Category: New Restaurant Alert

🌺 Ono Hawaiian BBQ is bringing island vibes to South Mountain with the grand opening of its eighth Phoenix location today on the northwest corner of Southern and 35th Avenue. The fast-casual chain – known for scratch-made, grilled-to-order plate lunches – is

🐓 Nashville hot chicken chain Angry Chickz is bringing the heat to the East Valley when its new Mesa location opens at 11 a.m. Friday. Situated on the southeast corner of Alma School and Baseline, this marks the brand’s first

☕️ Downtown Chandler just got a whole lot more caffeinated. Moka & Co., the specialty Yemeni coffee chain that already won over the East Valley with its Mesa outpost, has opened a second location on the northwest corner of Buffalo and

🍝 Tommy’s Place, The Firm, New York’s Best Italian Bistro, Café Margarita, and Uncle Sal’s – Tommy Morano’s former restaurants are like an historic trek along the Appian Way. The prolific Scottsdale restaurateur (pictured) just added yet another stamp to

🐓 Phoenix, the city that apparently can’t get enough heat, is welcoming Houston TX Hot Chicken to the northwest corner of Camelback and 20th Street on Saturday. The Texas-born chain, which made its Arizona debut in Tempe in 2022, deals

🌮 Tempe, a city with approximately one taco spot per ASU student, just got another contender, and this one is actually worth your attention. Jalapeno’s Taco Spot has quietly opened inside the Tempe Market just north of the apartments on

🍕 In the first three months of 2026, a remarkable wave of new pizzerias has crashed into the East Valley, ranging from a nostalgia-fueled comeback to a legitimate world champion planting his flag in Arizona. Whether you’re into wood-fired Neapolitan,

Spring has sprung in the Valley, and apparently every restaurateur from Dallas to San Diego decided that March was the moment to plant their flag in the desert. Here are seven that should be on your radar: Best Pizza &

🥢 Pepper Lunch, a Japanese “fast-steak” chain that made its Arizona debut in Tempe in September, has opened a second location near the southeast corner of I-17 and Dove Valley in north Phoenix. This is the same franchise group behind

🍣 IX Sushi, the newest concept from Kaos Hospitality, officially opens its doors today at The Watermark near the southwest corner of the Loop 202 and Rural in Tempe. IX’s space was created by a remodeling of its year-old sibling,

🍝 At this point, Arizona should probably just become a Texas suburb and get it over with. The latest in a seemingly endless wave of Lone Star imports to plant its flag in the Valley is il Bracco, a Dallas

🍦 Valley ice cream fans, your 99-year wait is officially over. The Original Rainbow Cone – yes, that iconic Chicago institution that’s been making Midwesterners insufferably smug about their ice cream since 1926 – has landed in Surprise. The shop opened

🍦 New York’s cult-favorite self-serve froyo chain 16 Handles has officially touched down in the Valley – and yes, it’s as extra as you’d hope. The East Village original that helped spark the modern froyo craze has opened its first

🍕 Picazzo’s Healthy Italian Kitchen has planted its seventh Arizona flag in Glendale, and it’s bringing the full “wait, this is healthy?” treatment to the northwest Valley. Founded in Sedona back in 2008, this family-owned operation has quietly built what

🌮 Velvet Taco – the chain that looked at a tortilla and said, ‘‘You could be so much more’’ – has opened its second Valley location at PV, the $2 billion redevelopment of the former Paradise Valley Mall near Cactus

🍜 Amy Pho, a family-run Vietnamese restaurant offering six varieties of pho, has opened its third Valley location on the northeast corner of Pinnacle Peak and 39th Drive in Glendale. Its first two locations opened last year in north Phoenix

🥤 Milkshake Factory, a Pittsburgh-based chain that made its Arizona debut in south Chandler last year, has soft-opened a second location near the southeast corner of SanTan Village Parkway and Ray in Gilbert. It’s just south of Topgolf and Main

🍣 Kura Revolving Sushi Bar, a popular Japan-based chain known for its conveyor-belt sushi and playful dining experience, has soft-opened its first West Valley location at Goodyear Civic Square. Diners grab plates as they glide past on a moving sushi

🍕 Il Forno Bello Pizzeria – a new concept from Horatio ‘‘Lacho’’ Hernandez, one of the Valley’s most venerable pizzaiolos – has opened in northeast Mesa. It takes over the one-time cantina building in front of Mexican restaurant Rancho de

🍣 Shiso, a modern Japanese restaurant and lounge, has opened in the same small plaza as El Camino on the northeast corner of Stetson Drive and Sixth Avenue in Old Town Scottsdale. Sushi takes center stage, but the menu ranges