Category: New Restaurant Alert

Danny Quinn, the owner of Pubblico Italian Eatery in Phoenix and Scottsdale, has launched a new concept – Rockefeller – on the northwest corner of Hayden and Doubletree Ranch in north Scottsdale. The dinner-only restaurant focuses on seafood, oysters, and

Myungrang Hot Dog, a California-based chain specializing in Korean-style battered hot dogs, has opened its second Valley location next to the AZ International Marketplace on the northeast corner of Dobson and Broadway in west Mesa.

Snowtime, a Korean dessert shop, has opened its third East Valley location next to next to Home Goods and the AMC Ahwatukee 24 theaters on the southwest corner of I-10 and Ray in Ahwatukee. It sells ice cream, shaved ice,

The Paleta Bar, a New Mexico-based chain of Mexican dessert shops, has opened its third East Valley location on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Chandler Heights in south Chandler. The menu offers customized paletas, fruit cups, elote cups, dorinachos,

Little O’s, a smaller spinoff of OHSO Brewery, has soft-opened its second location – and first true market – next to the original OHSO on the northeast corner of Indian School and 49th Street in east Phoenix. It offers coffee

Cava, a Washington, D.C.-based Mediterranean fast-casual chain that bought Zoës Kitchen in 2018, has opened its second Valley location in the former Zoës near the southeast corner of Scottsdale and Greenway in north Scottsdale. The first opened in the former

Thai Peppers Thai Kitchen has moved into the former Nurdberger space in the Shops on Warner near the southeast corner of Gilbert and Warner in Gilbert. Nurdberger closed in September after just a year in business.

Recreo, a playground-themed restaurant and bar whose name is Spanish for ‘‘recess,’’ has opened in the former El Zocalo space on San Marcos Place in downtown Chandler. The concept features live outdoor entertainment on an elevated shipping-container stage, a bar

The Spaghetti Shack, a new spaghetti-by-the-bucket concept, has opened on the northwest corner of Rural and Guadalupe in south Tempe. Managing partner Joey Palomarez originally signed up for a By the Bucket franchise, but ultimately decided to launch a similar

Angie’s Lobster, the new drive-through concept featuring $9.99 lobster meals from the founders of Salad and Go, has opened its second location on the northwest corner of Thunderbird and 43rd Avenue in Glendale. Like its first location in south Tempe,

Mugsy Dogs, a 5-year-old hot dog and burger shop in south Gilbert, has opened a second location near the southwest corner of Main and Stapley in central Mesa. A grand opening celebration with prize giveaways will be held Saturday, Feb.

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom, a Denver-based chain that made a return to the Valley with a new location in Chandler in 2019, has opened a second Arizona location in the former Romano’s Macaroni Grill space on northwest corner of

Buzzed Bull Creamery, a Cincinnati-based chain that infuses alcohol into ice cream using liquid nitrogen, has made  its Arizona debut in the former Creamistry space at the Scottsdale Waterfront on Marshall Way just north of the canal. Also offered are

Nicholas Campisano and Joshua James, the guys behind Clever Koi, have opened a new fast-casual concept, Clever Ramen, on the ASU SkySong campus on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and McDowell in south Scottsdale. The menu offers Clever Koi-inspired build-your-own

The Hub Grill & Bar, a locally owned sports bar with a pair of locations in Mesa (the one in east Mesa, closed since a Jan. 1, 2021, fire, is scheduled to reopen this summer), has launched a third location

Boba Whaaat, a Vietnamese tea shop and eatery, has opened next to Far Away Wine & Provisions in the Squaw Peak Commercial Center on the southwest corner of Indian School and 32nd Street in central Phoenix.

The Paleta Bar, a New Mexico-based chain of Mexican dessert shops that made its Arizona debut in Tempe in August, celebrates the grand opening of its second Valley location Saturday next to the AMC Superstition East 12 theaters on the

Sushi Friend, a one-man operation offering sushi and poke for takeout, has opened in a storefront next to Ladera Taverna y Cocina on the southeast corner of Central and Alice in Phoenix’s Sunnyslope neighborhood.

Patent 139 Brewing has begun its soft opening in the former Third Base sports bar space with a lakeside patio on the southeast corner of Dobson and Ray in Chandler. Owner Tim Hass (whose family holds the patent – No.

Just a few days after unveiling its new winter menu items, Salad and Go, the Gilbert-born chain of drive-through salad eateries, opened its 42nd Arizona location Monday on the northwest corner of Ironwood and Ocotillo in Queen Creek. On the