🌯 California-based Burros & Fries has opened its third Valley location on the southeast corner of Higley and Guadalupe in Gilbert. As its name states, the fast-casual Mexican eatery specializes in burros and loaded fries – 28 varieties of the

🥑 After a few ‘‘friends and family’’ sessions over the weekend, The Mission‘s third Valley location officially opens today in Gilbert. It takes over the former Belly space at Epicenter at Agritopia on the northwest corner of Higley and Ray.

🍖 Sazas Pampered, a halal-certified barbecue restaurant, has opened in the old Hap’s Pit Barbecue strip-mall space on the southeast corner of Washington and 48th Street in east Phoenix. The signature menu item is beef brisket – smoked over cherry

🥩 Pistoleros Parrilla, a two-story Mexican steakhouse from the owners of popular Boondocks Patio & Grill, has opened its doors on the southeast corner of Stetson and Civic Center Plaza in Old Town Scottsdale. The 5,000-square-foot restaurant with an open

☕️ La La Land Kind Cafe, a Dallas-based coffee concept that made its Arizona debut in December at Kierland Commons in Scottsdale, has opened a second Valley location on the northeast corner of Camelback and 44th Street in Phoenix’s Arcadia

☕️ The Nook Cafe & Bakery, which describes itself as a ‘‘millennial nostalgic cafe,’’ has opened in the former Jolt N Bolt space on the southwest corner of Recker and Guadalupe in Gilbert. The menu features coffee drinks, pastries, and

🍖 After eight years of dishing out the East Valley’s best barbecue at its southeast Gilbert flagship and, more recently, a second location at Pecan Lake in Queen Creek, Caldwell County BBQ is expanding westward. The family-run smokehouse hosts a

☕️ Just over a year ago I wrote about the closure of Tres Leches Café, a terrific Mexican coffeehouse that had been locked in a two-year battle with its landlord after operating nearly a decade in downtown Phoenix. It left