The old Z'Tejas at 8300 N. Hayden Road now serves oysters and crudos to a lakeside patio. There's also a frozen cocktail on the menu, which chef James Fox told Phoenix New Times is a nod to the restaurant that used to be there. Vecina opened there on Friday, Sept. 18. It was one of several changes this year at Hayden Road and Via de Ventura in McCormick Ranch.
The places that closed or stopped serving the public were the smaller, more intimate rooms. The places that opened are larger, put far more seats outside, and come from operators who already run a restaurant somewhere else.
One corner, one year
The changes are spread across two centers. The McCormick Ranch Property Owners' Association directory puts 8140 and 8260 N. Hayden and 8390 E. Via de Ventura in The Village on Hayden, and 8300 N. Hayden in Mercado on Hayden.
| Address | Before | What's there now |
|---|---|---|
| 8390 E. Via de Ventura | Agave del Scottsdale, then briefly Okay Maguey | Starfish Scottsdale, open since spring 2026 |
| 8260 N. Hayden, Suite A100 | Rockefeller, then Saint Urban | Saint Urban Private Dining Room, events only since Sept. 28 |
| 8260 N. Hayden, Suite A102 | Campo Italian Bistro & Bar | Vacant since July 31 |
| 8140 N. Hayden | Not reported | Bombay House, second location, opened in the summer |
| 8300 N. Hayden, D-101 | Z'Tejas | Vecina, open since Sept. 18 |
A short drive north, near Hayden and Mountain View roads, Dash is set for November at 9619 N. Hayden Road, Suite 101.
The rooms that went dark were the smaller ones
Campo Italian Bistro & Bar opened in June 2021 in Suite A102, with James Beard Award-winning chef Alex Stratta originally leading the kitchen. Its owner, Genuine Concepts, also runs The Vig, The Womack and The Little Woody. According to the Scottsdale Signal, Campo served its last dinner on July 31, 2026, and its staff moved to the group's other restaurants.
Saint Urban is in the suite next door. Chef Christopher Collins opened the wine bar and brasserie in November 2024 in the former Rockefeller space. It served shareable small plates and an all-Arizona craft beer list. Mouth by Southwest reported that as of September 28, the room became the Saint Urban Private Dining Room, an event space run with the Collins Catering Collective team.
That means two neighboring suites at the corner stopped seating walk-in diners within two months of each other. That includes the corner's wine bar, which had already been through one turnover since 2024.
What replaced them is built around the patio
The newcomers make their case with square footage, and much of it is outdoors.
- Starfish Scottsdale covers about 5,200 square feet. Roughly 3,800 of that is indoors and 1,400 is a tropical-styled patio, so more than a quarter of the restaurant is outside.
- Vecina is nearly three times the size of the Arcadia original. It has a lakeside patio and more room for large parties and private dining.
- Dash is planned with a 12-seat dining room and a 40-seat patio. That's more than three outdoor seats for every indoor one.
The menus are built for groups too. Starfish serves more than 70 shareable dishes drawn from Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, China and Japan. You can start with sushi and the raw bar, move on to dumplings and Thai curries, or order wok-fired seafood and steak, with a full bar pouring sake, cocktails, beer and wine. At Vecina, the larger kitchen gave Fox room for more from the wood-fired grill and more raw dishes, including oysters. Staples from Arcadia also carried over, like the Faroe Island salmon tacos with yuzu kosho aioli.
"With more space, we're able to flex and open our wings a little bit more to do some fun and different stuff," Fox told Phoenix New Times.
Every arrival comes from an established operator
None of these openings is anyone's first restaurant. Three of them bring a concept that already runs somewhere else. The fourth is a new concept from partners who have been running restaurants for more than 20 years.
Starfish Hospitality Group was founded in 2011 by Archie and Gretchen McConnell. It runs Starfish in Laguna Beach and Newport Beach, and Scottsdale is its first location outside California. It began limited-reservation service on May 1.
Vecina has been in Arcadia since 2019. It was a James Beard Award semifinalist for Best New Restaurant in 2020. James and Raenee Fox had thought about a second location for several years. Z'Tejas closed all of its Arizona restaurants in June 2025, and when the Foxes walked into the empty space they knew it was the one. "It kind of feels like Arcadia," James said of McCormick Ranch.
PHOENIX magazine listed Bombay House at 8140 N. Hayden as a second location in its July openings roundup. The first one is at 1801 E. Baseline Road in Tempe.
Dash comes from chef Matt Carter and restaurateur Brian Raab, the partners behind Zinc Bistro, The Mission and Fat Ox. Over the past 10 years they hadn't added a new concept. Carter lives near the site, and he told Phoenix New Times the menu is made up of "all these things that I either wanted to cook for myself or I wanted to eat in my neighborhood."
Holiday parties have new options at this corner
The new layout matters most when you're booking a group for December. Saint Urban no longer seats the public, but it now takes private bookings for holiday parties and other events, with dates going through the end of 2026 and into 2027. Vecina's extra space also comes with more room for large parties and private dining.
That gives one intersection a dedicated event room, a large restaurant built with private dining in mind, and a 70-dish shared-plates menu at Starfish. For an office party or a family gathering, all three are within walking distance of each other.
A day at the corner, by the clock
- Morning through night at Dash. The plan covers coffee, pastries and breakfast first, then sandwiches, salads and bowls at midday. In the evening there's Roman-style pizza, charcoal-roasted chicken and soft serve, with a dairy-free version made from fava beans. Pastry chef Lisa Graf worked on the menu, which also includes a BLT with Nueske's bacon and salt-cured tomato.
- Happy hour at Vecina from 4 to 6 p.m. Forking Scottsdale lists daily hours of 4 to 9 p.m. with happy hour daily from 4 to 6. Lunch and brunch are planned for later.
- Dinner at Starfish or Bombay House. Both are a short walk away in The Village on Hayden, where Starfish sits at the northwest corner of Hayden and Via de Ventura.
Campo's former suite at 8260 N. Hayden, Suite A102, is the one storefront at the corner that is still empty. Whoever moves in will be joining a block where the restaurants now come with large patios.
This guide is part of how I keep track of McCormick Ranch, and I can help you sort out the practical side of life near Hayden and Via de Ventura. If you'd like to know how this corner fits your plans, Kelleigh Evans is happy to talk it through. Schedule a consultation whenever you're ready.
