ARIZONA HOSPITALITY
NEW
FOOD GODS
Here are the innovative restaurant groups building empires based in Arizona
By ALISON BAILIN BATZ
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ucson native Sam Fox made national headlines this past spring with The Global Ambassador. The hospitality experience, which includes a 141-room hotel, is the culmination of more than 20 years in the restaurant industry. Fox famously founded Fox Restaurant Concepts (FRC), a locally based group that opened more than 100 restaurants under his leadership, and a brand he continues to run day-to-day even after his sale of it to the Cheesecake Factory in 2019. In addition to FRC, there are a slew of similarly creative, well-run Arizona-based restaurant groups keeping a steady national spotlight on the local culinary scene. Here are some of the best and brightest:
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