The cocktail list will mimic the space: dark and moody with spirits like bourbon, rye, rum, and tequila. With classics that only have four or five ingredients, if there is something that doesn’t pair as well, you’ll see it right away,” Lyons said. “When you start to manipulate cocktails with six or seven things, you can hide certain things a little bit more. Mitch Lyons of Two Hands Consulting will lead the cocktail program at Fire at Will alongside Libby Lingua. Having the right alcohol to pair with the food is key, says Lyons, who has shaken drinks alongside Lingua at top bars including Century Grand and UnderTow.
Libby Lingua and Mitch Lyons of Two Hands Consulting, the duo behind dimly-lit Highball Cocktail Lounge at Seventh Avenue and McDowell Road, are creating the cocktail program. Holly Ruggiero, who came by way of La Grande Orange and Maple & Ash before opening Hush with her husband, will lead front-of-house operations and training. The Hush burger, something he never planned to have on the menu at the original restaurant, but makes an appearance from time to time due to high demand, will definitely be offered in the new space. “I don’t want to say tapas because most people say tapas and then think it’s only Spanish food,” Ruggiero says, “but the menu will be similar to Hush’s with dishes like harissa, duck fried rice, and different pastas, with influences pious all over.” He has kept his passion for that atmosphere alive at Hush, where he’s created now-classics like chicken liver mousse with drunken cherries and Noble bread and Macaroni Au Gratin.įire at Will’s menu will be similar, with plates like crab hush puppies, Italian beef with braised oxtail, and duck fried rice, a fan favorite topped with a sunny-side-up duck egg.Īnd though he plans for Fire at Will to have a dark, moody, and masculine feel to it, Ruggiero, who lives nearby, still envisions it as a neighborhood spot where families can sit at communal tables or couples can share small eclectic dishes. He later used the GI Bill to help fund his education at Le Cordon Bleu, the now-defunct culinary school in Scottsdale.Īlthough he never worked in the kitchen while deployed in Iraq, the high-intensity atmosphere and camaraderie of the kitchen reminded Ruggiero of his military days, he says. “Fire at will” is also a military command, something familiar to Ruggiero, who served in the Marine Corps for four years.
The name for the restaurant combines many different influences from the chef’s life. The new concept will find its home at the northeast corner of Tatum and Shea Boulevards in the space that previously housed Little Cay, a Latin-Caribbean eatery. He and his wife Holly Ruggiero are opening their third venture, Fire at Will, this fall. Ruggiero runs Hush Public House and Vanilla Gorilla Tap Room & Bottle Shop in North Scottsdale. Dom Ruggiero of Hush Public House is opening Fire at Will this fall in North Phoenix.
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