Category: New Restaurant Alert

🧋 Pu’er Taiwan Tea & Coffee, a Texas-based chain specializing in its namesake fermented variety of tea, has made its Arizona debut at the Agua Fria Towne Center on the northeast corner of the Loop 101 and Camelback Road in

☕️ San Diego-based Better Buzz Coffee launches its second Valley location at 5 a.m. Thursday in south Tempe. The store, which has a double drive-through, is located on the northwest corner of Kyrene and Elliot roads. Besides hot and cold coffee

🦞 Krazy Cajun Seafood & Hibachi, which debuted in Phoenix in 2021, has opened a second location in the Fry’s plaza on the northwest corner of Rural and Ray roads in south Tempe. Previous occupants of the space included Asian

🌮 The Guadalupe on Main, a modern Southwest restaurant with a focus on Jalisco-style dishes, has opened in central Mesa. It takes over the building formerly home to Casa Ramos Redux, which closed last month, on the north side of

🍕 Little Ray’s Pizzeria, a family-owned Italian restaurant, has opened on the northeast corner of Beardsley Road and 59th Avenue in Glendale. New York-style pizzas range from traditional thin-crust to Sicilian thick-crust (pictured). In addition to pizzas and calzones, the

🍛 Indian Curry Bowls – a restaurant with two co-owners, one from northern India and the other from southern India – has opened on the southwest corner of Estrella Parkway and Elwood Street in Goodyear. The co-owners have resided in

🥖 Paris Banh Mi Cafe & Bakery, a Florida-based chain of Vietnamese sandwich and coffee shops, opens its second Arizona location today in Chandler. It takes over the former Barro’s Pizza space on the northwest corner of Alma School and

🍣 Silo, a year-old pop-up from the team behind The Larry and the now-closed Kaizen in Phoenix, has moved into its permanent space at the Hayden Ferry Lakeside office campus on the northeast corner of Mill Avenue and Rio Salado

🍩 Randy’s Donuts, the iconic Los Angeles doughnut shop featured in dozens of movies and TV shows, has opened its second Arizona location in Chandler. It’s located inside the new Pilot Travel Center on the southwest corner of 40th Street and

🌮 The Taco Spot, a fast-growing local chain launched by brothers Jorge and Jesus Ruiz out of a Chandler barbershop in 2020, has opened its 11th Valley location in Gilbert. It takes over the short-lived Taco H space on the

🍜 Vietnamese restaurant Camelback Pho has taken over the former PT Pho Express space on the northwest corner of Camelback Road and Seventh Avenue in uptown Phoenix. Besides nine kinds of pho, the menu features banh mi, vermicelli bowls, and

🍣 Ginza Sushi Fusion Cuisine, which recently closed after a five-year run in north Phoenix, has reopened in Gold Canyon in the far East Valley. It takes over the former Wahoo’s Restaurant & Bar building near the northeast corner of

🍳 Scottsdale-based Eggstasy, a breakfast and lunch concept that debuted in 2014, has opened its seventh Valley location at The Colony in uptown Phoenix. It takes over the space formerly home to Tucson-based Fuku Sushi (and, before that, Pure Sushi)

🍣 Sushiholic, a nine-year-old modern Japanese restaurant in Arcadia, has launched a second location at SkySong in south Scottsdale. It takes over the space formerly home to Bitters Cocktail Bar & Food on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and McDowell

🌮 Tradiciones Mexican Grill, a new restaurant from the owner of Tacos El Paisain Chandler, has opened in south Tempe. It takes over the just-closed Pronto space on the southwest corner of Rural and Guadalupe roads. The Restaurant Brokers facilitated

🍳 First Watch, the national chain of brunch restaurants, has launched its latest Valley location in Surprise. It’s located at the Village at Prasada on the northeast corner of the Loop 303 and Waddell Road. What’s on the menu? Omelets,

🐓 Louisana-based fast-food chain Raising Cane’s opens its newest Valley location at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday on the northeast corner of McKellips and Power roads in east Mesa. Entries will be accepted from 7:30-8:30 a.m. for an 8:40 drawing in which

🍔 Arizona Rebel Republic, a neighborhood bar and grill, has opened on the southeast corner of Warner and Mountain roads in southeast Mesa. It’s a sibling to the year-old Point 22 Tavern located at Ellsworth and Ray roads. What’s on

