Between 4 and 6 p.m., Market Street at DC Ranch now does something it could not do a few years ago. Three distinct restaurants connected to Tom Kaufman begin to overlap, each offering a different reason to stay on the block.
The Living Room is already well into its afternoon service. Elvira’s and Tomu-San Sushi open for dinner. Later in the week, live music, DJs and The Peacock extend the evening.
That timing is the real story behind three of the most closely watched Market Street DC Ranch restaurants. Kaufman has not simply added dining rooms. Over roughly a decade, he has assembled a sequence of concepts that now carries Market Street from weekend brunch through happy hour, dinner and after-dinner drinks.
The meaningful change at Market Street is temporal: one local operator now gives the district a clearer rhythm across the day.
A decade of additions, not a sudden takeover
Kaufman’s presence at Market Street developed in stages.
The Living Room arrived in 2014 and was celebrating its tenth year when Elvira’s was announced in December 2024. Elvira’s opened in early 2025, followed by Tomu-San in late 2025. The three dining rooms occupy two Pima Road addresses, so the title’s “three corners” is a metaphor for three distinct positions in the district rather than three literal street corners.
The sequence matters because each opening answered a different question.
The Living Room established an accessible wine-focused gathering place with lunch, brunch and entertainment. Elvira’s introduced a more formal dinner experience shaped by chef Rubén Monroy’s family history. Tomu-San gave Kaufman’s longstanding sushi program a dedicated home.
Tomu-San also carried significance for the center itself. The restaurant replaced Liberty Station Tavern and, according to the Phoenix Business Journal, filled Market Street’s final restaurant vacancy.
That is a notable endpoint for a district that has been rebuilding its restaurant identity for years. When Whitestone REIT acquired Market Street in December 2013, overall occupancy stood at 80 percent. By June 2014, it had reached 86 percent, with The Living Room among the newly signed tenants. Those figures are historical rather than a current performance measure, but they establish how long Kaufman has been part of the center’s progression.
The summer schedule tells the story
As of July 15, 2026, the current hours reveal how the three concepts work together in practice.
| Concept | Current opening pattern | Role in the day |
|---|---|---|
| The Living Room | 11 a.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. on weekends | Lunch, weekend brunch, afternoon happy hour and evening entertainment |
| Elvira’s | 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday | Dinner, cocktails and special-occasion dining |
| Tomu-San Sushi | 4 to 9 p.m. daily for summer | Happy hour, sushi and Japanese dinner service |
The overlap becomes clearest in late afternoon. The Living Room’s weekday happy hour runs from 3 to 6 p.m. Tomu-San advertises daily happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. Elvira’s official homepage currently lists happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m., though guests should confirm current times before visiting.
By 4 p.m., residents can choose among a wine lounge, modern Mexican cooking and Japanese dining without leaving Market Street. The concepts do not duplicate one another, and none has to carry every occasion.
That creates a practical handoff. The Living Room starts the day. Elvira’s and Tomu-San add dinner depth. Entertainment and The Peacock carry selected evenings later.
Tomu-San’s shift from lunch to dinner is the key change
Tomu-San provides the clearest evidence that Market Street’s rhythm is seasonal rather than fixed.
An April 2026 profile positioned the restaurant as a power-lunch option. At the time, lunch ran daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with bento boxes and access to the full menu.
The restaurant’s current summer schedule begins at 4 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m. every day. Lunch has given way to an evening-first format during summer.
The change concentrates Tomu-San’s activity into the same period when Elvira’s opens and The Living Room moves from afternoon happy hour toward evening programming. Whether that coordination was intentional has not been confirmed. The effect is still observable: Kaufman’s Market Street portfolio now gathers momentum at one specific point in the day.
Tomu-San also has a more focused identity than the sushi offering that preceded it at The Living Room. Executive Chef Christopher George leads a Japanese menu spanning nigiri, sashimi, contemporary rolls and shareable plates. The beverage program includes sake, Japanese whiskies, cocktails and zero-proof pairings.
The menu changes with ingredient availability, but reported dishes have included the cucumber-wrapped Lollipop Roll with bluefin tuna, hamachi, king salmon and lobster, as well as misoyaki black cod and Sizzling Truffle Kanpachi. These details place Tomu-San firmly in the dinner conversation rather than treating it as a casual extension of another restaurant.
The Living Room remains the all-day anchor
New openings tend to claim the attention, but The Living Room still performs the broadest role in Kaufman’s Market Street group.
