Category: New Restaurant Alert

🧁 Myesha Harris, a civil engineer who began selling red velvet cakes and cupcakes on the side about 12 years ago, has opened her first bricks-and-mortar space, Red Velvet Bakery, on Central, about a half-mile north of Baseline, in south

🍳🥞 The Boozy, a 3-year-old brunch restaurant at High Street in north Phoenix, has opened a second location on the northwest corner of Raintree and Northsight in north Scottsdale. The space: The former home of Fired Pie, which closed in

🇯🇵🥩 Donabe, a Japanese steakhouse offering rare and imported wagyu, has opened inside the W Scottsdale on the southeast corner of Camelback and Brown in Old Town Scottsdale. The space: A small seating area on the second floor of the

🌺 Hawaiian Bros. Island Grill, a chain actually based in Kansas City, Mo., has opened its second Valley location at the Tempe Food Court on the northeast corner of Perry Lane and Fifth Street just south of Tempe Marketplace. The

🍜 Chow’s Ramen & Hibachi, a locally owned Japanese restaurant, has opened on the southwest corner of McClintock and Elliot in south Tempe. The space: Formerly home to Li’s Asian, which closed earlier this month, at the opposite end of

🍕🍻 Holiday Toast & Tap, a locally owned restaurant and bar, has soft-opened in the former Copper & Logs space on the southwest corner of Greenfield and Warner in Gilbert. The space: Copper & Logs, which opened in February 2020,

⚾️🍺 Philly’s Sports Grill, a longtime East Valley sports bar, has opened its fifth location on the southeast corner of McClintock and Baseline in south Tempe. The space: It takes over the strip-mall space that previously was home to 5

🥗🥙 Cava, a Washington, D.C.-based Mediterranean fast-casual chain, has opened its fourth Valley location at Cornerstone on the northeast corner of Rural and University in Tempe. The space: It takes over the ground-floor space formerly home to ASU fave Sushi

🌭🥤 Portillo’s, the Chicago-based fast-casual chain, has soft-opened its sixth Valley location near the southwest corner of Ellsworth and Queen Creek in Queen Creek. The space: Designed with a ‘‘Southwest garage’’ theme, the 7,800-square-foot restaurant has seating for 180 inside

🥟🍜 Uncle Panda Dumpling & Noodle House, a family-run Chinese restaurant specializing in handmade dumplings and noodles pulled in-house, has opened on the northeast corner of Bell and 57th Avenue in Glendale. The food: Dumplings, steam buns, wontons, soups, noodles,

🥙 Spitz, a Los Angeles-based Mediterranean street food concept that made its Arizona debut at Desert Ridge Marketplace in May, has opened a second location near the southwest corner of Rural and Apache in Tempe. The food: Inspired by street

🍳🥂 Breakfast Kitchen Bar, a locally owned brunch concept that debuted at Phoenix’s Desert Ridge Marketplace in 2020, has launched a second location on the northwest corner of Hayden and Northsight in north Scottsdale. The food: Highlights include a huevos

🍺🍕 BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse, a California-based chain of microbreweries, has opened its fifth Valley location at The Shoppes at Casa Paloma on the southeast corner of I-10 and Ray in west Chandler. The space: The new BJ’s is a

🍦 Crispý Cones, an Idaho-based chain of shops specializing in Czech-style soft-serve ice cream cones known as trdelníks, has made its Arizona debut next to DC Steakhouse on the northwest corner of Arizona and Chicago in downtown Chandler. The food:

🍣 Shinme Cuisine, a Chinese restaurant and sushi bar, has opened near the southwest corner of I-17 and Cactus in west Phoenix. The food: Sushi (14 traditional rolls and 14 specialty) and sashimi, Americanized Chinese entrees such as kung pao

🥩🍸 Elliott’s Steakhouse, an elevated steak and seafood restaurant named in honor of late restaurateur Elliott Hall, officially opens to the public at 3 p.m. today in downtown Chandler. Owners Gavin Jacobs and Jackie Hall previously teamed with Hall’s husband,

🌎 Moxies, which describes itself as ‘‘a contemporary casual restaurant offering a globally inspired menu and handcrafted cocktails,’’ has made its Arizona debut at Scottsdale Fashion Square. The Vancouver-based chain has more than 50 locations across Canada. Scottsdale is its

🍔🍺 Point 22 Tavern, an all-day American grill and bar with a dog-friendly patio, has opened on the southeast corner of Ellsworth and Ray in the Eastmark neighborhood in southeast Mesa. Robert Webb, who has been in the industry for

🌯🌮 Someburros, the East Valley-based chain of family-run fast-casual Mexican restaurants, officially opens its 14th Arizona location at 9 a.m. Saturday on the northeast corner of 83rd Avenue and Thunderbird in Peoria. Grand opening festivities: A live mariachi band, gift

🍺🍔 Scottsdale-based Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers opens its 15th location at 11 a.m. Friday in the former Verrado Community Welcome Center on the northeast corner of McDowell and Verrado Way in Buckeye. The space: Approximately 5,300 square feet with an