Category: New Restaurant Alert

🥣 Nautical Bowls, a Minnesota-based chain specializing in açai and other superfood bowls, has opened its fourth Valley location at Novus Place near the northwest corner of Rural and University in Tempe. What’s on the menu? Twelve signature bowls, as

🍹 Pretty Penny, a neighborhood cocktail bar with a menu of elevated small plates, has opened in the former Pour Bastards space on the northeast corner of Roosevelt and Fifth streets in downtown Phoenix. Pour Bastard Hospitality is the parent

🥙 Cairo’s Gyros, a locally ownedfast-casualMediterranean eatery, has opened in the former NoRa Asian Fresh strip-mall space on the southeast corner of Cooper and Baseline in Gilbert. What’s on the menu? Gyros, kebabs, shawarma, falafel, Greek burgers, Greek salads, baba

🥧 Little Snitch Brunch & Cocktails, an elevated coffee shop with a bakery counter and full bar, has opened on the northwest corner of Pima and Pinnacle Peak in north Scottsdale. What’s on the menu? The bakery counter offers scones,

🍔 Eureka!, a California-based chain of two dozen American gastropubs, has made its Arizona debut at Novus Place, the new entertainment district at the Novus Innovation Corridor, near the northwest corner of University and Rural on the east side of

🌮 Carbon & Salt Taco Shop, an eatery specializing in charcoal-grilled street tacos, has opened on the northwest corner of Greenway and 19th Avenue in west Phoenix. What’s on the menu? Ten kinds of tacos, including cabeza (cow’s head), lengua

🥗 Beginner’s Luck, a laid-back comfort food restaurant from chef Bernie Kantak and Andrew Fritz (the guys behind Citizen Public House and The Gladly), has opened near the northwest corner of Main and Brown in Old Town Scottsdale. Menu highlights

🍳 The Counter by Morning Squeeze, a no-frills diner-like space, has opened at local brunch concept Morning Squeeze’s catering commissary on the southeast corner of University and 52nd Street in west Tempe. What’s on the menu? The limited menu focuses

🍜 Noodles & Company, a fast-casual chain based in Broomfield, Colo., opens its seventh Valley restaurant today on the southwest corner of Camelback and 22nd Street in Phoenix’s Biltmore neighborhood. What’s on the menu? A wide variety of pasta dishes,

🍕 Ambrogio15, which has been voted the best pizza in San Diego by several publications, has opened its first out-of-state location at the Biltmore Fashion Park on the northeast corner of Camelback and 24th Street in Phoenix. What’s on the

🍔 5th Street Burger & Fries, which began as a delivery-only ghost kitchen and then opened a Tempe restaurant in 2021, has launched a second restaurant near the southeast corner of Power and Baseline in east Mesa. What’s on the

🔥 Santo Arcadia, a grill-focused modern Mexican restaurant from Espiritu chef Roberto Centeno and Tacos Chiwas co-owner Armando Hernandez, has opened on the northeast corner of 44th Street and Osborn in east Phoenix. What’s on the menu? Santo, which is

☕️ Better Buzz Coffee, a San Diego-based chain with 22 locations in California, opens its first out-of-state location today on the southeast corner of Glendale and Seventh Street in north Phoenix. What’s on the menu? Hot and cold coffee drinks,

🍛 Vayal’s Indian Kitchen, a former food truck and caterer offering dishes from both northern and southern India, has opened a strip-mall space on the southwest corner of Thomas and Fifth Avenue in midtown Phoenix. What’s on the menu? Specialties

🥪 Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop, a chain that started in California but moved its headquarters to Scottsdale in 2022, has opened its sixth Arizona location on the northwest corner of Gantzel and Combs in Queen Creek. What’s on the menu?

🌮 Tacos & Craft, a new quick-casual concept offering 16 kinds of tacos and 10 beers on tap, has opened near the northeast corner of Rural and Baseline in south Tempe. What’s on the menu? The tacos – eight ‘‘house’’

Tempe Eats, a food hall featuring 10 concepts under one roof with a drive-through, a pickup window, and curbside service, has opened in the former Pet Club building on the southeast corner of Mill and Southern in Tempe. It’s the

🧁 Frosted Bakehouse, a bakery and coffee house from Kristina Diaz (former owner of KD Cakes in Chandler) and Celeste Figueroa (former owner of Celly’s Sweets in Mesa), has opened on the southwest corner of Elliot and 51st Street in

👨🏼‍🎨 The Starving Artist, a new ‘‘neighborhood dive bar meets cocktail lounge’’ concept from OHSO Brewery & Distillery, has opened in the former Helton Brewing building on the northwest corner of Indian School and 22nd Street in Phoenix. What’s on

🍩 Duck Donuts, a Pennsylvania-based chain offering made-to-order cake doughnuts, has opened its third Arizona location on the northeast corner of Signal Butte and Ocotillo in Queen Creek. What’s on the menu? More than two dozen gourmet doughnuts, breakfast sandwiches,