Category: New Restaurant Alert

🍗 bb.q Chicken, a South Korea-based chain of Korean fried chicken restaurants that has 3,500 locations in 57 countries, has made its Arizona debut at the 99 Ranch Market plaza on the northeast corner of Chandler and Dobson in Chandler. The

🆓 Colorado-based Red Robin Gourmet Burgers & Brews opens its 19th Arizona restaurant at 11 a.m. today on the northwest corner of Glendale and 91st Avenue in Glendale. The first 50 people in line will receive a free T-shirt and $20 gift

🦉 Night Owl, a neighborhood hangout featuring pizza, smash burgers, and craft cocktails, opens at 11 a.m. today on the northeast corner of Hayden and McDowell in south Scottsdale. A patio has pool tables, classic arcade and pinball games, and a

🍹 Pour Decisions Patio & Kitchen, a new concept from Jackson Armstrong, owner of Ginger Monkey and BLD in Chandler, has opened in the former Loyalty Lounge space – better known as the former Old Town Gringos space – in Old Town Scottsdale. The menu

🌮 Xolo Tacos, a sister concept to Maskadores Taco Shop, has made its debut in the former Tacos & Tequila space on the southwest corner of Thunderbird and Seventh Street in north Phoenix. Compared to its sibling, Xolo has more elevated tacos, enchiladas,

Julie and Fabian Ocampo, owners of the award-winning Que Sazon food truck, have opened a bricks-and-mortar restaurant for their South American cuisine in the historic Teeter House at Heritage Square in downtown Phoenix. The menu features tacos, empanadas, arepas, and Colombian

🌮 Sr. Ozzy’s Tacos Y Mariscos, which debuted in south Phoenix in 2017 and recently began franchising, has opened its third location on the southeast corner of Kyrene and Ray in west Chandler. The expansive menu even includes sushi. Open for

🇯🇵 Japanese discount store chain Daiso, which has nearly 6,000 locations worldwide, makes its Arizona debut at 10 a.m. Saturday next to 99 Ranch Market on the northeast corner of Chandler and Dobson in Chandler. The store sells everything from

🍕 Grand Avenue Pizza Co., which closed last June in downtown Phoenix and was replaced by SnapBack Pizzeria, reopens at 8 p.m. tonight in a new, much larger space about eight miles away near Glendale and Grand avenues in Glendale. The building

☕️ Oregon-based Black Rock Coffee Bar will celebrate the opening of its 31st Arizona store – and sixth in Scottsdale – by selling $2 medium drinks at the new store all day Friday. The store is in the Safeway shopping center on the

⛳️ Popstroke, a golf-entertainment venue designed by Tiger Woods’ TGR Design, opens today just west of Dave & Buster’s and the AMC theaters at Westgate in Glendale. In addition to two 18-hole putting courses, the not-just-for-golfers venue has a full-service open-air restaurant and an

🇯🇵 Matsuri Izakaya on Mill, a Japanese street food restaurant and tapas bar, has opened in the former La Bocca Urban Pizzeria & Wine Bar space near the northeast corner of Mill and Seventh Street in downtown Tempe. It’s part of

🍨 Ohio-based Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams celebrates the grand opening of its first Arizona store at 7 p.m. tonight on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Marshall Way in Old Town Scottsdale. The store will be giving out free scoops

🥪 California-born Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shops, which made its Arizona debut last month in central Scottsdale, has opened a second location on the west corner of Raintree and Frank Lloyd Wright in north Scottsdale. The menu features hot and cold sandwiches

🇲🇽 Tequila Cocina & Cantina – a restaurant and cocktail bar specializing in dishes from the town of Tequila in Mexico’s western state of Jalisco (known for its production of the famous spirit) – has opened on the southwest corner of Camelback and Seventh

🍝 After a 14-year absence from the Valley, Italian-American fast-casual chain Fazoli’s has opened a location at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. It’s situated between gates B6 and B13, next to OHSO Brewery, in Terminal 4. Open from 6 a.m.-10 p.m. daily. Mesa-based Kind

🍽 Arboleda, an elevated Mediterranean concept, has opened in the former Kona Grill space at Scottsdale Quarter on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and the Greenway Hayden Loop in north Scottsdale. Arboleda’s menu is inspired by the cuisine traditionally served along

🐟 Acqua di Mare, an upscale Mediterranean restaurant offering tableside cooking, has opened on the southwest corner of Boston and Oregon – next to West Alley BBQ and across the street from Pedal Haus Brewery – in downtown Chandler. Owner/chef Nikola Hristov’s menu leans

🦞 Angie’s Lobster, the new drive-through concept from the founders of Salad and Go, finally has opened its long-delayed bricks-and-mortar location on the southeast corner of Baseline and Hardy in south Tempe. The menu features warm and chilled lobster rolls for just

🇮🇹 Rosso Italian, a new contemporary Italian restaurant from Pomo Pizzeria owner/chef Stefano Fabbri, has soft-opened at CityScape in downtown Phoenix. The upscale eatery takes over the 5,000-square-foot space formerly home to The Strand Urban Italian. Open for lunch and dinner daily.