Rice & Noodles, a small eatery specializing in Thai food to go, has opened in the Walmart plaza on the southwest corner of Bell and Tatum in northeast Phoenix. Besides the namesake dishes, the menu offers stir-fry

🍞 South Tempe has a new sourdough bakery: Copper State Bread has opened on the Sprouts plaza on southeast corner of Rural and Elliot. Owner and baker Bryan O’Connor – whose dad was a chef and his mom a pastry

🥢 Niu Mama Kitchens, an Asian-themed food hall, has soft-opened in the EoS Fitness plaza on the southwest corner of Glendale and 43rd Avenue in Glendale. Diners can order from five indoor food stalls: Pho Mama (Vietnamese pho) Lao Ma

🥣 Busby’s Soul Bowls, an all-day soul food concept, celebrates its grand opening from 3-7 p.m. Friday in the Food City plaza on the southeast corner of Hardy and Baseline in Tempe. The breakfast menu offers build-your-own biscuit bowls with

🥗 The Mix by Chic Chef, a walk-up gourmet salad bar and lunch spot from chef Nik Fields, has opened at the Arizona Center in downtown Phoenix. It joins another Fields business, The Grind Coffee Shop, in a dual-concept hub

🥃 Spirit House, the downtown Chandler cocktail concept from SanTan Brewing & Distillery, opens a location at Sky Harbor Thursday.  Located between gates D14 and D17 in Terminal 4, the speakeasy-style space will offer tasting flights, clean pours, classic drinks,

🍕 Grotti’s Pizza, a family-owned pizzeria serving slices as well as whole pizzas up to 20 inches, has opened on the northeast corner of Val Vista and Riggs – across the street from Basha High School – in south Gilbert.

🥢 The Orange Chicken Spot, a family-run eatery offering Chinese-American cuisine, has opened just south of Ted’s Hot Dogs on the southwest corner of McClintock and Broadway in Tempe. The highlight of the fast-casual menu, not surprisingly, is orange chicken.

☕️ I remember writing about the Arizona debut of Black Rock Coffee Bar in  Chandler back in 2016. Little did I realize at the time the chain would grow to nearly 60 Valley location in less than a decade. Then

🥩 Bull King Steak House, a Taiwanese-style hot plate steakhouse, has opened in the Talavi Towne Center on the southeast corner of Bell and 59th Avenue in Glendale. It takes over the space previously home to Payless ShoeSource. Steaks –

🍺 Sacred Pint, a neighborhood taproom and wine bar, has opened inside the Neighborhood Comedy Theater on the northwest corner of Main and Robson – just across the street from Pedal Haus Biergarten – in downtown Mesa. The 24 taps

🇮🇳 Chaat & Curry Point, an eatery specializing in north Indian street foods, has opened on the northwest corner of Val Vista and Ray in Gilbert. Besides street chaat, the all-vegetarian menu includes curries, rice bowls, and vegetable and paneer

🍲 BoSa Kobe Hot Pot, a sister concept of the Valley’s ubiquitous BoSa Donuts, opens its second location Friday on the northwest corner of Northsight and Raintree in north Scottsdale. BoSa Donuts owner Jackson Chao and his cousin Sovanna Srey

🇹🇭 PP Thai & Sushi Bar has taken over the former Nunthaporn’s Thai Cuisine space just west of the Mesa Arts Center in downtown Mesa. Nunthaporn’s had occupied the space near the southwest corner of Main and Center since 2009.

🐓 Zaxbys, a Georgia-based fried chicken concept, makes its Arizona debut Wednesday at the Vineyard Towne Center on the northwest corner of Combs and Gantzel in Queen Creek. The fast-casual restaurant and drive-through offers chicken tenders, wings, sandwiches, and salads. You

🍕 Federal Pizza, which debuted in uptown Phoenix in 2012, launches a second location at 11 a.m. Tuesday at PV, the revitalized former Paradise Valley Mall, in northeast Phoenix. The Upward Projects concept – a sibling to Postino Wine Café,

🇮🇳 Veda Indian Cuisine, an elevated restaurant offering regional classics and contemporary dishes, has opened in the Best Buy plaza on the southwest corner of the 101 and Frank Lloyd Wright in north Scottsdale. Menu highlights include chicken malai kebobs,

🌍 Mercy’s Kitchen, a restaurant offering West African cuisine prepared by Ghanaian chefs, has opened in Gilbert. It takes over the former Thai Chili space on the southeast corner of Val Vista and Baseline. Signature dishes include: Jollof, a dish

🥥 New Jersey-based Playa Bowls celebrates the grand opening of its fifth Valley location Saturday on the southeast corner of I-10 and Verrado Way in Buckeye. Doors open at 8 a.m. and the first 50 guests receive a free bowl

🍳 Scottsdale-based brunch concept Over Easy is celebrating the opening of its 18th location Saturday near the southeast corner of I-10 and Verrado Way in Buckeye with two days of specials. Saturday and Sunday, diners can enjoy a penny mimosa