🍔 Longtime University of Arizona hangout Dirtbag’s, known for its signature ‘‘Dirtburgers’’ and creative shots, makes its Valley debut at 6 p.m. today in east Phoenix. The bar and grill has renovated the building formerly home to The Spot on the

🧋 Taiwan Mama, a year-old Taiwanese eatery and bubble tea shop in Tempe, has opened a second location in Deer Valley. It’s located on the northwest corner of Union Hills Drive and 10th Street in north Phoenix. What’s on the

🥙 The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill, a Florida-based chain of counter-service restaurants, has opened its second Arizona location in southeast Gilbert. It’s located between Einstein Bros. Bagels and Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux in the Gilbert Gateway Towne Center on the southwest

🇹🇭 5 R Cha Thai & Pho has replaced Thai Basil on the southeast corner of Rural Road and Chandler Boulevard in west Chandler. It’s the second East Valley location for 5 R Cha, which also has one in northeast

🇹🇭 LeDu Thai is the latest addition to the Roosevelt Row district arts district in downtown Phoenix. It’s located behind Taco Chelo on the southeast corner of Roosevelt and Fifth streets. What’s on the menu? Southern Thai noodle, rice, and

🦞 Cajon Breakfast Joint, a restaurant specializing in Cajun and Creole dishes, has opened at Dobson Plaza in Chandler. It takes over the former Mommie Cakes space on the northwest corner of Dobson and Elliot roads. What’s on the menu?

🌮 Caramba, a family-run group of Mexican sit-down restaurants, has opened its sixth Valley location at The Citadelle in Glendale. The restaurant near the southwest corner of the Loop 101 and 59th Avenue is the fourth in Glendale, where Caramba

🌮 Family-run Latin American restaurant Anchiote Latin Cuisine has opened at Chandler Commons in Chandler. The former Saguaros Tacos Y Churros food truck takes over the strip-mall space formerly home to DEZ Burrito on the southwest corner of Ray and

🍕 Mobile pizza pop-up Otra Pizzeria has found a semi-permanent home at Spce Coffee in Phoenix. Spce will continue to operate during the day on the northwest corner of McDowell Road and 18th Street, then Otra will take over the

🍣 Simply Shroom, a cafe specializing in mushroom coffees and lattes, has opened on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Marshall Way in Old Town Scottsdale. In a market segment dominated by masculine themes, owners Crystal Carroll and Sharmi

🍣 Japanese restaurant Yuzu Omakase has soft-opened for takeout and catering at Tatum Point in northeast Phoenix. It takes over the former Copperhead Bistro space in the Walmart-Petco center on the southwest corner of Bell Road and Tatum Boulevard. Yuzu

🌮 Valle Luna Lunatics, a smaller ”cantina” concept from the owners of Valle Luna Mexican restaurants, has made its debut in west Phoenix. It takes over the former Mi Familia Mexican Food space on the northeast corner of Happy Valley

☕️ Curate Cafe, a coffeehouse and brunch eatery from Curate Cuisine chef Joseph Lerner, has opened at Grayhawk Plaza in north Scottsdale. It takes over the space formerly home to The Yogurt Bar near the northeast corner of Scottsdale Road

🍺 OHSO Brewery has opened its sixth Valley restaurant at the Village at Prasada on the southeast corner of the Loop 303 and Waddell Road in Surprise. The building has a 5,000-square-foot interior with a 3,000-square-foot, dog-friendly patio. What’s on

🧆 Shawarmaati Mediterranean Grill, a Jordanian restaurant specializing in its namesake beef and chicken shawarma, has opened in southeast Gilbert. It takes over the former Green District space, next to Tikka Shack, near the southwest corner of Ray and Power

🦀 The Kickin Crab, a California-based chain of seafood boil restaurants that made its Arizona debut in Chandler last year, has launched a second Valley location in front of Mekong Plaza in west Mesa. It takes over the former Hooked

🍚 Mandarin Kitchen, a restaurant offering mostly Americanized Chinese dishes, has opened at Gateview Park on the southeast corner of Hayden and Indian Bend roads in central Scottsdale. What’s on the menu? Standard stir-fried entrees like kung pao chicken, beef and broccoli,

🥞 Cafe Hodgepodge, a quaint, family-run cafe, has opened in the Buckhorn Shopping Center on the northeast corner of Main Street and Recker Road in east Mesa. What’s on the menu? Comfort food such as omelets, pancakes, and biscuits and gravy for

