Business

Local First Arizona launched a free mobile application Wednesday as part of a new push to encourage riders to shop at local businesses near the light rail.

A new eatery which specializes in gourmet style nachos will make its debut during this month’s First Friday art walk, opening up just one house away from Jobot Coffee Shop. This new restaurant is the brainchild of the Jobot's owner John Sagasta and is rightly titled Nachobot, or “not-Jobot”.

The historic Tom’s Tavern in downtown Phoenix is scheduled to officially reopen to the public next Thursday after 10 weeks of renovation. A landmark and a neighborhood favorite in the Valley for decades, the iconic restaurant was saved from closing earlier this year by Arizona Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill.

Amid the backdrop of still-sluggish economic growth, a new eatery and cafe set to open near the end of the month in the Arizona Center is holding all-day hiring fairs in hopes of filling 63 full- and part-time positions.

After four years, Thai Elephant, a Thai restaurant with locations on Adams Street in Phoenix and in Tempe, will be closing its downtown location on Oct. 25.

A new brewery near downtown Phoenix opened to the public Tuesday, becoming the latest addition to the growing Arizona brewery industry.

M&G can cost the restaurant a fair amount of money. With every purchase made with M&G, Hsin Cafe has to pay a certain percentage of the purchase to Aramark, the company in charge of food services at ASU.

Fair Trade Cafe implemented its Better Earth Lunch menu at its location near Roosevelt and North 1st Avenue on Tuesday. The menu offers daily specials on prepared lunches and discounted prices for ASU students.

First Street is open to traffic again, but will continue to be under construction until mid-October.

Vitamin T, a Mexican eatery and tequila bar on the east side of CityScape, will soon be expanding its menu and its space.