Category: New Restaurant Alert

Tucson-based Eegee’s opens its second Valley restaurant (the first debuted in Gilbert in July) at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on the northwest corner of U.S. 60 and Crismon in east Mesa. Every customer will get a free sticker, and the grand opening

Florida-based Another Broken Egg Cafe, a French-countryside-meets-the-Deep-South concept, has made its Arizona debut behind Sandbar Mexican Grill on the southwest corner of Williams Field and Santan Village Parkway in Gilbert.

Scottsdale-based Mesquite Fresh Street Mex, formerly known as Mr. Mesquite, will open its ninth Valley location – and its first drive-through-only location – on the southeast corner of Val Vista and Queen Creek in Gilbert in February.

Big news for Portillo’s fans who’ve been waiting for the Chicago-based fast-casual chain to open a second East Valley location: It has submitted a design review for a new restaurant to be built on the southeast corner of Williams Field and Santan

Lake Pleasant Brewing,  family-owned craft brewery that’s been in the works for five years, is expected to open in January on the southwest corner of 19th Avenue and Rose Garden in northwest Phoenix.

The Mexicano, a Mexico City-inspired concept from Valley restauranteur Joey Maggiore (whose family’s restaurant group is best known for Tomaso’s, The Sicilian Baker, and Hash Kitchen), opens today in the former Salty Sow space near Cactus and Tatum in Paradise

Queen Creek’s newest craft beer bar – BrüCo Taproom – has opened near the northeast corner of Power and Germann with 30 beers on tap plus wines by the glass. Plans call for a small food menu featuring pizza and

The Sugar Bar, a new hybrid concept combining a taproom with a candy store, has opened on the northwest corner of McQueen and Warner in Chandler. There are 29 beers and two wines on tap (plus many more in bottles

My Kitchen Chinese Cuisine, specializing in dishes like General Tso’s Chicken, Seafood King, and Walnut Shrimp, has opened in the year-old Fry’s Marketplace plaza on the southeast corner of Williams Field and Recker in southeast Gilbert.

Kasai Japanese Steakhouse, the 20-year-old north Scottsdale restaurant known as Sapporo before changing its name three years ago, plans to open a second location at the Park West shopping complex in Peoria by next fall.

Foch Café & Bistro, an all-day restaurant and bar offering crepes, burgers, and sandwiches, has opened at the Orchid House at the Brickyard southeast of the Sixth Street circle west of Mill in downtown Tempe.

Slangin’ Birdz, a Los Angeles-based concept specializing in Nashville hot chicken, has made its Arizona debut in the former Fatburger/U.S. Fries space on the southwest corner of Mill and Fourth in downtown Tempe.

Chico Malo owners Teddy and Katie Myers have partnered with chef Jesus Figueroa (Tarbell’s, Cafe Monarch) and others to launch Wren & Wolf, an all-day restaurant and bar, in the short-lived Condesa space on the northwest corner of Central and

Jason Bell, the owner of Crown Public House in downtown Phoenix, has snapped up the recently closed Switch on the northeast corner of Central and Virginia in midtown Phoenix for a new concept – Hutch Kitchen & Cocktails – scheduled

Waldo’s BBQ & Catering has closed and sold its 4-year-old Gilbert location on the northwest corner of Val Vista and Williams Field. Humble Bistro, a ‘‘neighborhood wine parlor’’ concept at High Street in northeast Phoenix from the owners of the

Calitacos, a 20-month-old Tolleson restaurant specializing in street-style tacos (especially birria tacos), has opened a second location on the southwest corner of Arizona Avenue and Warner in Chandler.

Garden Bar, a garden-to-glass cocktail experience (think fresh ingredients, artisanal spirits, and socially-responsible practices) from James Beard-honored mixologist Kim Haasarud, opens at 5 p.m. today in a 1914 bungalow on Sixth Avenue south of Roosevelt in downtown Phoenix.

High Tide Seafood Bar & Grill, which made its debut on the southwest corner of Val Vista and Williams Field in Gilbert in 2014, has opened its second location, High Tide at The Steelyard, on the southeast corner of Gilbert

NoRa Fresh Asian, a fast-growing chain of fast-casual Asian fusion restaurants, has launched its eighth Valley location – and fourth this year – on the southeast corner of Cooper and Baseline in Gilbert.

Christopher Collins, the chef-owner of the Common Ground Culinary restaurant group, has opened his latest concept, Neighborly Public House, built by Valley-based Laurshan Construction, in the former Stock & Stable space at The Colony on Seventh Street, between Camelback and Bethany