Angie's Builds 1,692 Square Foot East Mesa Restaurant
The restaurant rises beside a shuttered Salad and Go as the chain expands to nine locations.
Updated on Nov. 13, 2026 in Dining Out
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Angie's has begun building a 1,692 square foot restaurant in east Mesa, just east of East Southern Avenue and South Crismon Road. The site sits next to a Salad and Go that closed Aug. 5 after its ownership filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Why it matters
The project is part of a nine-location expansion for Angie's, a brand started in 2022 by Tony and Roushan Christofellis, who co-founded Salad and Go and sold their stake in 2021. The cofounders say Angie's was created to make luxury foods like lobster more affordable for the average diner.
The east Mesa Angie's will occupy a 1,692 square foot building wrapped in construction work now underway. The Phoenix location at 1739 W. Glendale Ave. opened Oct. 20, and the first new Mesa location at 1118 W. Guadalupe Rd. opened Nov. 12.
The players
Angie's
A restaurant brand started in 2022 that is expanding to nine locations across the Phoenix area, named after Tony Christofellis's mother.
Salad and Go
A fast-casual salad chain whose ownership filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and whose co-founders later started Angie's.
The details
Angie's cofounders offered jobs to former Salad and Go employees as the east Mesa site moves toward completion. Building wrapping is under way around the restaurant shell, and the new location is expected to open next year.
Timeline
Aug. 5: Salad and Go closed its east Mesa restaurant.
Sept. 29: Tony Christofellis posted about his mother on Facebook.
Oct. 20: Angie's opened a Phoenix location at 1739 W. Glendale Ave.
Nov. 12: The first new Mesa Angie's opened at 1118 W. Guadalupe Rd.
Next year: The east Mesa Angie's is expected to open.
Season Trajectory
The Christofellises' 2021 exit from Salad and Go and their 2022 launch of Angie's show a founding team moving from one fast-casual salad concept to a new brand positioned around more affordable luxury foods. Angie's nine-location expansion now places the brand in the same Mesa corridor where Salad and Go is closing.
Mesa diners will get a new Angie's option in the east Mesa area once the restaurant opens next year. Residents near East Southern Avenue and South Crismon Road will see the former Salad and Go site return to use as construction continues.
The takeaway
The Angie's expansion shows how a founding team can move from one restaurant concept to another, bringing familiar owners back to Mesa with a new brand. Diners who want affordable luxury dishes have a new option coming to east Mesa next year.
What happens next
The east Mesa Angie's restaurant is expected to open next year.
Further reading
For more local coverage, explore Dining Out in Mesa.
Source note: This article includes information reported by AZ Central.
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