🍷 Scottsdale diners, take note: Pinard Wine Bar is joining Arizona Restaurant Week this year, running Sept. 18-27, and it’s using the occasion to show off some serious changes already underway.
Under new ownership, Pinard has brought on Cordon Bleu-trained chef Sidney Goodman, who’s steering the menu toward a Caribbean-Italian-global mashup. For Restaurant Week, that translates to a $55 prix fixe menu (wine pairings available), with reservations open now.
The wine program hasn’t gone anywhere – expect the same sommelier-led cellar tastings every Saturday at 2 and 3 p.m.
But the real story is what’s next.
New concept in works
Four partners – Dale Scott, Joe Ellis, Herb Jackson and Hunter Massey – hatched the idea for a place of their own over cigars in downtown Phoenix, bonding over a love of independent, locally owned spots.
That led them to Pinard’s on the southeast corner of Hayden and Thompson Peak Parkway in North Scottsdale, where they’ve already added a living art gallery in a members lounge (works by Emmy Lu, available for purchase).
‘Vision coming to life’
The bigger reveal: Pinard is in the process of fully transforming into Brass Leaf, a new concept built around food, wine, jazz and community.
As Scott put it, ‘‘We wanted to build something that felt like ours… Brass Leaf is that vision coming to life.’’
Arizona Restaurant Week will be your first taste. The full Brass Leaf experience will debut later this year.
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