🍝 Italian-American fast-casual chain Fazoli’s has opened its fourth Valley location on the southwest corner of Litchfield and Waddell in Surprise. Fazoli’s menu offers pasta dishes, pizza, subs, chicken wings, breadsticks, salads, and desserts. The chain has a deal with Tempe-based Kind

🧆 Noor, an upscale Mediterranean concept, has opened in northeast Phoenix, bringing Levantine comfort classics and polished casual vibes to the northeast corner of Tatum and Shea. Mezze lovers will find both cold and hot options on the menu. The former

🍳 Sophia’s Brunch Counter – a new concept from Valley restaurateur Dave Chamberlin and his brother Aaron Chamberlin (the renowned chef behind the late St. Francis and Phoenix Public Market) – has opened on the northeast corner of Thomas and

 Reality TV icon and restaurateur Lisa Vanderpump has brought her signature brand of ‘‘extra’’ to the desert with the opening of Wolf by Vanderpump at the Caesars Republic Scottsdale. The globally inspired restaurant takes over the seventh-story, 6,500-square-foot space formerly home to Seven,

🌮 Former food truck SALT Sea and Land Tacos, which served as the in-house kitchen at Tempe brewpub Catalyst Crafted Ales in 2024, has opened in its own brick-and-mortar location on the southeast corner of Sossaman and Guadalupe in southeast Mesa. The menu

🍸 After years of “coming soon” signs and anticipation, celebrity-backed 40 Love finally has opened in Old Town Scottsdale. The West Hollywood-born concept takes over the former Kelly’s at Southbridge on the southeast corner of Stetson and Sixth Avenue. Backed by high-profile names like

🍕 Streets of New York, a family-owned Italian chain that’s been around since 1976, opens its 14th Valley location today in the former Euro Cafe Pizza & Bar space on the northeast corner of Saguaro and El Lago in Fountain Hills. The restaurant,

🥩 Durant’s Steakhouse, one of the Valley’s most iconic restaurants, officially reopens today, welcoming diners back through its legendary back door and into a dining room steeped in red leather, low lighting, and decades of political deals, power lunches, and celebratory

☕️ Window Coffee Bar, which has two award-winning locations in Phoenix, has opened a third at The Beam five-story workspace on the northeast corner of Farmer and Fifth Street, just west of downtown Tempe. Window, named the No. 6 coffee spot