Category: New Restaurant Alert

🍝 Bar Capri, an Italian restaurant and bar from the owners of Freely Taproom & Kitchen, has opened in south Tempe. It takes over the space formerly home to Slim Thick Cafe – next door to Freely – on the

🇮🇳 Curry Leaf, an Indian restaurant and market, soft-opens at 11 a.m. Thursday in south Chandler. It has moved into a former martial-arts studio space in the Bashas’ plaza on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Chandler Heights. It’s next

🍕 Strad Pizza, a car-themed concept from a popular YouTuber, has opened on the northwest corner of Scottsdale and Thunderbird in north Scottsdale. It’s a joint venture by car YouTuber James Stradman (pictured), who lives in Utah and has more

🍺 Gilbert-based Arizona Wilderness Brewing has opened its third brewpub on the historic Miracle Mile near downtown Phoenix. The 10,000-square-foot building on the northwest corner of McDowell and 15th Street formerly was home to multiple businesses, including a commercial florist,

🌵 Süss Pastries, a bakery specializing in European-style pastries with Sonoran flavors, has opened a storefront on the southeast corner of Seventh Avenue and Missouri in Phoenix. Launched by Jasmin Smith in 2018 out of her apartment kitchen, Süss (pronounced

☕️ Better Buzz Coffee, a San Diego-based chain that expanded into Arizona in last year, has opened its fifth Valley location on the northeast corner of 107th Avenue and McDowell in Avondale. In addition to hot and cold coffee drinks, Better

🥯 Don Guerra’s Barrio Bagel & Slice, a bakery and pizza slice drive-through from the James Beard Award-winning Tucson baker, has opened in Gilbert. The new concept takes over the former Sonic Drive-In just south of Arizona Wilderness Brewing near the southeast corner of

🍣 Handroll & Poke By Gohan, a small Japanese restaurant, has opened on the northwest corner of 91st Avenue and Glendale – just north of Westgate Entertainment District – in Glendale. The compact menu features four appetizers ($7-$11), nine specialty

☕️ Locally owned Mission Coffee & Tea has opened just north of Eggstasy and Kodo Sushi at the Watermark near the southwest corner of Gilbert and Germann in Chandler. The cafe sources its coffees and teas directly from growers around

ç 🥤 California-based smoothie shop Juice It Up has made its Valley debut on the northwest corner of Rural and Ray in south Tempe. The menu offers 11 ‘‘classic’’ smoothies and 11 ‘‘specialty’’ ones. The latter include superfruit-infused, protein-infused, and

🌮 Sonoran wood-fired restaurant Glenrosa has opened at Grass Clippings Rolling Hills golf course and entertainment venue in north Tempe. The 5,800-square-foot restaurant is the final piece of a $15 million renovation of the longtime Rolling Hills, Arizona’s only night

🥘 Indibar, an elevated Indian restaurant fusing traditional Indian flavors with modern techniques, has opened in central Scottsdale. It takes over the former Rancho Pinot Grill space at the Lincoln Village shopping center on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and

🌮 The Mexicano, the Maggiore Group concept that debuted in Paradise Valley in 2021, launches its second location at 4 p.m. today at Chandler Fashion Center. It takes over the former Majerle’s Sports Grill building (most recently the short-lived Howler’s Restaurant

🍸 The Henry, Sam Fox’s upscale-casual New American concept that debuted in Arcadia in 2013, officially opens its second Valley location today. The self-described ‘‘greatest neighborhood restaurant’’ was newly constructed on the northeast corner of Central and Camelback in uptown

🇮🇳 Bikanervala, a casual Indian restaurant and snack food chain based in Dehli, has made its Arizona debut in Chandler. The all-vegetarian concept has taken over the former Jimmy John’s space in front of the Walmart on the southeast corner of

🍖 Word of Mouth Grill, a family-run barbecue restaurant in south Tempe, opens its second location today on the northeast corner of 48th Street and Ray in Ahwatukee. Owner Demetrious Makel launched Word of Mouth in 2011 as a catering service,

🍝 Pasta Love, an Italian takeout concept offering pastas and salads, has opened in north Phoenix. It’s moved into the former Dirty Dough space next to Mesquite Fresh Street Mex near the northeast corner of 19th Avenue and Happy Valley.

🍷 Jamie’s Bottle Shop, a wine bar and retail shop from Wrigley Mansion owner Jamie Hormel, has opened in Old Town Scottsdale. It takes over the former River Trading Post art gallery space near the southeast corner of Goldwater and

⚾️ Tom’s Watch Bar, a Colorado-based chain of sports bars, has made its Arizona debut in downtown Phoenix just in time for the start of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ season. It takes over the former Hard Rock Cafe space (most recently

🍜 Shio Ramen & Crudo, a new concept from the owners of Sushiholic, has soft-opened on the ASU SkySong campus in south Scottsdale. It takes over the space formerly home to Clever Ramen, which closed last summer, on the southeast