Category: New Restaurant Alert

🍔 Famous 66 American Tavern, a roadhouse-style restaurant and bar honoring iconic highway Route 66, soft-opens at 3 p.m. today at Gilbert Town Square on Gilbert Road between Warner and Ray roads. Who’s behind it? Scottsdale-based Square One Concepts, whose

🍕 Mountain Mike’s Pizza, a California-based chain known for its signature ‘‘crispy curly’’ pepperoni, has opened its third Valley location on the northwest corner of Bell and U.S. 60 in Surprise. What’s on the menu? Eleven specialty pizzas, build-your-own pizzas, oven-baked

🍣 A Sushi & Grill, an all-you-can-eat Japanese restaurant, has opened in the former China Town Buffet space on the southeast corner of McClintock and Baseline in south Tempe. What’s on the menu? Forty-five sushi rolls, plus sashimi and nigiri.

🍕 Andiamo Pizzeria, an Italian restaurant specializing in 20-inch pizzas with premium cheeses and meats imported from Italy, has opened on the northwest corner of Scottsdale and Shea in central Scottsdale. What’s on the menu? Twenty-two specialty pizzas, such as

🇻🇳 Paris Banh Mi Cafe & Bakery, a Florida-based chain of Vietnamese sandwich and coffee shops, has made its Arizona debut next to Carraba’s Italian Grill on the northeast corner of Bell and 57th Avenue in Glendale. What’s on the

🍜 Izakaya Ramen, chef Jared Lupin’s latest venture dedicated to the Japanese noodle dish, has opened on the southeast corner of Thunderbird and Seventh Street in north Phoenix’s Moon Valley neighborhood. What’s on the menu? Five ramen bowls: Shin Ramyun

🍕 Jet’s Pizza, a national takeout/delivery chain specializing in Detroit-style deep dish pizzas, has opened its fifth Valley location behind Safeway on the southwest corner of Higley and Baseline in Gilbert. The menu also offers hand-tossed, thin crust, New York-style,

🍖 Caldwell County BBQ, one of the Valley’s top barbecue joints since opening in southeast Gilbert in 2018, has launched its long-awaited second location at Pecan Lake near the northwest corner of Riggs and Ellsworth in Queen Creek. What’s Pecan

🍽️ Sage & Barrel Craft Eatery, a restaurant and bar with a globally inspired menu, has opened in the former Bar Venedo space near the southeast corner of Power and Pecos in Queen Creek. What’s on the menu? Appetizers, entree

🥣 Açai Republic, a California-based chain of Brazilian juice bars specializing in açai bowls, has opened its second Arizona location on the northeast corner of Alma School and Chandler Heights in south Chandler. What’s on the menu? Açaí bowls, chia

🍪 Eclipse Cookies & Coffee Bar, a bricks-and-mortar spinoff of the Droosserts Cookies & More food truck, has opened – with overnight hours! – near the southeast corner of Country Club and McKellips in Mesa. What’s on the menu? Eclipse

🍣 Sushi Island, a Japanese eatery that also offers a few teriyaki and noodle dishes, has opened in the Bell Tower Plaza on the northwest corner of Bell and 63rd Avenue in Glendale. What’s on the menu? Forty-three sushi rolls,

🦩 Yumbar, a casual restaurant and bar from the former owner of Fez, has opened at The Royale on the southeast corner of Seventh and Glenrosa avenues in Phoenix’s Melrose District. What’s The Royale? The new community-centric complex, which houses

🐓 Twenty people will win free Raising Cane’s for a year when the Louisiana-based fast-food chicken chain opens its 30th Valley location Tuesday on the northwest corner of Indian School and Seventh Street in Phoenix. People can enter a drawing between 7:30

🍨 Jake’s Sweet Shoppe, the ice cream shop at Jake’s Unlimited family entertainment center in Mesa, has opened its first franchise location near the northwest corner of Arizona and Buffalo in downtown Chandler. The menu Jake’s offers a variety of

🤠 Foley Ranch Boots & BBQ, a large country bar with live music and dancing, opens today in the former Sweet Tomatoes building at Desert Ridge Marketplace on the northeast corner of Tatum and the Loop 101 in northeast Phoenix.

☕️ Oregon-based Black Rock Coffee Bar will open its eighth Mesa location at 5 a.m. Friday near the northwest corner of Signal Butte and Elliot. The new location will offer $2 medium drinks all day Friday, plus various deals during the

🍣 Uchi, a modern Japanese concept from James Beard Award-winning chef Tyson Cole (pictured), makes its Arizona debut tonight with the start of a week-long soft opening on the northeast corner of Scottsdale and First Street in Old Town Scottsdale.

🌮 The Taco Spot, which has four East Valley counter-service restaurants, has made its West Valley debut on the southeast corner of Greenway and Dysart in El Mirage. The food Birria tacos and birria ramen are the house specialities, but

🥢 Szechwan Kitchen, specializing in spicy dishes from southwest China, has opened on the northwest corner of Seventh Avenue and Turney in the Melrose District of Phoenix. The food Stir-fries, noodle dishes, fried rice, and dumplings. House specialties include Chongqing