Category: New Restaurant Alert

🍣 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 Achiote 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