Its weekday service begins at 11 a.m., while weekends begin at 10 a.m. The restaurant promotes weekend brunch, a wraparound patio and a wine program with more than 200 selections. Approximately 30 wines are available through self-service dispensers that allow smaller tastes or larger pours.
The schedule extends beyond food and wine:
- Thursday live music runs from 6 to 9 p.m.
- Friday and Saturday DJs run from 6 to 10 p.m.
- Saturday and Sunday brunch music runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Sunday evening live music runs from 6 to 9 p.m.
That calendar gives The Living Room a function the two newer restaurants do not have. It can serve as the first stop, the full evening or the place that keeps activity moving after nearby dinner reservations begin.
Its longevity also gives Kaufman a base from which to test demand. In a November 2025 neighborhood profile, he explained that Tomu-San grew from more than a decade of serving sushi at The Living Room. The program had outgrown the original setting, creating the case for a dedicated restaurant.
That is a more useful way to understand Tomu-San’s arrival. It was not an unrelated concept dropped into an available suite. It was the separation and expansion of an offering Kaufman had already developed on the same block.
Elvira’s adds a distinct dinner register
Elvira’s fills another gap without competing directly with The Living Room or Tomu-San.
The restaurant is a collaboration between Kaufman and chef Rubén Monroy. Monroy’s family restaurant traces its history to Nogales, Mexico, in 1927 and later established its Tubac location. The Scottsdale dining room was designed as a more formal interpretation, with two levels, approximately 3,600 square feet, a large patio and a walk-in wine cellar.
The menu draws on complex moles, fresh-pressed tortillas, seafood, dry-aged beef, squash blossoms, quesadillas and chiles rellenos. Tequila and mezcal shape the cocktail program.
Current service begins at 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Elvira’s closes at 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday, then at 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. It is closed Monday.
Those hours reinforce its place in the sequence. Elvira’s does not need to handle breakfast, lunch or late-night entertainment. It begins when the district turns toward dinner and gives Market Street a more considered option for an evening reservation.
The Peacock adds a fourth layer without changing the count
Behind The Living Room, The Peacock operates as a smaller after-dinner extension of Kaufman’s presence. It should not be counted as one of the three principal restaurants in this story, but it completes the timing.
The Peacock opens Thursday through Saturday at 5 p.m. and remains open until close. Its limited schedule aligns with the nights when The Living Room has DJs or live music and when Elvira’s stays open later.
For residents, the practical point is simple. A Thursday, Friday or Saturday evening can now progress through several distinct settings within Kaufman’s group without requiring a drive to another Scottsdale dining corridor.
Why the operator matters as much as the concepts
Kaufman is a DC Ranch resident as well as the operator behind these restaurants. That local connection does not prove that every schedule decision was designed as part of one coordinated plan. It does explain why the group’s growth deserves attention at the neighborhood level.
His professional background adds context. Kaufman Hospitality says he has worked in the industry for more than 45 years and has opened more than 20 restaurants and wine bars since 1993. He holds an Advanced Sommelier credential from the Court of Master Sommeliers, while Christopher George oversees culinary operations.
Kaufman has described his preferred restaurant style as sophisticated yet casual and centered on hospitality. That language fits the Market Street mix. The three principal concepts differ in cuisine, price point and occasion, but each remains approachable enough to support repeat local visits.
Market Street itself was designed as a mixed-use neighborhood center serving DC Ranch and Silverleaf, with 15 architecturally distinct buildings organized around a main-street format. A resident operator with several concepts has a different relationship to that setting than a single-location tenant. The success of one dining room can feed activity into the others, while each concept gives regular guests another reason to return at a different hour.
What changed on an ordinary summer evening
The biggest reset is not visible in a tenant list. It appears in the choices available on an ordinary Tuesday or Thursday.
On Tuesday, The Living Room can handle lunch or an early glass of wine before Elvira’s and Tomu-San begin dinner service at 4 p.m. On Thursday, the same progression continues into The Living Room’s live music from 6 to 9 p.m. The Peacock opens at 5 p.m. for those who want a later stop.
Weekends begin earlier, with brunch and live music at The Living Room, then shift toward three separate dinner experiences. Tomu-San’s current summer hours keep its focus on the evening, while Elvira’s remains open until 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
That is how one operator reset the block. Kaufman did not make Market Street louder through a single grand opening. He gave it a more complete clock.
Hours and menus can change, especially during summer. Confirm current service details directly with The Living Room, Elvira’s and Tomu-San Sushi before making plans.
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