Category: Restaurant Scouting

After previously announcing it would open today, Bonfire Craft Kitchen & Tap House in south Tempe changed its plans at the last minute and now is targeting a launch next Monday, Aug. 8. The restaurant and sports bar, which debuted

JoJo’s Shake Bar, a Chicago-based concept known for over-the-top shakes, onion ring towers, and milk and cookie flights (pictured), is coming to the Scottsdale Quarter on the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Greenway/Butherus. The menu also offers sandwiches, burgers, and

Smoking Tiger BBQ – which, unlike most Korean BBQ restaurants serves an à la carte menu instead of an all-you-can-eat one – is moving into the former Ah-So Teppanyaki & Sushi House of Japan, which closed last fall, on the northeast corner

Chandler bakery Decadent Macaron is launching a second location at Verde at Cooley Station, a new mixed-use development on the southwest corner of Recker and Williams Field in Gilbert, in October. The store sells French macarons in more than 40 flavors, such as chocolate

Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken, an award-winning Memphis-based chain that made its Arizona debut in downtown Mesa in January 2021 and added a downtown Phoenix location in October, is planning a third restaurant in Ahwatukee. It’s expected to open by

Tulum Modern Kitchen & Cocktails, a New American concept that promises to source fresh ingredients from local farmers markets, plans to open by the end of this year at the Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale. It’s taking over the space that formerly was

Cook & Craft, a 2-year-old Scottsdale gastropub that recently opened a second location at High Street in northeast Phoenix, already is planning a third. It’s joining the slew of previously announced restaurants at Verde at Cooley Station, a mixed-use development on the