Category: Restaurant Scouting

The Vine Tavern & Eatery, which closed its original Valley location on Apache Boulevard in Tempe last month, is planning to soft-open its new Ahwatukee location Friday – assuming it passes all of its final inspections. It’s taking over the

Hanshin Pocha, a California-base chain of quick-casual Korean street food taverns, will make its Arizona debut this fall near the southeast corner of Alma School and Southern in Mesa. It’s taking over the space that formerly was home to Draft

Ambrogio15, which has been voted the best pizza in San Diego by several publications, is bringing its Milanese-style pies with paper-thin crusts to Biltmore Fashion Park in Phoenix. Its name refers to Ambrogio, the patron saint of Milan, and the

Richie V’s Chicago Eatery, a restaurant offering Windy City faves such as Vienna hot dogs, Italian beef, and Italian sausages, is taking over the former Johnny’s Greek & Burger Bar on the northwest corner of Alma School and Chandler Heights in

Hush Public House chef-owner Dom Ruggiero and his wife, Holly, are opening another restaurant, Fire at Will, this fall in the former Little Cay space on the northeast corner of Tatum and Shea in north Phoenix. Although it will borrow several menu items from its

Sushi 101 Bar & Grill, a popular Tempe eatery for ASU students for two decades, is moving this fall from Cornerstone on the northeast corner of Rural and University to the former Salut Kitchen Bar (and short-lived McKinley Brewing) space near the northwest corner

Los Angeles-based Spitz Mediterranean Street Food will make its Arizona debut at Desert Ridge Marketplace in north Phoenix around the end of this year. Borrowing from street carts popular in Europe, Spitz’s menu features doner wraps, bowls,  ‘‘doquitos’’ (described as Mediterranean taquitos), and

South Carolina-based New York Butcher Shoppe, which has 20 locations in five states, will make its Arizona debut in Cave Creek this fall. It’s under construction next to 3 Regions Vietnamese Kitchen on the northeast corner of Tatum and Dynamite. The