Category: Restaurant Scouting

California-based Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shops plans to open its first five Arizona locations by the end of this year and a sixth in early 2023. The menu offers hot and cold sandwiches, salads, and soups. The locations: Dobson and Ray

Wren House Brewing is opening a European-inspired beer hall in the Safeway/Trader Joe’s shopping center on the southeast corner of Chandler and 40th Street in Ahwatukee. Dubbed Südhalle (“South Hall”), the new venue will have all of Wren House’s acclaimed

Flower Child, the fast-casual healthy food restaurant from Fox Restaurant Concepts, will open its sixth Valley location on the southwest corner of Ray Road and 56th Street in west Chandler. Its menu focuses on salads, bowls, and wraps. Flower Child

Cafe Rio Mexican Grill, the Utah-based chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants, will open its next location June 10 near the southwest corner of Hunt Highway and Golf Club Drive in San Tan Valley. Cafe Rio’s menu offers salads, tostadas, burritos,

Two previously announced nightlife concepts coming to Mill Avenue in downtown Tempe now have tentative opening dates. Anoche Cantina, a modern cantina with a build-your-own margarita bar that’s taking over the former El Hefe space, is scheduled to open Aug.

Jeremiah’s Italian Ice, a Florida-based chain  of frozen dessert shops that opened its first Arizona location in south Chandler in 2020, plans to add another in the city by September on the northeast corner of Rural and Ray Roads. Jeremiah’s

Taco Boys, the casual Mexican eatery with popular locations in Phoenix and Tempe, is opening two more in west Phoenix by the end of this year. One will be on the southeast corner of 91st Avenue and Camelback Road (a

The Stone Korean Tofu House, which opened across the street from H Mart in west Mesa in 2020, is adding a second location near the southeast corner of Power and Southern in east Mesa this summer. The Stone, which makes

Flagstaff-based Firecreek Coffee Company, which opened its first Valley location inside The Marilyn office-rental space in Arcadia in December, will open a second, much larger location on the northeast corner of McDowell and 16th Street in Phoenix this summer. It

Little Jupiter Cafe, an independent coffee shop, is coming to the northwest corner of McQueen and Guadalupe in northwest Gilbert. The shop also will offer a selection of locally sourced pastries, some baked in-house. The cafe is expected to open

Wayback Burgers, a Connecticut-based fast-casual chain formerly known as Jake’s Wayback Burgers, will open its first Arizona restaurant in an 1,807-square-foot space between Orangetheory Fitness and Chipotle at Gilbert Town Square on Gilbert Road between Warner and Ray. Wayback’s menu

California-based Roll-Em-Up Taquitos, the nation’s first taquito-focused franchise, will make its Arizona debut with two locations by the end of this year. One will be near the northeast corner of the 101 and 90th Street in central Scottsdale, the other

The Parlay Kitchen & Cocktails, a modern American gastropub that opened in Chandler in 2019, will open a second location on the southwest corner of the 101 and Via de Ventura in central Scottsdale this fall. Owners Kyle and Erica

Good news for Japanese candy lovers: Daiso is coming! The Japanese discount store chain, which has nearly 6,000 locations worldwide, will make its Arizona debut later this year next to 99 Ranch Market on the northeast corner of Chandler and

Louisville, Ky.-based Green District Salads will make its Arizona debut with a pair of Valley locations late this year. The fast-casual concept offers salads, wraps, and grain bowls. One location will be on the southwest corner of Power and Ray

Green Corner Restaurant, one of the Valley’s top Mediterranean eateries, is launching a third location at the end of this month. The locally owned, fast-casual concept, which has current locations in Mesa and Chandler, is putting the final touches on

Naughty Tacos, a Valley food truck that launched last year and quickly became popular for its quesabirria tacos, is taking over the former Shawarma King space on the northwest corner of Cactus and 43rd Avenue in west Phoenix. A summer

New Jersey-based Bubbakoo’s Burritos, a fast-casual Mexican fusion eatery, will make its Arizona debut next month in front of Sam’s Club at SanTan Village in Gilbert. The menu offers standard build-your-own burritos, bowls, quesadillas, and tacos, but unusual protein choices

California-based Ono Hawaiian BBQ, known for its island-inspired plate lunches, will add to its three East Valley locations with a new one in front of the Cardenas Ranch Market on the northwest corner of Stapley and Southern in Mesa. It’s