Restaurants

Taco Boy’s opens its second location, Tempe welcomes The Paleta Bar, and three pizza joints open across the Valley.

Food influencer Jenn Baluch thinks video promos are replacing restaurant criticism.

Two especially well-credentialed Phoenix restaurants have debuted in recent months.

Owner Dustin Dahlin wants Underbelly Meat Co. to be a place where the locals can find good products and answers.

“You can’t blame people for leaving our industry for a better-paying industry.”

Italian merges into Japanese at chef Claudio Urciuoli’s new second spot.

New sushi in Gilbert, a Tucson favorite makes its way to the Valley, and much more.

At Hope’s Frybread, Hope Peshlakai treats patrons to some of her grandmother’s recipes.

Demand for the nonprofit’s meal program has doubled this past year, from 50 meals to 100 meals per week.

Thaily’s, which opened in April, is a one-of-a-kind eatery.

The Tempe mainstay has been expanding in a few directions.

The owners of Boondocks, a Scottsdale bar currently being sued by a former employee over unpaid wages, netted $2.7 million.

The Biltmore was already a very nice resort. It is now insanely nice, and Renata’s is a pillar of its reinvention.

The Valley’s vegan restaurants are known for serving all manner of savory plant-based dishes. But they have a sweet side, too.

“We’ve never sold so many cocktails before.”

Here are all the openings and closings in the Valley restaurant scene last month.

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Rene Andrade’s deep passion for Sonoran food shines at Bacanora.

A Chandler stak spot closes its doors.

The inaugural Phoenix Vegan Restaurant Week is happening from September 12 to 18.

What was added and what was subtracted to the Valley restaurant scene last month.