Category: New Restaurant Alert

🍳 Sophia’s Brunch Counter – a new concept from Valley restaurateur Dave Chamberlin and his brother Aaron Chamberlin (the renowned chef behind the late St. Francis and Phoenix Public Market) – has opened on the northeast corner of Thomas and

 Reality TV icon and restaurateur Lisa Vanderpump has brought her signature brand of ‘‘extra’’ to the desert with the opening of Wolf by Vanderpump at the Caesars Republic Scottsdale. The globally inspired restaurant takes over the seventh-story, 6,500-square-foot space formerly home to Seven,

🌮 Former food truck SALT Sea and Land Tacos, which served as the in-house kitchen at Tempe brewpub Catalyst Crafted Ales in 2024, has opened in its own brick-and-mortar location on the southeast corner of Sossaman and Guadalupe in southeast Mesa. The menu

🍸 After years of “coming soon” signs and anticipation, celebrity-backed 40 Love finally has opened in Old Town Scottsdale. The West Hollywood-born concept takes over the former Kelly’s at Southbridge on the southeast corner of Stetson and Sixth Avenue. Backed by high-profile names like

🍕 Streets of New York, a family-owned Italian chain that’s been around since 1976, opens its 14th Valley location today in the former Euro Cafe Pizza & Bar space on the northeast corner of Saguaro and El Lago in Fountain Hills. The restaurant,

🥩 Durant’s Steakhouse, one of the Valley’s most iconic restaurants, officially reopens today, welcoming diners back through its legendary back door and into a dining room steeped in red leather, low lighting, and decades of political deals, power lunches, and celebratory

☕️ Window Coffee Bar, which has two award-winning locations in Phoenix, has opened a third at The Beam five-story workspace on the northeast corner of Farmer and Fifth Street, just west of downtown Tempe. Window, named the No. 6 coffee spot

🔥 Hecho Libre, a concept combining Mexico’s coastal vibrancy with the agricultural richness of the Sonoran Desert, has soft-opened at the newly renovated Kimpton Miralina Resort near the northwest corner of Scottsdale and Indian Bend in central Scottsdale. The resort, formerly

🍕 Jet’s Pizza, a national takeout/delivery chain specializing in Detroit-style deep dish pizzas, has opened its ninth Valley location near the northwest corner of Bethany Home and 16th Street in north central Phoenix. The menu also offers hand-tossed, thin crust,

 Edo Japanese Grill, a Japanese fast-casual chain that made its Arizona debut in Chandler earlier this year, has opened a second Valley location at Scottsdale Fashion Square’s Palm Court. Core menu items are made to order using a signature teriyaki

🍜 Huda Pho, a Vietnamese eatery that debuted in September at SanTan Village in Gilbert, has launched a second location at Thomas and 15th Avenue in Phoenix’s Encanto neighborhood. The menu offers a half-dozen kinds of pho, including Huda Pho

🍷 For Sogno Toscano, a popular importer of premium Italian ingredients used by chefs nationwide, its new Arcadia wine bar and market is more than an expansion. It’s a return to where the company quietly began. Located on the northwest

🥂 Phoenix’s Melrose District has a polished new neighborhood hangout with the debut of Brasserie Melrose, a stylish all-day French restaurant that’s taken over the former Belly Kitchen & Bar space on the southeast corner of Camelback and Seventh Avenue.

🥗 Cafe Zupas, the soup-and-sandwich chain out of Utah, has opened its 14th Valley location on the southwest corner of University and Maple near downtown Tempe. The menu features 11 house-made soups, seven signature salads, six protein bowls, and a

Dillinger’s Bar & Grill, which describes itself as Arizona’s first mobster-themed bar and grill, has opened in the former Tavern On The Creek near the northeast corner of Cave Creek Road and Greenway Road in north Phoenix. The space had

🍵 Midtown Phoenix gets a fresh hangout this Friday with the debut of Tandy’s, taking over the former Binkley’s building most recently home to a short-lived resurrection of The Larder & The Delta. The bright new café-restaurant from chef Tandy

🍳 Scottsdale-based brunch concept Over Easy debuts its 19th location Saturday near the southeast corner of I-17 and Dove Valley Road in north Phoenix. Guests can score penny mimosas (limit one) with the purchase of an entrée on both Saturday

🇹🇭 LeDu Thai, a popular quick-casual restaurant that opened last year on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix, has opened a second location about five miles north near the southeast corner of Seventh Street and Bethany Home in central Phoenix. It

🍣 Tomu-San Sushi, a restaurant blending fresh fish, a little culinary showmanship, and a Tokyo-inspired vibe, has opened at Market Street at DC Ranch on the southeast corner of Pima and Thompson Peak Parkway in north Scottsdale. The latest venture

🍚 Rice Table, a locally owned Thai restaurant, has opened next to Starbucks on the southeast corner of Hardy and University in west Tempe. Entrees ranging from Thai Grilled Chicken to Phuket Pork to Buddha Tofu Salad come in combo