Highlights
- Devon McConville opened Matilda's All-Day Café in February 2026 in Phoenix's Roosevelt Historic Neighborhood after leaving a finance career in 2015.
- McConville previously operated First Place Coffee, a mobile truck out of a vintage 1970s Chevy P10, starting in 2018.
- Chef Matthew Celaya, known for his Más Amable wood-fired pop-up dinners, leads the kitchen.
- The café concept spans morning through evening, offering coffee, food, and wine in a historic bungalow setting.
Devon McConville opened Matilda's All-Day Café in February 2026, converting a historic bungalow in Phoenix's Roosevelt Historic Neighborhood into a morning-to-evening café serving espresso, food, and wine, a format she encountered while traveling to other cities and decided Phoenix was missing.
McConville's path to the café started with a career exit. She left finance in 2015 and took a job at a local coffee shop, where she discovered a passion for the work. By 2018, that enthusiasm had produced First Place Coffee, a mobile truck operating out of a vintage 1970s Chevy P10. The truck built a loyal following before McConville made the jump to a permanent address, as AZ Big Media, Mouth by Southwest, and the Arizona Republic all reported at opening.
"I absolutely fell in love with coffee and connecting with people," McConville told Phoenix Magazine, explaining the original pivot from finance.
The name Matilda predates the café. McConville named the coffee truck when she acquired it, feeling it needed its own identity, and carried the name forward when she opened the brick-and-mortar location.
For the kitchen, McConville recruited chef Matthew Celaya, who runs a wood-fired pop-up called Más Amable. She said she attended his dinners repeatedly before approaching him as a partner. The café occupies the space previously home to Garden Bar, according to the Yahoo Lifestyle report on the opening.
The Roosevelt Row location is open from morning through evening, per the all-day format McConville modeled on cafés she visited in other cities, coffee and espresso in the morning, salads and wine through lunch and dinner.
Where to find them
- Garden Bar · mostess.host · Instagram · Facebook · TikTok
Sources
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- Phoenix Magazine retrieved 01/07/2026 20:13
- AZ Big Media retrieved 01/07/2026 20:13
- mouthbysouthwest.com retrieved 01/07/2026 20:13
- AZ Central retrieved 01/07/2026 20:13
- yahoo.com retrieved 01/07/2026 20:13
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