The surrounding area has welcomed new options this year, including Ambrogio15 at Biltmore Fashion Park and Bar Bianco at Town & Country.
Now, more restaurants and bars are joining the growing list of options in the Biltmore area. Here’s every new eatery on the way and when they're slated to open.
Yellowbell at The Camby
2401 E. Camelback RoadNow openThe Camby has refreshed its restaurant, updating the look and menu. The hotel debuted Yellowbell earlier this fall, officially opening on Oct. 1 and replacing Artizen. Executive Chef Alfredo Alvarez has crafted an all-day menu that emphasizes Southwestern flavors and local ingredients. Breakfast bites include an acai coconut chia seed pudding and green chile cornbread with chorizo verde gravy. The lunch menu offers salads, bowls and handhelds that include a shrimp fry bread and an ancho chicken salad sandwich. Dinner items include a selection of small plates such as tepary bean hummus, tuna crudo in a prickly pear ponzu and mesquite flour chickpea fries with a lemon honey aioli. Among the entrees are beef cheek stacked enchiladas, a tomahawk pork chop and a cumin-rubbed skirt steak. The cocktail menu includes a green chile vodka mule, a Lagerita made with Modelo and Siesta, a tequila-based drink with Campari, grapefruit and lime.
Cartel Roasting Co. at The Camby
2401 E. Camelback RoadOpens Nov. 1The Camby will also debut a new cafe from Cartel Roasting Co. The Tempe-born roastery and coffee shop will officially open on Nov. 1, serving house-made beverages and pastries. This will be Cartel’s 12th location in Arizona. The coffee shop offers traditional cafe drinks, as well as nitro cold brew, honey lavender matcha and lemonade. The cafe’s food selections have included a rotation of overnight oats, breakfast burritos and pastries such as croissants, muffins and flaky housemade pop tarts.
Hearsay
2501 E. Camelback RoadOpens in November An heir of Morton’s Steakhouse will launch both a restaurant and cafe at Esplanade. Hearsay is Episcope Hospitality’s forthcoming restaurant, bar and listening room. David Morton, the hospitality company’s founder, says Hearsay is a place “that’s really about slowing down.” Chef Dereck Dillon will head the culinary program at the restaurant. It will be an all-day affair, with its fully electric kitchen cooking a menu that uses the “finest ingredients simply prepared,” Morton says. Among those options is a little gem salad, shareable white bean hummus and poke bowls. The cocktail menu gets an assist from Ryan Gaudin, who helped introduce food and drinks at the home furnisher Restoration Hardware.
Perks
2501 E. Camelback RoadOpens in November Episcope Hospitality’s second project is the cafe Perks, which will offer a selection of coffees and teas, as well as pastries and grab-and-go breakfast and lunch items. Because the cafe will be in the midst of a business complex, Perks will offer “room service” to people working at Esplanade, delivering these items to their offices, Morton says. And, instead of featuring coffee from one roastery, Perks will showcase coffee companies from across the Valley, taking a taproom-style approach.
“Our guests really enjoy the opportunity to explore coffee through different roasters and different styles,” Morton says.
The hospitality pro says that Perks will also have a large rotating iced tea menu that includes sips infused with peach, watermelon and lavender among other flavors. Morning bites such as avocado toast and scones, plus lunch items that include salads, sandwiches, tomato bisque and a harvest grain bowl will also be available.
Camello will debut in The Esplanade in Phoenix's Biltmore area in 2025. It's one of three forthcoming restaurants that will be opened by longtime hospitality pros Hearn and Phillips.
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Camello
2425 E. Camelback RoadTo open in early 2025Hospitality veterans Rick Phillips and Peter Hearn announced they will partner on three new concepts at Esplanade in September. Executive Chef Fidencio Alatriste, who has cooked at The Mission, The Mexicano and Toro at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, will oversee the culinary programs at the “block” of restaurants. Camello will be a “luxury, theatrical, upscale” Mexican restaurant, according to Phillips. The food menu will include shareable small plates and entrees, and the bar will feature craft cocktails and have a tequila sommelier on hand to advise on all things agave. In addition to dining space inside and out, Camello will also have a lounge to host live music performances. There will be room to boogie with a dedicated dance floor, too.
151 Tavern
2425 E. Camelback RoadTo open in early 2025
The next spot from Phillips’ and Hearn’s 151 Hospitality is 151 Tavern, which will replace the long-running cocktail lounge MercBar. The tavern will offer a dry-aged burger, house-made pasta, prime rib and a raw bar. The cocktail menu will emphasize classics like Manhattans and martinis. Inside the tavern, a private event space boasts a speakeasy-style bar for parties and dinners of up to 14 guests.
The house-made pastrami at Little Pickle is a revelation, and owner Rick Phillips plans to reopen the restaurant soon.
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Little Pickle
2425 E. Camelback RoadTo open in early 2025The final concept from 151 Hospitality is a revival. Little Pickle had a six-month run that garnered praise in its short tenure. But, the deli will soon return to serve breakfast and lunch, including pastrami sandwiches, house-smoked salmon and New York-style bagels. The deli will focus on takeout and catering, but guests who want a more leisurely spot to dine will find some of Little Pickle's menu items on 151 Tavern’s brunch and lunch menus. Little Pickle customers will also be able to sit at the tavern when it isn’t serving, Phillips says.
