Category: New Restaurant Alert

🥗 Sweet Tomatoes, the national chain of salad buffet restaurants that went bankrupt and closed all 97 of its locations (including seven in the Valley) during the covid pandemic, has reopened a restaurant in Tucson. It’s the first opening in

🇹🇭 Real Thai & Sushi, a restaurant specializing in Thai street food and Thai rolls, has opened at The Boulevard Surprise Pointe on the southeast corner of Litchfield and Waddell in Surprise. What’s on the menu? Appetizers ($5.95-$14.95), salads ($5-$17.95),

☕️ Empower Coffee Roasters, which Denise and Zach Gamza (pictured) launched in 2020 with a mission to empower women through education and opportunity, has opened a bricks-and-mortar cafe on the southeast corner of Southern and Gilbert in Mesa. What’s on

🍣 Zu Izakaya, an eight-year-old Tempe kitchen and bar offering Asian fusion cuisine and sushi, has opened a second location in the Sprouts shopping center on the northeast corner of Tatum and Cactus in northeast Phoenix. What’s on the menu?

🍨 Gelato Cimmino, a locally owned gelato shop that opened in Old Town Scottsdale in 2018, has launched its long-in-the-works second location on the northeast corner of Gilbert and Vaughn (just north of OHSO Brewery) in downtown Gilbert. Owner Mario

🥢 Number 1 Buffet, an all-you-eat Chinese restaurant, has opened at the Gateway Crossing shopping center on the northwest corner of I-10 and 99th Avenue in Avondale. What’s on the menu? A huge buffet of Chinese dishes (well, mostly Americanized

🍜 A Ma’s Kitchen & Pho, a family-run Vietnamese eatery focused on that country’s signature soup dish, has opened at the Chandler Ranch shopping center on the northeast corner of Chandler and Dobson in Chandler. What’s on the menu? Ten

🍷⚾️ Vintage XIV Wine Bar & Sports Lounge, a new elevated concept from the owners of The Draft Sports Grill in Mesa, has opened in the Paradise Village Center on the northeast corner of Tatum and Shea in northeast Phoenix.

🍩 Parlor Doughtnuts, a national chain founded in Evansville, Ind., in 2019, has made its Arizona debut on the northeast corner of University and Farmer in downtown Tempe. What’s on the menu? Large layered doughnuts ($3.65 apiece) in more than

🥯 Rolled Out Bakery, a husband-and-wife-owned bakery specializing in rolls, holds its grand opening Saturday inside Beanchain Coffee on the northeast corner of Alma School and Southern in west Mesa. What’s on the menu? Cinnamon rolls ($5.25), orange rolls ($5.25),

🇲🇽 Corazón de Agave, a family-owned, refined Mexican sit-down restaurant and bar, has opened on the northeast corner of Bell and 40th Street in north Phoenix. What’s on the menu? Appetizers ($10-$32), salads ($12-$14), soups ($13-$17), tacos ($15-$18 for three),

🥢 Bloomy Kitchen, an Asian sit-down restaurant specializing in wok dishes and ramen, has taken over the short-lived Mimi Kitchen building on the northwest corner of Dobson and Guadalupe in southwest Mesa. What’s on the menu? Wok dishes include orange

🥞 Maple & Rye, a new all-day American concept from Westside Concepts (Haymaker, Copper & Sage, Cantina Gueros, etc.), has opened on the southeast corner of Clearview and Sunrise boulevards in The Grand resort-style community in Surprise. What’s on the

🐐 The Buzzed Goat, a 5-year-old locally owned coffee bar and taphouse in Ahwatukee, finally has opened a long-awaited second location on the southeast corner of McClintock and Southern (behind Boston Market) in Tempe. The new location, originally scheduled to

🍣 Shimogamo, the highly acclaimed Japanese restaurant in south Chandler, has launched a second location at SanTan Village shopping center on the northwest corner of Santan Village Parkway and Williams Field in Gilbert. Unlike the original, which opened in 2003

👺 Devil’s Hideaway, the latest concept from Valley nightlife entrepreneur Julian Wright, has opened in the former Rula Bula Irish Pub space on the southeast corner of Mill Avenue and Fourth Street in downtown Tempe. Wright (Pedal Haus Brewery, Lucky’s

🍜 Tucson-based JA Ramen, which debuted in 2022, has opened its first Valley location – and sixth overall – on the southeast corner of Baseline and 59th Avenue in Laveen. What’s on the menu? Appetizers ($3-$14.49), salads ($9.40-$14.40), 13 kinds

🎷 Lush Café & Lounge, a chef-driven restaurant and live music venue, has opened in the former Fuddruckers building on the northwest corner of Elliot and Priest in south Tempe. What’s on the menu? The day menu features bakery items

🇲🇽 Cielo Rojo, a new sibling concept to 22-year-old Mexican seafood restaurant Mariscos Playa Hermosa in Phoenix, has opened near the northeast corner of 16th Street and McDowell in Phoenix’s Coronado neighborhood. What’s on the menu? Most dishes on the

🍗 Maynard James Keenan, owner of The Merkin Vineyards and Caduceus Cellars, opens a new restaurant concept – Four 8 Fried Chicken by Four 8 Wineworks – today in Old Town Cottonwood. It takes over the space formerly occupied by