Highlights
- Above All Else, a rooftop bar and restaurant from Above All Hospitality, is scheduled to open in early 2026 at 7134 E. Stetson Drive in Old Town Scottsdale.
- CEO Austin Walter previously opened Low Key Piano Bar in Tempe in 2014 and has hospitality roots in Texas, Tennessee, and Arizona.
- The concept takes the second floor formerly occupied by STK steakhouse, which moved a few blocks away.
- The modern American menu will include Wagyu tartare, lobster tostada, grilled peach salad, and seared scallops alongside a tableside old fashioned and other signature cocktails.
Above All Else, a rooftop bar and restaurant from Above All Hospitality, is scheduled to open in early 2026 at 7134 E. Stetson Drive in Old Town Scottsdale, according to Phoenix New Times, with the opening also reported by Arizona Foothills Magazine and Fabulous Arizona.
The concept will occupy the second floor of the space formerly held by STK, a steakhouse that recently relocated a few blocks away. Austin Walter, chief executive officer of Above All Hospitality, is leading the venture. Walter has hospitality roots in Texas, Tennessee, and Arizona, including co-opening Low Key Piano Bar in Tempe with his father in 2014.
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