Category: Restaurant Scouting

Dallas-based Twin Peaks will open its fourth Valley location on the southeast corner of Tempe Marketplace in February and is looking to hire more than 110 workers, including at least 65 ‘‘Twin Peaks Girls.’’ Interested candidates can apply by visiting the

Valley-based Fox Restaurant Concepts will launch a digital-only version of its health-focused Flower Child next Wednesday, Jan. 13, near downtown Tempe. The space: It will be run out of Culinary Dropout, another FRC restaurant, on the southeast corner of Farmer and

Gelato Cimmino, a 2-year-old gelato shop in Old Town Scottsdale, is opening a second location in downtown Gilbert. The space: It’s taking over the former Western Audio stereo repair shop just north of OHSO Brewery. The competition: Right next door

Boca Taqueria, a family-run Mexican restaurant, is scheduled open its third location next month on the northwest corner of Signal Butte and Warner in southeast Mesa. Other locations: The concept debuted at Greenfield and Brown in northeast Mesa in 2016

A sharp-eyed MXSW reader noticed a pair of new chain restaurants coming to Val Vista and Baseline at Dana Park in Mesa. Who: Original ChopShop (pictured) is taking over the old California Pizza Kitchen on the northwest corner, and Habit

The owners of Killer Whale Sex Club on Roosevelt Row are opening two new Japanese-influenced bars – SaberTooth and AstroBar – in downtown Phoenix. The space: The new bars will share a space between Taco Chelo and Trapp Haus BBQ on

The former Rosati’s Pizza space on the northeast corner of McQueen and Ray in Chandler has been leased, and the new occupant will be … Rosati’s Pizza. The background: The Chicago-born chain has been a house divided in Arizona with

Chompie’s, a locally owned chain of New York-style bakeries, delis, and restaurants, announced it will move its Paradise Valley Mall location to a much larger building at 32nd Street and Cactus in Phoenix in mid-2021. The space: Besides a restaurant,

Texas-based Z’Tejas Southwestern Grill, which had dwindled to just two locations in the Valley, will open a new location in the Mercado del Lago plaza near the northwest corner of Hayden and Via de Ventura in Scottsdale in February. The

Dog Haus, a California-based chain of gourmet hot dog shops, will open its second East Valley location at the Watermark on the north side of Tempe Town Lake in early 2021. The food: Besides its signature Haus Dogs, Dog Haus

Air Guitar, a new convenience store concept from a group that includes the founders of Postino, finally has broken ground in Gilbert. The location: It’s located at the Epicenter development on the northwest corner of Higley and Ray What is

Great news for Philly cheesesteak fans! Forefathers is launching a third location in south Chandler. The space: It’s taking over the former Farmboy Market, Meats & Sandwiches strip-mall space, which closed in August, on the southwest corner of Alma School

Tempe-born Mediterranean chain Pita Jungle finally will open its 25th Arizona location next month in south Chandler. The timeline: The exact date has yet to be announced; the location originally was expected to open last April. The location: It’s part of

Over Easy, a local chain of breakfast-and-brunch eateries, will open its eighth Valley location – and fourth in the East Valley – next Tuesday, Dec. 22. The space: It takes over the building that was the longtime Thai restaurant Pink

It’s been more than a year since MXSW broke the news that Square One Concepts, the Valley-based restaurant group best known for Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers, was bringing its Bourbon & Bones concept to San Tan Village in Gilbert. The latest: Square

Back in March, MXSW broke the news California Fish Grill was coming to Mesa. Now, we finally know when. Opening date: The Los Angeles-based chain of fast-casual seafood restaurants will make its Arizona debut on Monday, Dec. 14. The space:

Victor and Edgar Martinez, owners of Long Wong’s franchises in Chandler, Scottsdale, and Phoenix, are adding another Valley location on the northeast corner of Country Club and Brown in north Mesa. The space: 1,200 square feet in the Country North

It’s been nearly a year since Ile.gal Modern Cocktail Kitchen was expected to open in downtown Gilbert. Then came the covid-19 pandemic. Now the town’s first rooftop bar and restaurant finally has announced a grand opening date: Tuesday, Dec. 29.

It’s been less than a month since Matty G’s opened its second East Valley location – and fourth overall – in Gilbert. Now, sources tell MXSW the popular neighborhood bar and grill has set its sights on another East Valley

Cider Corps, the acclaimed cider house in downtown Mesa that just celebrated its third anniversary, is building a production facility and store at Gilbert and Warner in Gilbert. The reasoning: While the Mesa location – with 15 ciders on tap