Category: New Restaurant Alert

Raj & Rani’s Indian Kitchen has replaced The Tasty Touch Flavors of India on the southwest corner of Tatum and Bell in northeast Phoenix. The menu: Tandoori specials, seafood dishes, chaat, wraps, curries, and biryanis. (Pictured: Tandoori chicken.) Open: 11

Busan Mart, a Korean 🇰🇷 convenience store offering a few grab-and-go meals, has soft-opened on the north side of Broadway, halfway between Rural and McClintock, in Tempe. What you’ll find: Mostly instant noodles 🍜, snacks, and drinks for the soft

Paco’s Tacos & Sip , specializing in quesabirria tacos 🌮, has replaced The Bread and Honey House‘s second location on the northeast corner of Van Buren and 47th Street in east Phoenix. The Bread and Honey House owner and chef

Coabana, a Cuban-inspired 🇨🇺 cocktails and tapas lounge from the owners of popular nightspots Pigtails and Rough Rider, has opened at Cityscape on the northeast corner of First Street and Jefferson in downtown Phoenix. Menu highlights: Pork masitas (guacamole topped with roasted

Hooked on Sushi, a family-owned Japanese 🇯🇵 restaurant and sushi bar, has opened in the former Sushi Yuki space in the Sprouts Center on the southwest corner of Thunderbird and 83rd Avenue in Peoria. Sushi Yuki closed at the end

Bundoo Khan, a worldwide chain of Pakistani 🇵🇰 barbecue restaurants specializing in kabobs and chicken tikka, has opened its first Arizona franchise inside the Lotus International Market on the southeast corner of Alma School and Baseline in southwest Mesa. The

Ay, Chabela, a Mexican seafood restaurant with an agave-based cocktail program, has opened in the former Chez Gregory space near the southeast corner of Roosevelt and Seventh Street in downtown Phoenix. Who: The restaurant is a joint project by brothers

Bodega, a Cuban-inspired 🇨🇺 restaurant and nightclub, has opened across the road from Twin Peaks at Westgate on the southeast corner of Glendale and the 101 in Glendale. The menu: Tacos, sandwiches, 12-inch pizzas, bowls, and a few entrees. Highlights

New Jersey-based Playa Bowls, which made its Arizona debut in Scottsdale last year, opens its second Valley location at 11 a.m. Saturday near the northwest corner of Ellsworth and Riggs in Queen Creek. The first 50 people in line Saturday

Valley-based YC’s Mongolian Grill, a build-your-own stir-fry concept, opens its third Valley location at 11 a.m. today near the northwest corner of the 101 and Raintree in north Scottsdale. The menu: Diners customize a bowl with veggies, rice, noodles, and

Loco J’s Tacos & Tequila, a polished Mexican restaurant with a full bar, has opened in the former Barro’s Pizza space on the northwest corner of Tatum and Dynamite in Cave Creek. The menu: Eight kinds of tacos, burritos, enchiladas,

Dave’s Hot Chicken, a Los Angeles-based fast-casual chain specializing in Nashville-style hot chicken, opens at 11 a.m. today in the former Burger King building on the southeast corner of Cooper and Baseline in Gilbert. Star power: The 5-year-old concept, which

Sprouts Farmers Market and Press Coffee, both based in Phoenix, are teaming up for the first-ever Press location inside a Sprouts store. The space: Located at the Sprouts on the southwest corner of Seventh Avenue and Osborn in Phoenix, it

Churro Nest, a Vietnamese-inspired dessert shop, has replaced the short-lived Churroholic, which had made its Arizona debut in May, at Tempe Marketplace. The menu: Churros, churro dogs, churro and ice cream, rice paper pizza, Crab Rangoon, fried skewers, rice puffs,

Sakura Sushi, a 5-year-old restaurant in Ahwatukee, has opened a second all-you-can-eat location next to Target on the northeast corner of U.S. 60 and Power in east Mesa. The menu: All-you-can-eat sushi is $18.99 at lunch and $26.99 at dinner.

Jefe’s Cantina, a Mexican eatery with a full bar, has replaced the short-lived Loco Amigo’s, which had moved into the former Burger IM building on the southeast corner of Price and Willis in south Chandler in May. The menu: Burritos,

Four restaurant brands were revealed Tuesday as concessionaires inside ASU’s new hockey arena, which opens this weekend, in Tempe: Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers, a Scottsdale-based concept with 13 Valley locations, the most recent at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix; Venezia’s

Lucky’s Pizza, which has been serving New York-style pies in Glendale since 1993, has opened a second location in the Bashas’ plaza on the northeast corner of Lake Pleasant Road and 99th Avenue in Peoria. The menu: Thin-crust and Sicilian

The Rec Pizza & Detroit Eats, a popular Michigander gathering place that closed in June, has reopened under new ownership on the northwest corner of Lake Pleasant Parkway and Beardsley in Peoria. The menu: Detroit-style rectangular pizzas, coney dogs, Better

Award-winning downtown Phoenix cocktail bar Undertow opens its second location at 4 p.m. today at Epicenter at Agritopia on the northwest corner of Higley and Ray in Gilbert. The space: With a hand-carved bar top and a figurehead salvaged from