IN THE NEWS: The first RA Sushi restaurant to locate in Mesa will open later this month, the Phoenix’s area’s fifth, the Business Journal of Phoenix reports. The new restaurant is slated to open Dec. 17 in the Dana Park shopping center at the northwest corner of Val Vista and Baseline Roads. phoenix.bizjournals.com … New Times’s Michele Laudig reviews Mexican seafood restaurant Mariscos Sinaloa (3135 South 48th Street, Tempe, 602-414-0006) and notes the opening of Italian restaurant Aiello’s (5202 N. Central between Camelback and Missouri, 602-277-8700). phoenixnewtimes.com … The Arizona Republic reviews Islamorada Fish Company (1133 N. Dobson Road, inside Bass Pro Shops at Mesa Riverview, 602-606-5500), and Siam Thai Restaurant (5008 W. Northern Ave., Glendale, 623-931-2102). … Howard Zeftel visits Tastings Wine Bar & Bistro (1809 N. Dysart Road, Avondale, 623-536-6600) and reports the closing of fine Italian restaurant Taggia at the Firesky Resort & Spa, which will turn it into a hotel cafe. … Carey Sweet reports that The Herb Box (6990 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale, 480-998-8355; 20645 N. Pima Rd., Scottsdale, www.theherbbox.com) will take over the former Cafe Citron space in February. … Chow Down Phoenix reviews Thai Basil (403 W. University Dr., #101, Tempe, AZ 480-968-9250), and El Cubanito Restaurant (1150 E. 6th St., Tucson, AZ 520-623-8020). chowdownphoenix.com … PHXRailFood.com visits El Nortino (1002 N. 7th Ave., Phoenix, 602-254-4629). … FeastingInPhoenix.com considers Restaurant 28 (5025 West Olive Avenue, Glendale, AZ).

Compiled by Pat Embry, WhereTheLocalsEat.com

Filed under: Phoenix Restaurants | Tags: Aiello's, El Cubanito, El Nortino, Herb Box, Islamorada Fish Company, Mariscos Sinaloa, RA Sushi, Restaurant 28, Siam Thai, Taggia closed, Tastings Wine Bar, Thai Basil |