After a year filled with both acclaim and tumult, a buzzy Old Town Scottsdale restaurant has a new name, look and an evolved menu.
Liquor Pig, the gastropub with creative cocktails and an eclectic, internationally inspired food menu, closed on May 30. It debuted in March 2025 on Fourth Avenue, just east of Scottsdale Road, and was led by industry veterans Steven “Chops” Smith and Scott Casey. Smith left the kitchen in July. Casey exited the business in January.
The internal turmoil boiled over into a lawsuit. In April, Casey filed a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court against co-owner Christina Foster, her business MJR Investment and her husband, Christopher Foster. The suit claims Foster owes him back pay and is using his “tangible and intellectual property” at the restaurant, among other allegations…