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Habit Burger Grill, which has 30 locations in Southern California, is coming to the East Valley. The chain plans to open its first Arizona restaurant in the former Tott’s Asian Diner building at McClintock and Guadalupe in Tempe this spring.

Rice Paper – a restaurant showcasing Vietnamese spring rolls – plans to open in midtown Phoenix in May. Owners Lan and Hue Tran says the rolls will sell for $2.75 apiece. The sisters, who worked in their family’s Vietnamese restaurant

Tradiciones, the Mexican restaurant at downtown Phoenix’s Pro’s Ranch Market, has closed. Rick Provenzano, one of three brothers who own the California-based chain of markets, says the restaurant is remodeling and changing its menu. Provenzano says the plan is to

Los Dos Molinos has opened in Ahwatukee, the popular Mexican restaurant’s fourth location in the Valley. The Ahwatukee location, at 40th Street and Chandler Boulevard, is only offering a partial menu for now, and will host a grand opening when

Randy Zweiban, the chef and owner of Province in Chicago (pictured), will open a second location of his well-regarded restaurant at the soon-to-open Westin Phoenix Downtown. Zweiban calls the food at his restaurant, which will open with the hotel on

It didn’t take long for Ana Borrajo to land on her feet. Less than a month after closing her Sapna Café in downtown Phoenix, Borrajo has been hired as chef of Pomegranate Café in Ahwatukee. Like Sapna, year-old Pomegranate (pictured) offers

Great news for fans of Tott’s Asian Diner: The south Tempe fave, which closed in December after its landlord refused to renew its lease, has found a new location. The restaurant just announced it’s signed a lease for the former

Less than a month after closing its longtime south Scottsdale retail shop and moving into The Duce in downtown Phoenix, Pop the Soda Shop is homeless again. Pop owner Jeff Guarino hopes to have a new outlet soon. In the

Troubled Siracha Lounge, which tried to combine Pan-Asian street food with a trendy nightclub vibe in downtown Chandler, has closed for the second time in 14 months. Siracha launched in November 2009, but closed just four months later after losing

Five months after chef Wade Moises bailed, PastaBar has closed in downtown Phoenix. Moises, who had left Sassi, and sous chef Nick Gentry launched PastaBar in February 2009. Moises left last July to head Adobe Restaurant. Closed for business: PastaBar [New

Sonoran hot dog alert! Tucson favorite El Guero Canelo plans to open three Valley locations “as soon as possible,” according to owner Daniel Contreras. El Guero Canelo is well-known for its Sonoran hot dogs, which are wrapped in bacon and topped

Phoenix City Grille and Sierra Bonita Grill (pictured) are no longer sister restaurants. Longtime Valley restaurateur Sheldon Knapp is retaining Phoenix City, which serves American fare. Nate Hopper, who opened Sierra Bonita with Knapp in 2005 as the general manager,

Citizen Public House, the long-awaited restaurant from former Cowboy Ciao chef Bernie Kantak, will have a soft opening Saturday and “officially” open on Sunday. The dinner-only (for now) menu includes entrees named Fair Trade Coffee Charred Short Ribs, Brick Grilled

FilmBar, an independent movie theater and beer/wine bar, just launched its website and is planning to open Feb. 3 in downtown. The theater will show new, classic and cult independent films in a “microcinema” setting (approximately 60-80 seats) while offering

Candy Addict, a store offering more than 1,000 kinfs of candy, has opened on Mill Avenue in downtown Tempe. The store is owned by Frank and Pam Ellis, who relocated from California’s Silicone Valley where he helped develop the Amazon

It looks like Stan’s Metro Deli, an institution on downtown Tempe’s Mill Avenue in the 1990s, has closed again. The deli had just reopened in August after several years’ absence. But a sign in the window today indicates the space is

Chef Brandon Crouser (pictured) has left Crudo to become executive chef at Avalon in Scottsdale. He says Avalon will serve “classic bistro food with world flair.” Crouser, perhaps best-known from his work at Atlas Bistro, co-launched Crudo with chef Cullen

Two restaurants are set to open this week at Scottsdale Quarter, a 28-acre retail-and-restaurant complex on Scottsdale Road and Greenway Parkway. Former Joe’s Farm Grill chef Chad Burnett’s debuts his “progressive American cuisine” menu at Parc Central Restaurant & Lounge on Wednesday.

Real estate manager Danny Little and general contractor Tim Smith are the new owners of the Pink Pony in Scottsdale. The 60-year-old landmark, which closed in 2009, recently posted a mysterious message on its website announcing it will reopen. Little and

SanTan Brewing Company will unleash its new seasonal ale – a chocolate barley wine called Sex Panther – at 11 a.m. Tuesday. We totally dig the ale’s 1970s-era logo (pictured). The downtown Chandler brewpub will celebrate the release with ’70s