Category: Restaurant Scouting

Phoenix-based restaurateur Sam Fox will debut a new Mediterranean restaurant called Theà next year at his new luxury hotel in east Phoenix. The location: Theá will be on the roof of the Global Ambassador, located at 44th Street and Camelback.

We finally have some new details on the new joint venture of well-known East Valley chefs Adam Allison (Handlebar Diner, Brightside Burgers) and Jeff Kraus (Crêpe Bar) in downtown Mesa. The concept: The chef simultaneously announced on social media they’ve just

The Food Network’s Bobby Flay is bringing his burger chain, Bobby’s Burgers, to The Crystal, a new food hall inside Terminal 4 at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. The space: The restaurant will be located in the terminal’s eighth concourse, used

A question frequently asked by MXSW readers – including three so far this week – is whether Lucky’s Lou’s or Original ChopShop is moving into the former California Pizza Kitchen building at Dana Park in Mesa. The confusion: Some readers

Gio Osso, the chef behind acclaimed Virtù Honest Craft and Pizzeria Virtù, is opening a third Old Town Scottsdale restaurant, Piccolo Virtù. The space: It’s moving into the Nonna Urban Eatery space on the northwest corner of Main and Brown.

Pop Pot, a California-based chain of Taiwanese hot pot and tea shops, is moving into the recently closed China Magic Noodle House next to the Lee Lee International Supermarket on the northeast corner of Dobson and Warner in Chandler. The

If you were as saddened as I was by the 2020 closure of The Breadfruit & Rum Bar in Phoenix, here’s some good news: The acclaimed Jamaican restaurant is making a comeback of sorts. Where: Nationally renowned Bitter & Twisted

Several MXSW readers have asked why construction hasn’t begun on the Portillo’s location that the Chicago-based fast-casual chain said would open by the end of this year at SanTan Village in Gilbert. They weren’t very happy with the answer. The