Chino Bandido opens July 8 at its new home in Phoenix
Chino Bandido opens July 8 at its new home in Phoenix
Chino Bandido, a restaurant known for its combinations of Chinese, Jamaican, and Mexican flavors and was featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive Ins and Dives, opens Thursday, July 8, at its new spot in Phoenix.
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Chino Bandido, a restaurant known for its combinations of Chinese, Jamaican, and Mexican flavors and that was featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, opens Thursday, July 8, at its new spot in Phoenix.
For 31 years, the hole-in-the-wall joint had been located in a strip mall near 19th Avenue and Greenway Road. It will now be located two miles up the road at Bell Road and Third Avenue, near the WinCo grocery store.
Owner Eve Collins, who opened the restaurant in 1990 with her late husband Frank, told ABC15 in March that the restaurant had simply outgrown its original spot.
"Each year that we opened, we had to kick another wall out," she told ABC15.
The new spot -- a new build -- has a better, more efficient kitchen, an upgraded dining room with an industrial vibe, and an outdoor patio, something the original location did not have. Though, Collins insists "it's still a hole in the wall"
Even Pancho, a 7,500-pound granite bear, made the move.