Priscilla Totiyapungprasert

For AAPI Heritage Month, here are 5 stories from The Arizona Republic about how Asian Americans shaped metro Phoenix’s restaurants and food culture.

Happy Honu is a family-run Hawaiian food trailer serving the iconic beach snack, shave ice. Try over 30 flavors at Arrowhead Towne Center in Glendale.

Instrumental Hospitality’s Michael Babcock of Belly, Vince Mellody of Otro and Paul Waxman will open a restaurant in this historic downtown building.

The Food Forest Cooperative is a group of sustainable farming advocates in south Phoenix. Their goal is to open an affordable farm stand.

Restaurants making plant-based, vegetarian and vegan Mexican foods in Phoenix include Pachamama, Barrio Cafe, La Santisima and Testal.

Mexican restaurant owners and chefs in Phoenix are embracing vegan and vegetarian foods to reclaim their heritage and improve health. Here’s how.

Creole and Cajun food truck Zydeco’s Louisiana Kitchen in Goodyear, Arizona serves po’boys, gumbo, fried catfish and Southern cuisine.

The CDC’s new way of tracking the spread of COVID-19 means many people can go maskless indoors. Here’s what it means for Arizona entertainment venues.

New restaurants in Goodyear, Arizona, include Tacos Barbon at the Holiday Inn, a brunch spot and a pizzeria. Sushi and Mexican food are coming soon.

Phoenix chef Lawrence “L.T.” Smith, owner of Mexican restaurant Chilte, competes on a Food Network episode of “Chopped.” Here’s where it’s streaming.

Chilte, a popular downtown Phoenix farmers market taco stand, will open a Mexican restaurant inside the historic Egyptian Motor Hotel on Grand Avenue.

Carolina’s Mexican Food is opening a restaurant in Glendale. The local favorite known for its burritos is also in Phoenix, Avondale, Peoria and Mesa.

Thrillist named The Coronado in Phoenix and Green New American in Tempe as the best vegan and vegetarian restaurants in the U.S. in 2022. Here’s why.

Restaurants in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tucson and Flagstaff are making desserts with Tagalongs, Thin Mints and Samoas for Girl Scout cookie season 2022.

Claudio Urciuoli of Pa’La and Akshat Sethi of Thai Chili 2 Go, are opening a new restaurant at Epicenter in Agritopia in Gilbert. Here’s what to know.

Restaurants open now in Glendale and Westgate include Matt’s Big Breakfast for brunch, Arcade Bar for cocktails, crawfish boil and Mexican food.

Someburros, a Mexican restaurant chain known for Sonoran food, burritos and margaritas, is opening new locations in Goodyear, Peoria and Phoenix.

Grab margaritas, enchiladas and birria at Cocina Madrigal, the Mexican restaurant in south Phoenix that topped Yelp’s 2022 100 best restaurants list.

After closing for six months, Authentic EthioAfrican restaurant on McDowell reopens with dining room, cocktail bar, live music. Here’s what to expect.

This North Carolina family “goes nuts” for sweet potatoes. And a move across the country inspired this recipe for sausage and sweet potato hash.