The Collins Small Batch Kitchen

The Collins Small Batch Kitchen is restauranteur Christopher Collins’ playground for creating his takes on classic American dishes. In the heart of Phoenix's Biltmore neighborhood, The Collins Small Batch Kitchen has a daily menu of favorites, along with a weekly features inspired by the season's freshest ingredients to create a dining experience that will have you returning often to this neighborhood kitchen.

Chef Christopher Collins

Proudly raised in Phoenix, Christopher Collins is a fourth-generation restaurateur and the founder & operator of Common Ground Culinary. After graduating with honors from Boston University with a degree in hospitality management, Christopher honed his craft working as both an executive chef and general manager for top restaurant brands nationwide. Then in 2011, Collins returned to the Valley, and put his skills to use handcrafting a local restaurant group, Common Ground Culinary, with a mission of creating community driven restaurants that have soul.

Common Ground Culinary currently operates Collins Brothers Public House, Grassroots Kitchen & Tap, Wally’s American Gastropub, Sweet Provisions, The Collins Small Batch Kitchen, The Macintosh, The Neighborly and Arcadia Catering Company. Christopher is married to Melissa Collins and is the father of two sons, Christopher “Topher” Collins Jr. and Fitzgerald “Fitzy” Collins.