text: I saw Regions had opened when I was at the Tempe Arts Festival last weekend Wanting to try it out my husband and I ate dinner there this weekend since we were out and about on Mill Avenue Along with Caffe Boa and La Bocca the addition of Regions is making Mill Avenue more grown up and giving those of us that live in Tempe real dinner optionsnnThe decor is very simple with half the space having tables dressed in white linens and then other half of the space housing the bar which is half indoors and half outdoors There are also some tables on the patio facing Sixth Street Our waitress described the food as American comfort food so almost all of the items on the menu are familar but some have an interesting twist to take them to the next levelnnMy husband and I tried the mac and cheese with crabmeat the scallops and the garlic and parmesan fries By far the fries were our favorite part of the meal loved the gorgonzola and bacon that came on the fries the cheese and bacon stuck well to our fries and the blue cheese that came to dip the fries was great The mac and cheese was good but in most bites you did not get any crabmeat It turned out the crabmeat was buried at the bottom and on one side Definitely mix it up when you get it to better distribute the crabmeat Also the crabmeat did not add much to the dish so to me it was not worth the extra The scallopswow The only word to describe them salty I am pretty sure my face puckered when I put the first bite in my mouth Even though the scallops were cooked well the abundance of salt was the only thing we could concentrate on We did tell the manager who was walking around getting feedback on the food about the oversaltiness of the scallops additionally we also told our waitress Hopefully that constructive criticism will help them adjust that dishnnOur waitress was super sweet and was really good I asked a lot of questions about the drink menu because their cocktail menu does not really describe what is in each drink It was frustrating on my part but our waitress was great about answering questions and describing the drinks I ended up with a Southside which is really just a mojito Our bill for a beer cocktail entrees and the side of fries came to nnRegions has the potentially to be a really good restaurant but I am reserving the additional stars for future visits when they get all the kinks worked out