Over the past two months, west Rogers gained a six-story hotel with three bars that anyone can visit, plus a chef-run European restaurant in the old Theo's Rogers space on South Market Street. Add the steakhouse and café that were already operating at The Plaza across Northgate Road, and Pinnacle Hills now has something it hasn't had for long: places sized for one drink, one small plate or one 3-ounce pour. They sit alongside the places built for a full dinner.
That changes how an evening here can go, because several of these places can be a single stop on a longer night out.
The hotel that says it was built for locals, too
Talk Business & Politics reported in late September that Hotel Vin Rogers had recently opened at 5501 W. Madison Ave. It's a project of more than $72 million, with six floors, 125 rooms and more than 10,000 square feet of event space, operated as part of Marriott's Autograph Collection. Dallas-based Coury Hospitality manages it. In the same article, CEO Paul Coury explained who the place is for:
"Hotel Vin reflects the character and energy of the region while creating a place that feels equally at home for visitors and locals."
The setup backs that up. The hotel's dining page takes reservations for each venue separately, so a table at the rooftop works just like a table at any restaurant in town, room key or not. A local TV segment on the opening, which was sponsored content, also said the restaurants and bars are open to visitors who aren't staying at the hotel.
Randy Bloomquist runs food and beverage, working with Executive Chef Garrett Kasper and Beverage Director Susie Long. The team also includes two sommeliers. Every venue on the property is built around wine, and each one is sized for a different length of visit.
Three rooms, three ways to stop in
Each Hotel Vin venue fits a different slice of the evening, so the hours are the useful part:
- Bacchus Kitchen + Bar is the hotel's main restaurant. It serves modern American food inspired by local flavors and wine. OpenTable lists breakfast daily from 6:30 to 11 a.m., lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., dinner from 5 to 10 p.m., and bar service from 3 to 5 p.m. and again from 10 to 11 p.m. The dish the Bacchus site highlights is the Hotel Vin VLT, made with red-wine-cured Sakura pork belly and grape-leaf aioli.
- Ridge Rooftop Lounge sits on top of the hotel and looks out over Pinnacle Hills. The Ridge site describes cocktails, a curated wine list and shareable tapas-style small plates. OpenTable lists hours of 4 to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 4 to 9 p.m. on Sunday.
- Magnum Speakeasy is the smallest commitment of the three. It pours 16 wines kept in a preservation dispensing system, in 1-, 3- or 5-ounce sizes. According to the release Talk Business quoted, the list includes "rare and limited-production selections not often offered by the glass." The light bites on its menu include whipped Brie, cured meats and vinegar-seasoned chips, and OpenTable lists it open Tuesday through Saturday from 5 to 11 p.m.
There's also an outdoor area called WineYard next to the pool and cabanas.
That 1-ounce pour at Magnum matters most here. It turns a bottle you'd probably never order into a single taste, and it means a stop at the speakeasy can be fifteen minutes before dinner somewhere else. The rooftop's small plates work the same way. Together they make the hotel a place to start or finish an evening, not just a place to spend all of it.
Bienvenue brought the long dinner
The other big arrival is the opposite of a quick stop. Talk Business reported on Sept. 27 that Bienvenue Restaurant had recently opened at 3300 S. Market St., Suite 100, in the space Theo's Rogers used to occupy. Chef William Mauk ran Bienvenue as a French restaurant in downtown Springdale. The new 6,500-square-foot space gave him room to widen the menu to European cooking.
The room holds 80 in the main dining room and about 40 at the bar, with a patio, a boardroom for about 14, and a gallery that can host events of 60 to 100 people. In the same Talk Business story, Mauk described what he wants the place to be: "a place where people celebrate milestones, reconnect with friends, conduct business over dinner, or simply enjoy a great meal together." Mauk's wife, Annalyn Zay, is a co-owner. Dr. Michelle Barry and Don Barry of Fayetteville are investors.
The 40 bar seats are the detail locals can use. Bienvenue's site lists dinner Tuesday through Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m. It recommends reservations, especially on Friday and Saturday and for groups of five or more, but it also says the bar accepts walk-ins. So even the occasion restaurant in this group has a way in that doesn't need planning.
The Plaza was already there
The Northgate Road side didn't start this fall. The developer, Great Lakes Capital, pitched The Plaza at Pinnacle Hills as a project with 304 apartments and 18,000 square feet of retail, anchored by Ruth's Chris. Talk Business covered the Ruth's Chris opening in April 2025. It's a two-story, 20,079-square-foot restaurant at 5401 W. Northgate Road. It now lists hours of 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, with weekday lunch and weekend brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Un Deux Trois Café also operates at The Plaza. It takes online orders and runs a Tuesday perk for Plaza residents.
When Hotel Vin broke ground in 2024, Talk Business described it as going up along Northgate Road across from The Plaza. That means the new rooftop, the speakeasy and the steakhouse now sit facing each other. A café, a steakhouse and three hotel bars within one block give the area the kind of density that lets an evening move from place to place.
Which nights it all lines up
The schedules don't overlap evenly, and that shapes which nights work for a multi-stop evening. Magnum and Bienvenue both close Sunday and Monday. Ridge, Bacchus and Ruth's Chris all stay open those nights, with Ridge closing at 9 p.m. on Sunday.
Tuesday through Saturday, everything is open at once. Here's one way an evening could go:
- 5 p.m. Start at Magnum Speakeasy with a 1-ounce or 3-ounce pour and the whipped Brie.
- 6:30 p.m. Head to Bienvenue for dinner. Book ahead on Friday or Saturday, or try for a seat at the bar on a weeknight. Seating ends at 9.
- After dinner Finish at Ridge Rooftop Lounge, which stays open until 11 Monday through Saturday.
On Sunday, the shorter version is brunch at Ruth's Chris or dinner at Bacchus, then drinks on the rooftop before Ridge closes at 9.
The block's first holiday season
This will be the new group's first December, and the holiday calendar puts the area in the spotlight early. Destination Rogers lists the Founders Plaza Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony for Friday, Nov. 20, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at 5001 W. Founders Way. It describes the event as a family-friendly evening of seasonal treats in Uptown Rogers. That's a Friday, and the tree lighting runs during the hours when Ridge, Magnum and Bienvenue are all open. Locking in a Bienvenue reservation for that night makes sense.
Nearby at Pinnacle Hills Promenade, Photos with Santa are set up on the lower level near Nordstrom. The booking page offers 15-minute reserved slots and says walk-ups are welcome daily until closing.
The citywide holiday anchor is still downtown. The Rogers Christmas Parade steps off Friday, Dec. 4, at 6:30 p.m. It's coordinated by the Rotary Club of Downtown Rogers and the Rotary Club of Rogers, and a Christmas Village vendor market opens before the parade. Destination Rogers suggests arriving by 5 p.m. for the market and photos with Santa and the Grinch at Frisco Plaza. Downtown has its parade, and Uptown has its tree lighting two weeks earlier, now with a rooftop overlooking it.
Hours change with the season, so check each venue's own page before heading out, particularly for the hotel venues, whose hours come from their online reservation listings.
If you live on the west side of Rogers and are curious how new places like these are shaping the streets around Pinnacle Hills, I'm always glad to talk about it. I've watched this part of Northwest Arkansas grow since 1994, and keeping up with it is part of the job I love. Reach out to Amanda Gainey anytime. Let's Work Together.