🍨 Salt & Straw, a Portland-based artisan ice cream shop, makes its Arizona debut today with its first-ever scoop shop at Epicenter at Agritopia on the northwest corner of Higley and Ray in Gilbert. What’s on the menu? In addition to 13

🌮 Parachos Tacos y Tragos, an elevated taqueria and cocktail bar, has opened in the McDowell Mountain Marketplace on the southwest corner of Bell Road and Thompson Peak Parkway in north Scottsdale. What’s on the menu? Highlights include roasted sweet potato tacos, shrimp

🍜 One Pot, an Asian hot pot eatery where you can customize individual bowls, has opened on the southwest corner of Broadway and Dobson roads in west Mesa. What’s on the menu? The four soup options are sukiyaki (Japanese dashi, mirin, and soy

🥙 Arabella Grill & Wings, a fast-casual restaurant offering both Middle Eastern and American items, has opened on the northwest corner of  Chandler Boulevard and Kyrene Road in west Chandler. What’s on the menu? Chicken and beef shwarma, gyros, falafel, and build-your-own

🌮 El Carbon Mexican Eatery, a new open-fire concept from Valley restaurateur Danny Quinn, has opened at the Shops at Gainey Ranch on the northeast corner of Doubletree Ranch Road and Vaquero Drive in central Scottsdale. What’s on the menu? Seven kinds

🍔 The Spot Neighborhood Grill, a three-year-old American restaurant in north Scottsdale, has launched a second location on the northeast corner of Bell Road and 55th Avenue in Glendale. What’s on the menu? Burgers, sandwiches, and wings. Highlights include the Whiskey Bourbon

🌮 Just two weeks after closing its original location in Tempe, quick-casual concept Tacos & Craft has opened on the northwest corner of Northern and 91st avenues in Peoria. The background: The Tempe location near the northeast corner of Rural and Baseline

🌮 The Taco Spot, a fast-expanding local taqueria, has launched its 10th Valley location on the northeast corner of Central Avenue and Adams Street in downtown Phoenix. What’s on the menu? Birria tacos, birria quesadillas, birria vampiros, and birria ramen are the

🍖 Charlie’s Backyard BBQ has opened in the former Tom’s BBQ strip-mall space on the northwest corner of Country Club and Southern in Mesa. The menu features traditional smoked meats such as ribs, brisket, and pulled pork, as well as fried fish. Rotating Saturday

☕️ SW Grilled Coffee, a mobile coffee bar that launched in 2022 in a converted horse trailer, has opened a bricks-and-mortar cafe under a new name, Heat Coffee. It’s located inside the Sol Flower dispensary on the southwest corner of Thunderbird Boulevard

🥖 Oldies Subs & More, a sibling concept to Gold Canyon’s Oldies Ice Cream, has opened near the southwest corner of Apache Trail and Phelps Drive in Apache Junction. Build-your-own subs are served on bread baked fresh daily. You also can

🍜 Pho Anan, a small Vietnamese eatery offering pho, banh mi, and a variety of entrees, has opened at Westgate near the southwest corner of Glendale and 93rd avenues in Glendale. The owners also operate five-year-old Vietnamese restaurant Pho Vinh Long

🍗 Midwest Wings XL, an eatery offering chicken wings with a choice of 12 sauces and four rubs, has opened in the Collier Center near the southeast corner of Washington and Second Street in downtown Phoenix. The menu also offers chicken

🍕 Venezia’s New York Style Pizzeria launches a new concept, Presto, at 10:0 a.m. Wednesday at Sun Devil Marketplace on the northwest corner of College and Seventh Street in north Tempe. “As long-time partners with ASU Athletics, opening a location

🥞 Bisbee Breakfast Club, an Arizona chain known for its homestyle breakfasts and house-made pies, has opened its third East Valley location at the Rivulon center near the northeast corner of Gilbert and the Loop 202 in Gilbert. The building

🫐 Frutta Bowls, a New Jersey-based chain specializing in açai bowls and smoothies, makes its Arizona debut today on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Baseline in Mesa. The menu also offers six kinds of toasts and six different protein bites.

