By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🌮 Salt & Lime Modern Mexican Grill has opened its third location on the northeast corner of 44th Street and Camelback in east Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood. The 1,500-square-foot space is next to Steak 44 and across the street from The
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🇰🇷 Haan Korean BBQ, a new concept from the owners of Oka Sushi, has opened near the southwest corner of Saguaro and Amhurst in Fountain Hills. Premium cuts of meat – beef (including A5 wagyu), pork, or chicken – are
🚧 Over Easy has closed its location near the southeast corner of Gilbert and Warner in Gilbert for two weeks of remodeling. The 13-year-old eatery is scheduled to reopen Thursday, Sept. 25. Phoenix-based Laurshan Construction is handling the remodeling, which
🇮🇳 Chaat Express, a fast-casual eatery specializing in northern India street food, has debuted on the southwest corner of Dobson and Warner in Chandler. It’s a rebranding of the space’s former occupant, the Indian restaurant Sapurna. The menu features chaats,
🐓 Chickenhug, a fast-casual eatery launched by four friends from Jordan, has opened near the northwest corner of Apache and River in Tempe. The menu offers whole and half chickens, plus chicken sandwiches, in four flavors: original, spicy, garlic basil,
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🍳 The Heritage, a breakfast and lunch restaurant, has opened in the former Cafe 25:35 space near the southeast corner of Fourth Street and Monroe in Old Town Buckeye. Menu highlights include pancakes made with local flour, local eggs, and local
Desi Chowrastha, a Texas-based chain of Indian restaurants, has made its Arizona debut on the northwest corner of McQueen and Warner in Chandler. It’s located in the same strip mall as Zesty Zzeeks and The Sugar Bar. The menu features
🍽️ According to the Arizona Restaurant Week website, only five Tucson restaurants have signed up for the twice-a-year promotion, which runs Sept. 19-28. That’s probably because Arizona’s second-largest city is in the midst of its own Sonoran Restaurant Week, which
🚫 Early Bird Vegan, one of the Valley’s top plant-based restaurants, announced it will close Sept. 27 when its lease runs out on the northwest corner of the 101 and Broadway in Tempe. ‘‘Our lease is coming to an end,
🚫 The Genuine, the flagship restaurant of Phoenix-based hospitality group Genuine Concepts, has closed after three years in uptown Phoenix. It had taken over the space formerly home to one of its sister concepts, The Vig, in April 2022. Its
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🌮 Taco Bitch, a Mexican concept from caterer Rosalinda Jimenez, has opened inside Aguila’s Hidaway Lighthouse on the southwest corner of Indian School and El Mirage in Avondale. The menu offers carne asada and chicken street tacos, hard-shell tacos, flautas,
🍕 Happy Joe Coffee, a three-year-old Tempe shop known for its CBD-infused coffee, has launched Happy Joe Pizza, an in-house concept serving Detroit-style pies. Only 40 pizzas are available from 5-9 p.m. Fridays at the shop on the southeast corner
🚫 Quartz, a downtown Phoenix cocktail bar that offers a dozen gemstone-inspired specialty drinks, announced it will close Sept. 15. In a social announcement, no reason was given for the closing of the 2,000-square-foot lounge, which opened in April 2023
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🥪 Sourdough & Co., a California-based chain of sandwich shops, has opened its sixth Valley location on the northwest corner of Hayden and Chaparral in Scottsdale. Founded in 2010, Sourdough & Co. has about 100 locations, mostly in California. Its menu
🍔 McDonald’s, which has seen a drop-off in low-income diners, is reviving its Extra Value Meals starting Monday, Sept. 8. The two biggest discounts will be a limited-time $5 Sausage McMuffin with Egg Meal and an $8 Big Mac Meal.
