By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🌮 Moe’s Southwest Grill, a fast-casual chain of Mexican restaurants with a Southwest twist, returns to Arizona on Friday with a new location at Pebble Creek Marketplace on the southwest corner of McDowell and Pebble Creek Parkway in Goodyear. The Atlanta-based
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🍜 Sorimmara, a South Korea-based chain specializing in malatang, has opened its second Arizona location at the Fry’s shopping center on the southwest corner of Gilbert and Baseline in Gilbert. Malatang is a Chinese soup featuring the numbing spice
🍱 Bang Bang, a San Diego-based Asian fusion restaurant and techno nightclub concept, has closed in downtown Tempe. It had opened in the former Gordon Biersch Brewing second-floor space on the northwest corner of Mill and Fifth Street last December. A
🌮 Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, a Texas-based chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants, has closed its downtown Tempe location after 13 years. No explanation was given for the closure. The restaurant near the southwest corner of Mill and Third Street served Baja-style
👍 Great news for Valley food fans: Dominic Armato, a longtime food blogger and former restaurant critic for the Arizona Republic and Phoenix New Times, has relaunched his insightful Something to Doux newsletter. There’s no more fervent supporter of the
🌯 Burritoholics, a fast-casual Mexican concept from the owner of the former El Zocalo Mexican Grille in downtown Chandler, has opened in downtown Mesa. It’s located near the northwest corner of Main and Robson between Worth Takeaway and Oro Brewing.
🍣 Nozomi Sushi House, a Japanese restaurant offering sushi, ramen, and more, has opened on the northeast corner of Alma School and Chandler Heights in south Chandler. It takes over the strip-mall space formerly home to D’Vine Gourmet, which moved
🍔 Haymaker, an all-day breakfast, burgers, and barbecue concept, reopens its north Peoria restaurant at 7 a.m. Tuesday across the street from its original space. It’s now located in the new Sunrise Promenade on the southeast corner of Happy Valley
🐓 Dave’s Hot Chicken, a Los Angeles-based fast-casual chain specializing in Nashville-style hot chicken, has opened its third Valley location at GSQ, the new downtown square in Goodyear. Dave’s menu offers chicken tenders (alone or in a sandwich) with a choice
🇪🇸 Telefèric Barcelona, a Spanish restaurant specializing in tapas and paella, will make its Arizona debut at Scottsdale Fashion Square in 2025. The restaurant debuted in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain, in 1992, and later added a location in nearby
🍣 Three Thirty Three, the long-awaited flagship restaurant at The Watermark development overlooking Tempe Town Lake, officially opens to the public today. The high-end Asian-inspired concept focuses on wood-fired creations and sushi; signature dishes include wagyu with foie gras and
🌮 Hugo’s, a casual Mexican cantina from the founders of local chain Gadzooks Enchiladas & Soup, has closed after 11 months on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. No reason was given for the closure. Hugo’s had taken over the 1930s
🥤 Tucson-based Eegee’s, an iconic sandwich chain best known for its frozen fruit drinks, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday. The chain, which closed one of it five Valley locations and four of it 25 Tucson locations Thursday, has struggled since
🎅🏼 Jingle Bars: Holiday Bar Crawl takes place 2-6 p.m. Saturday in downtown Mesa. Tickets for the 21-and-over self-guided tour are $17 and get you exclusive discounts and specials at more than 15 participating bars. Check-in is at BRI Taproom between 1:30-3:30 p.m. 🎁 Tracy
🥃 Trevor’s Liquor’s has opened its fourth Valley store on the southwest corner of Tatum and Paradise Village Parkway as the latest addition to PV, the $2 billion redevelopment of the former Paradise Valley Mall in northeast Phoenix. Besides an incredible selection
🍺 12 West Brewing has opened its third Valley location – a taproom in the recently vacated Whining Pig space on the northwest corner of I-10 and Ray in Ahwatukee. The craft brewery’s popular beers include its flagship Zona pilsner, Blap!Blap! wheat beer,
🥗 Sweetgreen, a popular Los Angeles-based chain of salad eateries, has signed leases for its first two Arizona locations. One will be on the southeast corner of Camelback and 32nd Street in Phoenix, the other at the Scottsdale Quarter. Sweetgreen,
☘️ R.T. O’Sullivan’s, an Irish-themed sports grill that’s been serving Valley fans for 31 years, opens its third location at 11 a.m. today in north Phoenix. It takes over the former Gallagher’s on the east side of 16th Street about a
🍜 Kungfu Noodles, a well-regarded Chinese restaurant formerly known as Kungfu Ramen before closing for several months of upgrades, has reopened on the southeast corner of Broadway and McClintock in Tempe. The restaurant originally debuted in 2020, specializing in Chinese