Arkansas-based fast-food chain Slim Chickens has opened its second Valley restaurant on the northwest corner of Happy Valley and 35th Avenue in Glendale. The menu offers chicken sandwiches, tenders, wraps, bowls, and a choice of 14 dipping sauces. Hours are 10 a.m.-10

🍐 Perfect Pear Bistro, a family-owned restaurant that offers a modern twist on American comfort food, opens its third East Valley location at 10:30 a.m. today in Chandler. It takes over the space formerly home to New Mexican restaurant Little Anita’s near the

🧃 Westy’s Organic Kitchen & Juice, which has holding pop-ups for two-plus years, has soft-opened a bricks-and-mortar location on the northeast corner of 83rd Avenue and Lake Pleasant Parkway in Peoria. In addition to its 10 signature juices, the menu features

🎤 Sherry Chen, who sold her popular Singing Pandas Asian Restaurant & Bar last year, has launched a new entertainment-focused bar and grill – Legends Showcase – near the northwest corner of Alma School and Warner in Chandler. Instead of Asian food, the menu

🍜 Mensho, a Tokyo-based chain of award-winning ramen restaurants, has opened its fourth U.S. location at Mesa Riverview on the northeast corner of Dobson and Rio Salado. Founded in 2005 by ramen master Tomoharu Shono, Mensho specializes in “farm-to-bowl ramen” featuring

🍷 Sip at the Ranch, a wine bar offering small bites and weekend brunch, has opened at Estrella’s Mountain Ranch Marketplace on the northwest corner of Elliot and the Estrella Parkway in Goodyear. The menu includes meat and cheese boards, salads,

🍜 Kungfu Noodles, a modern Chinese eatery specializing in hand-pulled noodles, has opened in the Planet Fitness shopping center on the southwest corner of Alma School and Elliot in Chandler. The small, counter-service restaurant’s menu features noodle soups (pictured: spicy beef

🍕 Jet’s Pizza, a national takeout/delivery chain specializing in Detroit-style deep dish pizzas, has opened its sixth Valley location on the northwest corner of Thunderbird and 75th Avenue in Peoria. The menu also offers hand-tossed, thin crust, New York-style, cauliflower-crust, and

🥙 Cava, a Washington, D.C.-based Mediterranean fast-casual chain that made its Chandler debut earlier this month, opens its first Mesa location today on the northwest corner of Alma School and Southern. Cava, which now has six Valley restaurants, offers a simple

🍳 Over Easy continues its rapid expansion. Just two weeks after opening its 13th Valley location in Queen Creek, the Scottsdale-based brunch concept has launched its 14th in Peoria. It’s located on the northwest corner of Happy Valley and Lake Pleasant Parkway.

🥪 Baggin’s, a popular Tucson-based chain of gourmet sandwich shops, has made its Valley debut near the northwest corner of Scottsdale and Thunderbird in north Scottsdale. The menu feature 20 signature sandwiches, 28 grilled sandwiches, 11 bread bowl salads, five deli

🌺 Hawaiian Bros Island Grill, a fast-growing chain of fast-casual restaurants that’s actually based in Kansas City, Mo., has opened its fourth Valley location on the northwest corner of Bell and Third Street in north Phoenix. The menu specializes in Island-style

🍝 Italian-American fast-casual chain Fazoli’s has opened its second Arizona stand-alone location (not counting a mini store at Sky Harbor Airport) in Glendale. It takes over the former Boston Market building on the southeast corner of Peoria and 59th Avenue. Fazoli’s first

🇵🇭 Tambayan, which began as a Filipino food ghost kitchen in 2019 and then became a food truck in 2023, has opened a bricks-and-mortar restaurant on the northwest corner of Camelback and 15th Avenue in Phoenix. It takes over the 5,000-square-foot

🍞 Against the Grain, a gluten-free bakery, grocery, and cafe, has opened near the northwest corner of Main and MacDonald in downtown Mesa. It takes over the space formerly home to Smitholator Cookie Shop (across the street from Proof Bread). The

🍣 Xami Sushi has opened on the southeast corner of Broadway and 27th Street in south Phoenix. In addition to sashimi, basic rolls, and specialty rolls, the menu also offers fried rolls, baked rolls, cucumber-wrapped rolls, seafood tapas, and a few Japanese

🍺🍔 Scottsdale-based Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers has opened its 17th location at the Village at Prasada on the southeast corner of Waddell and the Loop 303 in Surprise. The menu features 19 speciality burgers, plus sliders, wings, sandwiches, hot dogs, and mac

🌮 Señor Taco Express, a quick-service version of Mexican concept Señor Taco, has launched its third Valley location in the former Jack in the Box building near the southeast corner of Central and Osborn in midtown Phoenix. The menu focuses on tacos,