Since late 2025, three restaurants side by side on Market Street's southeast corner at Pima Road and Thompson Peak Parkway have belonged to one company. Kaufman Hospitality, founded by Tom Kaufman, already ran The Living Room and Elvira's when it announced Tomu-San Sushi for the space beside them. In its opening coverage, Mouth by Southwest placed Tomu-San in the former Liberty Station space, directly across from The Living Room and next door to Elvira's. This October is the first one with all three open, and The Living Room starts patio season with a free party on Sunday, October 18.
Each restaurant has its own focus: Mexican at Elvira's, a dedicated sushi kitchen at Tomu-San, and a wine bar with a broad menu at The Living Room. Their happy hours open at different times, and their weekly schedules cover each other's closed hours. Treated as one block, the corner can host a full evening that moves between three kitchens.
Three Concepts, One Corner
Here's what each door offers, with each restaurant's own listing as the source.
| The Living Room | Elvira's | Tomu-San Sushi | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concept | Wine café and lounge with sushi, steak and shareable plates | Upscale Mexican led by chef Rubén Monroy | Modern Japanese, sushi plus family-style sharing |
| Address | 20751 N. Pima Road, #120 | 20825 N. Pima Road, Suite H110 | 20825 N. Pima Road, Suite 100 |
| Happy hour | Weekdays, 3 to 6 p.m. | Listed as 4 to 6 p.m. on the homepage, 4:30 to 6 p.m. on the happy-hour menu | Listed as 4 to 6 p.m. daily on the core menu |
| Also worth knowing | Weekday lunch 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekend brunch 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Dinner from 4 p.m., closed Mondays | Taking reservations on its website |
Two of those happy-hour times don't fully agree across sources. Tomu-San's core menu lists 4 p.m., but a January 2026 Fabulous Arizona feature reported 4:30. Elvira's lists two different start times on its own site. Either way, The Living Room's happy hour starts first, and the other two begin within the next hour or so. Before planning around a half hour, call the host stand.
What the Newest Door Added
Tomu-San's place in the lineup makes more sense once you know how long it was in the works. When AZ Big Media announced the opening in October 2025, it described Tomu-San as a concept Kaufman had been developing for years. The kitchen went to Executive Chef Christopher George, who spent two decades with Roy's. Arizona Foothills introduced it as a new neighbor to The Living Room and Elvira's, so the cluster idea was part of the announcement from the start.
The menu nods to that relationship. Its signature rolls include the TFK, made with wagyu, lobster and asparagus, plus the Aloha, the Chuck Norris and one called The Living Room roll. Mouth by Southwest's opening story listed nigiri flights, a lobster salad, duck-and-mushroom gyoza and wagyu short rib. Fabulous Arizona's January visit added Szechuan BBQ ribs, yuzu cheesecake and cornflake-fried ice cream, and it mentioned patio seating.
The official site describes a full drinks program of sake, Japanese whisky, cocktails and zero-proof pairings. That gives the corner a second serious drinks list, and it differs from the one across the walk.
The Living Room was already a two-cuisine room
The Living Room has served sushi alongside its steak, flatbreads and shareable plates for some time. Its dinner menu runs from charcuterie and lobster potstickers to Thai chicken lettuce cups and sushi rolls. Its main draw is the wine program. The list runs past 200 wines, and 30 of them sit on a self-serve "wine wall" where guests pour themselves a taste or a full glass. In March 2025, Arizona Foothills covered a menu update that added prime-chop, Mexican-street-corn and wild-mushroom bruschetta, plus brunch plates like cornflake French toast and chicken and waffles.
Elvira's covers the part of the menu nobody else does
Elvira's describes its food as traditional Mexican dishes reworked with contemporary technique. The mole section of the dinner menu reads like a tasting flight on its own, with mole negro, hazelnut mole, mole poblano, pipián and verde. Duck carnitas, chile relleno, enchiladas and molcajetes round out the mains. The happy-hour menu is a lighter way in, with tacos, shrimp skewers, ahi tartare and quesadilla fritas.
Planning a Fall Evening Around the Three
Because each kitchen has its own focus and the hours fill in for each other, a single visit can cover the whole block. Here's how the published hours line up on a typical weeknight:
- Around 3 p.m. The Living Room's weekday happy hour starts first. The discounts cover wine, draft beer, cocktails, bruschetta and flatbreads, and the wraparound patio with its fire pits faces Market Street.
- From 4 to 4:30 p.m. Tomu-San and Elvira's begin their happy hours and dinner service, depending on which posted time is current.
- Dinner. Moles at Elvira's and an omakase-style spread at Tomu-San are a few steps apart. Elvira's serves until 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday, and until 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
- Monday. Elvira's is closed, so on Mondays the corner has two doors.
Weekends start earlier. The Living Room serves brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, hours when neither neighbor is open.
October 18 and the First Saturdays After It
The Living Room calls its patio kickoff "Outside Is Back!" It runs Sunday, October 18, 2026, from 6 p.m. There's no cover, it's open to everyone, and the Dirty Yachtin' Scoundrels will play live yacht rock. By early evening on a Sunday, all three doors should be open, so that night shows the corner at its fullest.
Market Street's other recurring date this fall happens in the morning. Scuderia Southwest holds its monthly members' Cars and Coffee gathering at 20789 N. Pima Road on the first Saturday of the month, from 7 to 10 a.m. The next two dates are November 7 and December 5, 2026. The cars on display belong to club members. Scuderia Southwest says it no longer runs public car shows, but spectators are welcome and don't need to register. The gathering ends at 10 a.m., the same hour The Living Room starts weekend brunch. On those two Saturdays, you can walk from the cars straight to a brunch table.
How the Corner Has Changed
Some Market Street dining listings still include The Herb Box and Liberty Station. The Herb Box moved from DC Ranch to 7000 E. Shea Blvd. in 2021, according to AZ Big Media. Tomu-San now has Liberty Station's old address. For current hours and menus, each restaurant's own website is the most direct reference. Tomu-San and Elvira's were both taking online reservations for October 2026 when this was written.
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