Category: New Restaurant Alert

Mr Brews Taphouse, a Wisconsin-based chain of burger-and-beer eateries, has opened on the northeast corner of Signal Butte and Southern in east Mesa. It’s the concept’s second try at this market; it made its Arizona debut in south Chandler in

The Valley’s latest Chick-fil-A opens at 6 a.m. Wednesday on the northeast corner of 19th Avenue and Bethany Home Road in Phoenix. The concept, the 19th-largest fast-food chain in the United States, was founded in Atlanta in 1967 and came

810 Billiards & Bowling, a South Carolina-based entertainment center concept, has opened next to Old Navy on the south side of Chandler Fashion Center. The 20,500-square-foot center, which has a large restaurant and a bar/lounge, offers billiards, bowling, foosball, ping

Matcha Grove, a small cafe offering matcha-based drinks and gluten-free baked goods, has opened on the southeast corner of McQueen and Elliot in Gilbert. It takes over the strip-mall space formerly home to Muesliikon Green Cafe, which closed earlier this

Barro’s Pizza, the local family-owned chain with 46 locations in the Valley and Tucson, has opened its first Apache Junction restaurant. It’s located in the Fry’s shopping center on the northeast corner of Idaho and the Apache Trail. The chain

The venerable Valley chain Macayo’s Mexican Food has opened its eighth restaurant on the northwest corner of the 101 and Shea in Scottsdale. It takes over the space that formerly housed the brewpub Scottsdale Beer Company, which closed last year.

Cupbop, a Utah-based chain of Korean-BBQ-in-a-cup eateries, has opened its first Arizona location at Desert Ridge Marketplace in northeast Phoenix. It takes over the former Rubio’s Coastal Grill space, near Café Zupas, in The District zone of the shopping center.

Maui Hawaiian Grill, an independent restaurant featuring Hawaiian BBQ, has opened on the southeast corner of Mill and Baseline in Tempe. The strip-mall space formerly was home to Jamaiican restaurant Caribbean Spice. Maui Hawaiian’s menu offers typical island fare such

With last weekend’s opening of 99 Ranch Market in Chandler comes Hot Deli, its food-court eatery featuring dim sum to go and Chinese and Korean barbecue. The Taiwanese-American supermarket anchors a newly renovated shopping center on the northeast corner of

(Update: Due to a problem with their point-of-sale system, Chesapeake Bay has delayed their opening from Saturday, June 5, until Tuesday, June 8.) Chesapeake Bay Seafood Bistro – specializing in what its owner calls ‘‘quick, healthy seafood to go’’ –

Buono’s, a longtime East Valley pizzeria now in its third manifestation, opens at 11 a.m. today near the northwest corner of Val Vista and Williams Field in Gilbert. It takes over the strip-mall end-cap that has been home to a

Picazzo’s Healthy Italian Kitchen opens its sixth restaurant – and second in the East Valley – on the northeast corner of Lindsay and William Field in Gilbert at 11 a.m. Thursday. It takes over the space that formerly was home

Salad and Go, the Gilbert-born chain of healthy drive-throughs, launches its 31st location – and first in Ahwatukee – at 6:30 a.m. Thursday near the northwest corner of 48th Street and Ray. Salad and Go offers nine chef-created salads (all

Artichoke Basille’s Pizza, an award-winning pizza chain out of New York City that made its Arizona debut in south Tempe last year, has launched its second Valley restaurant in Phoenix. It’s located just north of Matty G’s and The Vig

Genuine Concepts, the local restaurant group behind The Vig, The Little Woody, The Womack, and others, opens its newest concept – Campo Italian Bistro & Bar – in Scottsdale at 3 p.m. today. It replaces James Beard Award-winning chef Alex

The restauranteurs behind Z’Tejas Southwest Grill launch a new ghost kitchen concept, Woo Woo Burgers, today operating out of the Chandler location. The throwback concept offers a straightforward menu of burgers, chicken sandwiches, and sides. Ten percent of total sales for

5th Street Burgers & Fries, which began as a takeout-only ghost kitchen concept, has opened a bricks-and-mortar restaurant on the northeast corner of Priest and Washington in northwest Tempe. It takes over the space that formerly was home to Mediterranean

Renata’s Hearth, a new restaurant with charred and smoked dishes featuring Central and South American-inspired flavors, has opened at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. Chef Jesus Figueroa Ortega, who was sous chef at Tarbell’s in Phoenix and Café Monarch in

Brooklyn V’s Pizza, a group of family-run local pizzerias, opened its fourth East Valley restaurant today in south Chandler. It takes over the former Amalfi Pizza strip-mall space on the northeast corner of Alma School and Chandler Heights. Amalfi closed

CoreLife Eatery, a Syracuse, N.Y.-based fast-casual healthy eating concept, holds the official grand opening of its second Arizona restaurant Friday in Gilbert. On Thursday, though, the eatery on the southeast corner of Higley and Baseline will hold a soft-opening ‘‘Pay