Category: Restaurant Scouting

Good news for fans of New York-style pizza: Brooklyn V’s Pizza is opening a fourth East Valley location in south Chandler. It’s taking over the 3,000-square-foot space on the northeast corner of Alma School and Chandler Heights that has been

After 18 years in Chandler, Shimogamo, one of the East Valley’s premier Japanese restaurants and sushi bars, is launching a second location in Gilbert. It’s constructing a new building on the northwest corner of Williams Field and Santan Village Parkway

Downtown Mesa is booming. The latest addition, just announced: The Beer Research Institute Taproom and Old School Arcade. The city’s first brewpub, which opened on the northeast corner of Stapley and Baseline in 2014, is launching the taproom and arcade

Boondocks Patio & Grill, a popular Old Town Scottsdale indoor-outdoor hangout for the past seven years, is opening a second location in Tempe. It’s taking over the former Prankster’s Gar & Brill, which closed in 2018 after 33 years, on the

Gilbert-born Salad and Go celebrated its eighth anniversary by announcing six new locations, including two in the East Valley, scheduled to open this summer. The locations: 48th Street and Ray in Ahwatukee Crismon and Southern in east Mesa Tatum and

810 Billiards & Bowling, a South Carolina-based entertainment center concept, is coming to Chandler this spring. It will be located in a vacant 20,500-square-foot space next to Old Navy south of Chandler Fashion Center mall. Along with billiards, bowling, foosball,

Matty G’s Steak Burgers & Spirits, the popular neighborhood bar and grill that just opened its fourth Valley location in southeast Gilbert in November, is working on another location in the town. It’s taking over the former BurgerIM building near

Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux, a Louisiana-based chain of family-friendly sports bars, will make its Arizona debut in southeast Mesa later this year. It’s taking over the former Sweet Tomatoes building near Ray and the 202. Walk-On’s was founded in Baton Rouge,

If you’ve been eagerly waiting for Dog Haus to open its second East Valley location at the Watermark on the north side of Tempe Town Lake, you don’t have to wait much longer. The California-based chain of hot dog shops

Spinato’s Pizzeria & Family Kitchen, one of the Valley’s most popular pizzerias for nearly 40 years, is the latest addition to Epicenter, the mixed-use development under construction at Agritopia on the northwest corner of Higley and Ray in Gilbert. The

Good news for those who love Asian food: Mekong Plaza on the southwest corner of Main and Dobson in west Mesa is expanding. The 100,000-square-foot indoor mall, which is anchored by a huge Asian supermarket and includes more than a

Phoenix’s Pie Snob, one of Arizona’s premier pie shops, is coming to downtown Chandler this spring. It’s taking over the former Crisp Greens space on Arizona Avenue just north of The Sleepy Whale. Baker-owner Traci Wilbur opened her first location

We finally have an approximate timeline for the much-anticipated openings of Flower Child and North Italia in Gilbert. The Sam Fox concepts are planning to open late this summer, sharing a new 11,000-square-foot building on the northwest corner of Santan

Morning Squeeze, a locally owned breakfast-and-lunch concept in downtown Tempe and Old Town Scottsdale, will open a third location in downtown Phoenix this spring. The 3,400-square-foot space on the northwest corner of First Street and Washington will feature a wrap-around

A MXSW reader noticed Playa Bowls, a national chain of beach-themed acai bowl shops that began on the Jersey Shore in 2014, will make its Arizona debut at The Edge, a new mixed-use development at the Loop 101 and 90th

36 Below, an underground martini bar, is coming to the basement beneath Sip Coffee & Beer Garage on the northeast corner of 36th Street and Indian School in east Phoenix. It’s taking over the space formerly home to UnderTow, which

Last October, MXSW broke the news Southern California-based fast-casual burger concept Farmer Boys would make its Arizona debut in the new City Gate Marketplace on the southeast corner of Higley and Baseline in Gilbert this year. Now we know two more locations

Barter & Shake, the Valley hospitality group whose concepts include Phoenix cocktail bar UnderTow, have signed a lease to open a second location of the popular ship-themed bar at the upcoming Epicenter development at Agritopia in Gilbert. The Gilbert UnderTow

Gilbert-born Salad and Go, which has grown to 25 Valley location since its debut in 2013, says it plans to open another 21 locations in 2021. Look for the drive-through salad bar concept coming soon to: 48th Street and Southern

Salvadoreño Restaurant, a family-owned eatery specializing in El Salvadoran and other Central American dishes, will open its seventh location at Baseline and Hardy in June. Pupusas, thick flatbreads (pictured) that are the national dish of El Salvador, are the signature