Get ready for another round of Roosevelt Row musical chairs: Restauranteur Julian Wright is bringing a trio of food and drink options to the monOrchid building, a place where change has been the only constant since developer True North Studio bought the property at 214 East Roosevelt Street just over two years ago.
Built by Del Webb in the late 1930s, the former warehouse became a staple of the downtown arts scene after commercial photographer Wayne Rainey bought it during the late ‘90s and turned it into a mixed-use creative space. Rainey sold the property to True North Studio for $3.5 million, ushering in a series of changes at the site. Most recently, monOrchid was home to Be Coffee and The Dressing Room restaurant. Both closed in March 2020.
At least 20 new restaurants are coming to downtown Phoenix: Here is what we know about each
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and last updated 2021-05-13 16:11:49-04
PHOENIX â At least 20 new businesses, most of them being restaurants, are under construction and expected to open this year in downtown Phoenix.
That s on top of the bars and restaurants that have already opened downtown, such as Stoop Kid, Hot Daisy Pizza, The Ainsworth, The Yard Milkshake Bar, Tap That! Downtown, Il Bosco Pizza, The Pemberton (Saint Pasta, Dino s Napoletana, Abnormal Beer Co.), Luckys Indoor Outdoor, Character, and Alias.
It also means that there will be more restaurants downtown than before the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, according to an analysis from Downtown Phoenix Inc., an organization that advocates for and promotes downtown businesses.
Good news for craft beer fans, eight new breweries are bubbling up across metro Phoenix.
Six of those breweries are new to the Valley and are in varying states of construction and production. Some have already started selling beer, so look for new cans at local bottle shops.
Two established metro Phoenix breweries are also expanding with new locations, bringing their beer to new corners of the Valley.
Downtown Phoenix s Roosevelt Row is fast becoming a hub for breweries, and soon beer drinkers will have a few more options throughout the district. North Phoenix and Gilbert are also in the mix for new craft beer destinations.
There’s not a lot of other Japanese food we can get around here that isn t just sushi, says Olguin.
The menu will include charcoal-grilled yakitori and a raw bar with sashimi. The owners will collaborate with Deez Buns, the north-Tempe restaurant and team that s also behind the kitchen at Killer Whale Sex Club, along with other chefs from around the Valley.
Owners, Sam Olguin and Brenon Stuart, hope to expand across the Valley as Innovate Hospitality.
Sam Olguin
As for alcohol, the drink menu will list predominantly beer, wine, and sake, most of which will be on tap. Although Killer Whale is known for its extensive cocktail list with extravagant presentations, Olguin says the cocktails at Sabertooth will be a more straightforward, what you see is what you get type of thing. Olguin and Stuart are looking to include Japanese whiskeys and some non-familiar flavors and ingredients that aren t often seen around metro Phoenix.