Category: New Restaurant Alert

🍖 Sazas Pampered, a halal-certified barbecue restaurant, has opened in the old Hap’s Pit Barbecue strip-mall space on the southeast corner of Washington and 48th Street in east Phoenix. The signature menu item is beef brisket – smoked over cherry

🥩 Pistoleros Parrilla, a two-story Mexican steakhouse from the owners of popular Boondocks Patio & Grill, has opened its doors on the southeast corner of Stetson and Civic Center Plaza in Old Town Scottsdale. The 5,000-square-foot restaurant with an open

☕️ La La Land Kind Cafe, a Dallas-based coffee concept that made its Arizona debut in December at Kierland Commons in Scottsdale, has opened a second Valley location on the northeast corner of Camelback and 44th Street in Phoenix’s Arcadia

☕️ The Nook Cafe & Bakery, which describes itself as a ‘‘millennial nostalgic cafe,’’ has opened in the former Jolt N Bolt space on the southwest corner of Recker and Guadalupe in Gilbert. The menu features coffee drinks, pastries, and

🍖 After eight years of dishing out the East Valley’s best barbecue at its southeast Gilbert flagship and, more recently, a second location at Pecan Lake in Queen Creek, Caldwell County BBQ is expanding westward. The family-run smokehouse hosts a

☕️ Just over a year ago I wrote about the closure of Tres Leches Café, a terrific Mexican coffeehouse that had been locked in a two-year battle with its landlord after operating nearly a decade in downtown Phoenix. It left

🌮 High-end Mexican restaurant and lounge Camello opens today at the The Esplanade on the southeast corner of Camelback and 24th Street in Phoenix’s Biltmore neighborhood. The 6,000-square-foot venue is the latest concept from 151 Hospitality, the team behind the

🍨 Heladita, a family-run Salt Lake City shop known for its Mexican ice creams and paletas, has opened a store inside the Food City on the northeast corner of Arizona and Ray in Chandler. To celebrate, the store will be

The Guest House 🥩 Chic, nightlife-leaning steakhouse concept (pictured) from Austin, Texas, replaces Italian restaurant Etta at Scottsdale Quarter. Get the details → Neutral Ground Lounge 🍸 Classic cocktails are paired with seasonal, chef-driven small plates at this laid-back hangout

🍕 Yo Pauly’s, one of Scottsdale’s most popular pizzerias since its debut in 2008, launches a second location Sunday in west Chandler. It takes over the former Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria space in the Albertson’s plaza on the northwest corner

🍹 Tropic Thunder, the latest concept from prolific Valley nightlife entrepreneur Julian Wright, has opened on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. Part tiki lounge, part punk rock dive bar, the 50-seat space is located near the northwest corner of Roosevelt

🌯 Guscht Döner House has opened in front of the Harkins Theatres at SanTan Village, bringing a taste of Turkish street food to the busy Gilbert shopping center. The fast-casual spot specializes in döner kebabs – which later became a

🌮 El Gordo Mexican Grill, a fast-casual Sonoran-style comfort food eatery, has opened its 11th Arizona location in the Home Depot parking lot on the southeast corner of Black Mountain and the Carefree Highway in Cave Creek. The grill’s taco

🥢 Jing, a popular Asian-inspired restaurant and lounge designed to feel equal parts dinner destination and late-night hotspot, has opened its newest location on the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Shea in Scottsdale. The Scottsdale location is Jing’s fourth. Others

🥙 Shawarmaati Mediterranean Grill, a 17-month-old restaurant in Gilbert specializing in beef and chicken shawarma, has opened a second location on the northeast corner of Arizona and Chandler Heights in Chandler. The Middle Eastern concept originated in Amman, Jordan. Gilbert

🍸 Neutral Ground Lounge has opened on the northeast corner of Thomas and 46th Street in Arcadia, bringing a laid-back new hangout to one of east Phoenix’s busiest dining corridors. The drink menu keeps things approachable but thoughtful. Expect classic

🌵 Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale has opened Desert Orchard, a new daytime café concept rooted in the landscape, history, and quiet abundance of the Sonoran Desert. Set beneath Pinnacle Peak near the northwest corner of Alma School and Jomax, the

🌯 Someburros, a family-owned Mexican restaurant rooted in Arizona since 1986, has launched its 18th Arizona location – and first in Surprise – on the southeast corner of Cactus and the Loop 303. The menu features signature Sonoran-style burritos under

 Dolce Vita Gelato – a 20-year-old Italian dessert shop, deli, and grocery in northeast Mesa – opens its second location Thursday on the northeast corner of Priest and Warner in south Tempe. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., guests can

In a nostalgic comeback, Midwest favorite Godfather’s Pizza has returned to the East Valley after a nearly two-decade absence with a new location in Queen Creek. It’s located on the southeast corner of Queen Creek and Signal Butte along with