🍣 Fuji San Grill & Sushi, an all-you-can-eat Americanized Japanese restaurant, has opened on the southwest corner of Gilbert and Germann in south Chandler. It takes over the strip-mall space formerly home to Oasis Bay Sushi & Seafood Buffet, which

🍰 The Art of Baking, a European-inspired small-batch bakery cafe, has opened its first brick-and-mortar location on the southwest corner of Jackson and Fourth Street – across from Chase Field – in downtown Phoenix. Known for its over-the-top cakes, intricately

🥟 Happy Bao’s, a family-run Northern Chinese restaurant offering traditional dumplings, noodles, and baos, has opened its second Valley location in the Asiana Market plaza on the northwest corner of Union Hills and 43rd Avenue in Glendale. Its first location

🎤 The father-and-son team behind the Saltmine Studio Oasis held a grand opening Tuesday for Diamond Don’s, their recently launched restaurant adjacent to the recording studio on the northwest corner of Macdonald and First Avenue in downtown Mesa. The restaurant

🖼️ Alden, a restaurant offering refined globally inspired dishes, has opened at the Phoenix Art Museum on the northeast corner of Central and McDowell in midtown Phoenix. The 3,862-square-foot restaurant, which overlooks the sculpture garden and is open Wednesday through

🌵 Gertrude’s by Tarbell’s, the rebranded restaurant at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, has reopened under the culinary lead of acclaimed Phoenix chef Mark Tarbell. Gertrude’s and its sibling, the grab-and-go Patio Cafe, closed in May after operators Alan

🎱 Cactus Racks, a billiards-focused restaurant and bar, has opened in the former Phat Turtle BBQ space on the southeast corner of Cave Creek and Desert Willow Parkway in Cave Creek. The menu offers comfort food classics with a modern

🍨 Portland’s cult-favorite ice cream brand has officially doubled down in Arizona. After debuting last summer in Gilbert’s Agritopia, Salt & Straw opens its second Valley shop today – this time at Novus Place near the northwest corner of Rural