Category: New Restaurant Alert

Jai Thai has opened in the former King Red Crawfish & Pho space on the southeast corner of Bell and 99th Avenue in Sun City. Signature dishes include Seafood Crispy Noodle, Massaman Stew Beef, and Choo Chee Salmon Curry. (Pictured:

🍕 Gio’s Chicago Pizza, a strip-mall eatery specializing in a variety of Windy City favorites, has opened on the northwest corner of Peoria and 43rd Avenue in Glendale. Tavern-style pizzas come in 14- and 16-inch sizes and include the Gio’s

🥩 Kasai, a Japanese steakhouse and teppanyaki restaurant in north Scottsdale, has expanded with a second location at Park West on the northeast corner of Northern and 99th Avenue in Peoria. In addition to steaks and seafood, the steakhouse menu

🌯 Someburros, a Chandler-based chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants, has opened its 15th location on the northwest corner of Jomax and Norterra Parkway in north Phoenix. The menu offers 15 burritos – including its best-selling Pollo Fundido – as well

🌮 Taco Papi, a fast-casual Mexican restaurant with some global influences, has opened on the northeast corner of Northsight and Raintree in north Scottsdale. Besides traditional tacos, burros, and quesadillas, the menu will offer some unusual options – such as

🍺🇲🇽 Buqui Bichi Brewery, a Mexican craft brewery based in Hermosillo, Sonora, has opened its second Valley taproom on the southeast corner of Van Buren and First Avenue in downtown Phoenix. Founded in 2016, Buqui Bichi was named the country’s

🥖 Cheba Hut, a national chain of cannabis-themed sub shops that began in Tempe, has opened its seventh Valley location on the northeast corner of Tatum and Shea in Scottsdale. The menu offers a variety of ‘‘toasted’’ subs with tongue-in-cheek

🇻🇳 Viet Fusion, a Vietnamese-focused Asian kitchen, has opened in a strip mall near the southwest corner of Arizona and Warner in Chandler. It’s sandwiched between Hoosier’s Cafe and Pho Mai, another Vietnamese eatery. Viet Fusion’s menu features egg noodle

🥘 Born & Bred, a new casual sibling of popular New American restaurant Aftermath in north Phoenix, has made its debut in downtown Chandler. It takes over the space on the northwest corner of Arizona and Buffalo that formerly was

☕️ Skoden Coffee & Tea, a coffee shop from the Navajo Nation, has taken over the former Kream Coffee space at For the People, a furniture and design store in the uptown Phoenix. The menu offers coffees, teas, lemonades, and

🥩 Charlotte, N.C.-based Firebirds Wood Fired Grill launches its fourth Valley location Wednesday at the new Village at Prasada on the southeast corner of the Loop 303 and Waddell in Surprise. The menu features steaks, ribs, seafood, chicken, burgers, pasta,

🥞 First Watch, a Bradenton, Fla.-based chain of breakfast and lunch cafes, has opened its 30th Valley location on the northeast corner of Stapley and Baseline in Mesa. Its menu offers eggs, pancakes, and waffles for breakfast, and salads and

🥨 The Salted Knot, a regular vendor at the Gilbert and Uptown Phoenix farmers markets, has opened a bricks-and-mortar store in downtown Mesa. It takes over the former Main St. Sweets space on the south side of Main between Drew

🥢 Mimi Kitchen, a self-described ‘‘authentic Shanghai diner,’’ has soft-opened in the former Teriyaki Kitchen building on the northwest corner of Dobson and Guadalupe in southwest Mesa. The highlights of the temporary menu are house-made egg noodles, available in bone

🍪 Urban Cookies, a family-run bakeshop offering gourmet cupcakes, cookies, bars, and cakes, has opened a second location on the northwest corner of Shea and the Loop 101 in Scottsdale. It takes over the strip-mall space formerly home to a

🧁 Cafe 86, a California-based chain of Filipino tea, coffee, and dessert shops, makes its Arizona debut from 6-10 p.m. Saturday on the northwest corner of Alma School and Ray in Chandler. It takes over the strip-mall space formerly home

🍖 The Rosticceria, a restaurant specializing in wood-fired meats with an Italian twist, opens its doors at 3 p.m. Friday near the northeast corner of Tatum and Cactus in northeast Phoenix. It’s the latest concept from The Maggiore Group, joining

🌮🍹 Copper & Sage, a refined comfort food restaurant with a neighboring speakeasy, has opened in the former Los Sombreros/SunUp Brewing buildings on the northeast corner of Camelback and Third Street in Phoenix. Menu influences range from Southern (bayou mussels

🌮 Several months ago, I broke the news that Bacanora chef and co-owner Rene Andrade was quietly planning a new taco shop called Huarachis in downtown Phoenix. That restaurant just opened in the former Rodiberto’s Mexican Food space on the

☕️ Scooter’s Coffee, a chain based out of Omaha, Neb., has opened its fourth Valley location on the northwest corner of Higley and Queen Creek in Gilbert. In addition in coffee, tea, and smoothies, the menu features breakfast burritos, bagel