Highlights
- Queen B Sushi opens September 4 at 816 N. Main St. in Cottonwood, in the former 48 Wine Works building at the base of Keenan's hilltop trattoria.
- Chef Brett Vibber, who spent nine years at Roka Akor including four as executive chef in Chicago, leads the kitchen.
- An omakase option runs $125 per head, built on rare seasonal seafood, Merkin Gardens produce, and Indigenous foraged wild foods.
- Fish sourcing runs through Chula Seafood and Organic Ocean out of Vancouver, with vegetables from Merkin Gardens and Arizona Sake from Holbrook on the beverage list.
Maynard James Keenan, the Caduceus Cellars and Merkin Vineyards winemaker, is opening a sushi restaurant called Queen B Sushi at 816 N. Main St. in Cottonwood, landing September 4 in the old 48 Wine Works building at the base of his hilltop trattoria. The opening has been corroborated by multiple outlets, including Revolver and Stereogum.
Chef Brett Vibber, culinary director for Keenan's restaurant group, leads the concept. Vibber spent nine years with Roka Akor, five coming up through the kitchen and four as executive chef in Chicago, and opened every one of their U.S. locations. Japanese cuisine has been the center of his cooking for 20 years.
For fish sourcing, Vibber draws on Chula Seafood, which runs product north, and Organic Ocean out of Vancouver, where he has spent a dozen years going out on the boats with the Canadian salmon and spot prawn fleets. Vegetables come from Merkin Gardens. The kitchen is also running about six varieties of mushrooms, including enoki, oyster, and two kinds of lion's mane, pulling 60 pounds out of a single container last week, according to Phoenix Magazine columnist Pavle Milic.
The beverage program covers all the Queen B wines, plus sparkling, mead, botanical spritzer, cider, and Arizona Sake from Holbrook.
What does the omakase cost?
Queen B will offer an omakase option at $125 per head, requiring the whole table to participate. The menu is built on rare seasonal seafood, Merkin Gardens produce, and Indigenous foraged wild foods.
Keenan's Cottonwood footprint now includes the hilltop trattoria, Queen B Vinyl Café on Pima Street, and the new sushi concept. Reservations and hours are available at queenbsushi.com. The restaurant opens September 4.
Where to find them
- Queen B Sushi · queenbsushi.com · Instagram · Facebook
Sources
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- Phoenix Magazine retrieved 02/09/2026 18:29
- Queen B Sushi (official site) retrieved 02/09/2026 18:29
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