Category: New Restaurant Alert

🍛 Avasa, an Asian fusion restaurant whose menu ranges from Indian to Thai, has opened in the Changing Hands Bookstore plaza on the southwest corner of McClintock and Guadalupe in south Tempe. It takes over the longtime Mac’s Tap & Broiler

🐓 Sneakybird, a fast-casual oven-grilled chicken concept from former Native Grill & Wings CEO Daniel Chaon that debuted in Scottsdale in 2022, has launched a second location at Verde at Cooley Station on the southwest corner of Recker and Williams Field

🌮 Mexican restaurant Popo’s Fiesta del Sol has opened its third Valley location on the southwest corner of McDowell and the Estrella Parkway in Goodyear, joining others in west Phoenix (since 1964) and Glendale. House specialties include rolled quesadillas, green

🥌 Lane Park, believed to be the first restaurant or bar in the U.S. to have indoor “bar-style” ice curling, has opened on the northwest corner of First Street and Brown in Old Town Scottsdale. Besides four lanes of curling (pictured

🍹 Oliver’s Modern American, a new concept from the owners of The Eleanor and Fate Brewing, opens today near the northeast corner of Hayden and Thomas in south Scottsdale. The 1960s building, once the country’s only Polynesian Dairy Queen, was moved from

咽 Phoenix-based drive-through concept Angie’s Lobster has launched its sixth Valley location – this one also with inside ordering and dining – on the southeast corner of Rural and Ray in west Chandler. Maine lobster meals (warm or chilled lobster roll or

🍹 Tell Your Friends, an underground cocktail and live music lounge from Creation Hospitality, owners of The Americano and Mora Italian, and Clive Collective, owners of Cala, opens tonight beneath The Americano on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and Chauncey Lane in

🇫🇷 The Crêpe Club, a concept that started as an ASU food cart in Tempe, has opened its third bricks-and-mortar location at ASU’s MIX Center on the southwest corner of Centennial and First Street in downtown Mesa. The eatery sells sweet and

🌭 California-based Dog Haus, which closed its CityScape restaurant on the southeast corner of Central and Washington in downtown Phoenix last year, has reopened it under new franchisees (who also own the locations in Gilbert and Chandler). Besides specialty hot dogs,

🌺 Tiki Star, a classic tiki bar and restaurant from West Valley restaurateur Mario Rana (Osteria Mia, The Stetson Social), has opened at Park West on the northwest corner of Northern and the Loop 101 in Peoria. Besides traditional tiki cocktails (and

🌯 Family-owned Mexican fast-casual chain Someburros has soft-opened its 16th location – and its first in San Tan Valley – on the northeast corner of Gantzel and Combs. The menu offers crispy and soft tacos, tostadas, enchiladas, quesadillas, and, of course, its

🍕 Curry N Crust, a pizzeria that bills itself as ‘‘where Indian spices meet Italian flair,’’ has opened in the small Starbucks strip mall on the southeast corner of the Loop 202 and Rural in north Tempe. The menu focuses on

🥙 Sasa Restaurant & Sweets, a Mediterranean fast-casual eatery and bakery, has opened in the former Lebanese restaurant Mijana Express space on the southwest corner of Thunderbird and 40th Street in north Phoenix. Sasa’s menu features beef and chicken shawarma, beef

🦞 If you like unusual brunch fare – chicken fried lobster tails, red velvet chicken sliders (top), taco pancakes, oxtail and grits (shown bottom left), doughnut smashburgers, deep-fried devil eggs, and a lot more – you might want to check

🍪 Cielito Rosa Bakery & Cafe – a Latina-owned bakery whose offerings include (clockwise from top left) churro cheesecake bars, mini conchas, couture doughnuts, quesadillas dorado, red chocolate chip cookies, and chocolate strawberries – has opened near the northeast corner of Southern

🌎 Doug Robson (pictured), the restaurateur and chef behind Gallo Blanco and Otro Cafe, has launched his latest concept, Tesota, in the former Southern Rail space at The Newton on the northwest corner of Camelback and Third Avenue in uptown Phoenix. The comfort-food menu –

🍷 Downtown Mesa’s once-maligned food and drink scene just keeps getting better and better. The latest addition is Rebel Wine Lounge, an elegant wine bar with a sidewalk patio and occasional live music, on the northwest corner of Main and Macdonald, just

🌭 The Valley’s collective appetite for Chicago fare seems endless. So it’s not much of a surprise that Illinois-based Portillo’s has opened a seventh Valley location (all since 2013) at Prasada North on the northeast corner of the Loop 303 and Waddell

🍓 On the heels of opening its second Valley store in Fountain Hills in March, Florida-based Graze Craze has launched a third on the southwest corner of Thunderbird and 32nd Street in north Phoenix. The stores specialize in grazing boards and boxes

🍺 Tempe brewery Catalyst Crafted Ales, which made its debut in October, has expanded by soft-opening a taproom in southeast Mesa. It takes over the former Cork Crush Wine & Beer House on the southeast corner of Ellsworth and Ray. Some remodeling