Category: New Restaurant Alert

🇮🇹 Little Joe’s Italian Market, a bricks-and-mortar spinoff of the East Coast Joe’s food truck, has opened in the former Matcha Grove space on the southeast corner of McQueen and Elliot in Gilbert. The menu features pizzas, pastas, and sandwiches to go.

🍜 Cha Yen Pho & Boba, a strip-mall eatery offering Vietnamese and Thai food, has opened on the southeast corner of Seventh Street and Bell in north Phoenix. The menu includes 12 kinds of the namesake pho, plus rice vermicelli (bun),

🍲 BoSa Donuts, the local chain with 50-plus shops throughout the Valley, has launched its new concept, BoSa Kobe Hot Pot, near the northwest corner of University and Farmer in downtown Tempe. The restaurant, which takes over part of the former Dilly’s

The Sidewinder, a Southwestern-influenced diner concept from the team behind Progress and Sottise, has opened in the original Welcome Diner space on the northwest corner of Roosevelt and 10th Street in downtown Phoenix. What’s on the menu? Unlike its higher-end siblings, The Sidewinder offers a menu

Sibling zabiha halal concepts Papa Locos Tacos & Burgers and Jay’s Hot Chicken have opened a shared space on the southwest corner of Mesa and Brown in north Mesa. What’s on the menu? Papa Locos offers tacos, burritos, enchiladas, tortas, and seven specialty

⛳️ The Adobe Bar & Grille, a reimagined rendition of the Arizona Biltmore Golf Club’s former Adobe Restaurant, has opened in the club’s new 19,400-square-foot clubhouse northeast of Camelback and 24th Street in midtown Phoenix. What’s on the menu? Executive chef Richard Castricone’s menu

🇰🇷 Nami Korean Kitchen & Sushi, a family-run restaurant whose specialty is Chuncheon dak-galbi (spicy chicken from the city of Chuncheon), has opened on the northeast corner of Cave Creek and Utopia in northeast Phoenix. What’s on the menu? Traditional Korean fare

Drink Me! Tea Room, a four-year-old business on the northwest corner of McClintock and Warner in south Tempe, has launched a sibling concept, Drink Me! Tea & Treats, next door. What’s on the menu? Besides loose-leaf teas, tea drinks, and cold brew

🇮🇹 Corso Italia Restaurant & Market – an Eataly-inspired venture from chef Corrado La Macchia, who previously owned Corrado’s in Carefree – has opened at the Shops at Gainey Ranch on Doubletree Ranch Road, about a half-mile east of Scottsdale Road, in

🇮🇳 Panchakattu, a sit-down restaurant specializing in south Indian cuisine, has opened in the Laguna Village plaza on the southeast corner of Kyrene and Ray in west Chandler. What’s on the menu? Highlights include Panchakattu karam chicken biryani, karam gobi, neyyi (ghee)

🇲🇽 La Purisima Bakery, an award-winning Mexican bakery that’s been in business since 1983, has opened a third Valley location on the northwest corner of Seventh Avenue and Union Hills in north Phoenix. What’s on the menu? Fresh-baked pastries – including conchas,

🍪 California-based Cookie Plug, a national chain of hip-hop-inspired cookie shops, has made its Arizona debut with two openings – on the southwest corner of Cactus and Tatum in northeast Phoenix and the northeast corner of Rural and Apache in Tempe. What’s

🍩 Indiana-based Parlor Doughnuts, which made its Arizona debut in Tempe in March, has opened a second location on the southeast corner of Chandler and 40th Street in Ahwatukee. What’s on the menu? Large layered doughnuts ($3.65 apiece) in more than two dozen

🌮 Sibling fast-casual concepts Taqueria Factory and Frutilandiaopen their latest dual location today on the southeast corner of Country Club and University in Mesa. It’s the fourth Taqueria Factory in the Valley and the eighth Frutilandia. What’s on the menu?

🍺 Pinnacle Brewing Company, a family-owned and -operated craft brewery, opens at noon today at the Corner Center Square near the northeast corner of Hayden and Raintree (just east of Scottsdale Airport) in north Scottsdale. What’s on tap from brewmaster

⚾️ DTC Sports Grille, the six-month-old sports bar in downtown Chandler, has launched a second location in the former Badlands Bar & Grill space in Tempe. The glass-walled building is located on the north end of the Hilton Garden Inn

☕️ Hidden Gem, a Japanese-influenced coffee shop with a small brunch menu, has opened at the Papago Motor Hotel (formerly known as Sonder at Mariposa) near the southwest corner of Scottsdale and McDowell in south Scottsdale. What’s on the menu?

🐓 Nashville Hot Chicken, a California-based chain with locations in six states, has made its Arizona debut in the Sprouts Farmers Market plaza on the northwest corner of McClintock and Southern in Tempe. What’s on the menu? Nashville-style chicken tenders

🍔 Angie’s Burger, the latest concept from the owners of Angie’s Lobster and Angie’s Prime Grill, debuts at 10:30 a.m. today in the Angie’s Prime Grill building near the southwest corner of Central and Thomas in central Phoenix. What’s on

☕️ Shaghf Cafe, a Dubai-based chain of Arabian coffee shops, has opened its first Arizona location (and just its third in the U.S.) in the former Pho Bamboo space on the northwest corner of Apache and Dorsey in Tempe. What’s