{"id":37599,"date":"2026-09-30T06:43:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/37599\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T06:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:43:34","slug":"chef-christopher-collins-closes-scottsdale-restaurant-after-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/37599\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef Christopher Collins closes Scottsdale restaurant after 2 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSaint Urban’s menu focused on shareable items, like charcuterie boards, sandwiches and salads.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Saint Urban\/Grace Stufkosky<\/p>\n

The second time is not the charm for Saint Urban.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After nearly two years, the Scottsdale eatery and wine bar from chef and restaurateur Christopher Collins has closed. The McCormick Ranch restaurant will now host private events.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of September 28th, Saint Urban has transitioned to Saint Urban Private Dining Room, available for holiday parties, memorable events and life\u2019s most important moments,\u201d a statement provided by the restaurant group\u2019s spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

The abrupt closure came as a surprise to customers. Diners with reservations at Saint Urban were rebooked at one of Common Ground Culinary\u2019s other Valley restaurants, which include The Macintosh, Collins Brothers Public House, Grassroots Kitchen & Tap, Wally\u2019s American Gastropub, Sweet Provisions and The Neighborly.<\/p>\n

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Collins opened Saint Urban on Hayden and Royal Palm roads in November 2024 at a shopping center where his crew runs three of those restaurants. The sleek space offered 30 rotating wines and a shareable menu of raw bar bites, charcuterie boards and a mix of plates that ranged from wings to a 45-day-aged New York strip steak.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two years prior, the restaurateur opened the similarly named St. Urban, a chic cocktail lounge with elevated bites, above The Neighborly in Phoenix in fall 2022. The design-forward upstairs haunt closed in June 2023, promising fans a \u201clarger, stand-alone space.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Saint Urban sourced most of its ingredients from West Coast purveyors.<\/p>\n

Saint Urban\/Grace Stufkosky<\/p>\n

Though these two sainted restaurants bore similar names, Collins told Phoenix New Times in 2024 the eatery had a \u201cnew menu and vibe. It\u2019s different.\u201d\u00a0This new version of Saint Urban lasted longer than its predecessor, but ultimately also shuttered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Collins and Common Ground Culinary continue to grow in the meantime. Collins debuted the multi-concept dining hub One Sixth inside the atrium of the Phoenix office building Bond in June and will bring a full-service smokehouse and raw bar, Cowboy Seafood, to midtown Phoenix later this fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Saint Urban\u2019s space won\u2019t be idle for long. During its next act, this \u201chidden gem\u201d joins the restaurant group\u2019s portfolio of event spaces, the statement said, noting, \u201cDates are already booking through the end of 2026 and into 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saint Urban’s menu focused on shareable items, like charcuterie boards, sandwiches and salads. Saint Urban\/Grace Stufkosky The second time is not the charm for Saint Urban.\u00a0 After nearly two years, the Scottsdale eatery and wine bar from chef and restaurateur Christopher Collins has closed. The McCormick Ranch restaurant will now host private events. \u201cAs of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[3323,3321,3319,3322,3320,248,3448],"class_list":["post-37599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arizona","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-dining","tag-arizona-food","tag-arizona-grocery-stores","tag-arizona-restaurants","tag-openings-closings","tag-scottsdale"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dc\/117358638177979273","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}