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| British Open pub combines Rogue, Casey Moore’s |
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The British Open English Pub & Grill is probably one of the best kept secrets in the East Valley. The nondescript pub, which is tucked in a strip mall off Scottsdale Road, is popular with the tattooed-and-pierced hipster crowd. Read more... |
| Kona Grill in Chandler a place for the in crowd | |
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When it comes to nightlife at Chandler Fashion Center, Kona Grill is where it’s at. The hip bar, which is attached to the mall by the food court, is packed on an early evening during happy hour. Read more... |
| Mesa’s Salty Señorita is cooler than Old Town Scottsdale’s | |
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It’s not often Mesa beats Old Town Scottsdale in cool points, but when it comes to the Salty Señorita, Mesa wins hands down. Parking isn’t a challenge like it is in downtown Scottsdale. And the patio is a lot larger, making it easier to maneuver around the bar. Read more... |
| Improv troupes making it up as they go |
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With the National Comedy Theatre opening in Mesa and theseventh annual Phoenix Improv Festival coming this weekend, we can't help but notice: Improv is thriving in the Valley. Read more... |
| Casey Moore’s has a piece of our heart thanks to its eclectic scene | |
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Casey Moore’s is the anti-Scottsdale bar: warm, cozy and filled with friendly people, many who seem to be well-acquainted, nightly. You’re sure to run into someone you know at this “Cheers”-like bar, where the bartenders will remember you and your drink of choice. Read more... |
| Karaoke cool at Scottsdale's Geisha A Go Go |
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Karaoke night finds 22-year-olds Ashley Grobmeier of Scottsdale and Lauren Almeter of Tempe tackling a Madonna classic, but their rendition of "Like a Virgin" isn't for everyone. That's because not everyone can hear them — only six other friends, all celebrating a birthday inside a private karaoke room at Geisha a Go Go, the Asian-themed nightclub than opened last month in downtown Scottsdale. Read more... |
| Will Lyte Lounge & Bistro survive curse of its location? | |
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Given the track record of the night spots that have opened (and closed) at 7419 E. Indian Plaza in Scottsdale — remember NV Lounge, anyone? Blue Note Cellars? Elixir? — Lyte Lounge & Bistro is taking a big chance opening in the same site. Read more... |
| E.V. pubs, restaurants turn go green for St. Patrick’s Day | |
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St. Patrick’s Day is the biggest one of the year for Casey Moore’s. Last year the Tempe patio bar went through 20 kegs of green beer and 700 pounds of corned beef and cabbage, says co-owner Gavin Rutledge, who dresses like a leprechaun for the holiday each year. Read more... |
| Phase 54 is a hidden find in south Tempe | |
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South Tempe’s Phase 54 is not an easy find. The nightspot, off Harl Avenue and Elliot Road east of Interstate 10, sits in an industrial complex. It’s easy to pass, but purple lights decorating the trees outside the bar should help catch your eye. Read more... |
| Ra Sushi brings a slice of nightlife to Dana Park | |
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Ra Sushi at Dana Park shopping center is open and airy compared with the Tempe, Ahwatukee Foothills and downtown Scottsdale locations. But like the other locations — there are five — it has that trendy, hip, rock ’n’ roll vibe. And there’s not an empty seat at the bar when we stop in. Read more... |
| The newest East Valley hot spots | |
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A new crop of hot spots in the East Valley is mixing things up and offering something for every kind of clubgoer. Read more... |
| Guedo’s Cantina Grill brings the beach to Chandler | |
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The beach bar at Guedo’s Cantina Grill in downtown Chandler looks like something you would stumble across on the beach in Mexico — but the sandy surface that holds white plastic chairs and Corona-branded tables is a large sand-covered patio, not an actual beach. Read more... |
| Irony-free: Tempe's Yucca Tap Room brings back taps |
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It's an end to the irony: After more than 20 years of going tapless, Tempe live music hangout the Yucca Tap Room, 29 W. Southern Ave., will add 12 taps to the bar this weekend and live up to its name once again. The bar offered taps when it debuted 35 years ago. Read more... |
| Saddle Ranch is a hard habit to break | |
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Opened in January, this Scottsdale restaurant and bar — with a mechanical bull taking center stage — is all about fun. Read more... |
| Joe Rogan performs at Tempe Improv | |
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It seems like Joe Rogan has done it all — actor, comedian and now Ultimate Fighting Championship commentator. Read more... |
| Hunt down some time for the Fox & Hound | |
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Fox & Hound Pub & Grille in Gilbert is more than just another neighborhood sports bar. Read more... |
| Sports-oriented venues break out the buffets and big screens for Super Bowl viewing | |
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Don’t feel like watching Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and company vie for Super Bowl glory on your 19-inch Sony, yet not willing to shell out thousands to watch them play in person? Why not hop in the car and take in the game at one of the East Valley’s countless restaurants or sports bars? Here are some suggestions, from the ritzy to the comfortably casual. Read more... |
| Weekend of comedy at Dodge Theatre | |
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The Valley’s Dodge Theatre will host two nights of comedy this weekend featuring comedians Katt Williams and Lewis Black. Read more... |
| You’ll get a piece of beach life at The Tavern on Mill | |
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With its laid-back, breezy feel, the only thing missing from Tempe's The Tavern on Mill is the beach. However, it’s still a fun place to day drink and spend a weekend night. Read more... |
| Zingo gets impaired drivers, and vehicles, home safely | |
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A drunken-driving conviction can cost more than $3,200 and with Arizona’s new strict DUI laws, it’s easier to get one. Enter the Zingo drivers — getting you and your vehicle home safely with the help of a fold-up motor scooter. Read more... |
| Dos Gringos MexiGrill adds to Chandler nightlife options | |
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Chandler’s Dos Gringos MexiGrill is one of the city’s hottest night spots. It features a colorful patio-bar ambiance and attracts a mix of people in their 20s and 30s. Read more... |
| Anderson's, now Forbidden, opens up to gay community | |
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Scottsdale club owner Tom Anderson ended 2007 with a bang. Read more... |
| Mesa’s Molly Brannigan’s is warm and friendly | |
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Guinness is the brew of choice at Molly Brannigan’s, an Irish pub that sits in the upscale Dana Park shopping plaza in Mesa. Read more... |
| E.V. happy hours travel the world | |
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All happy hours are not alike — or happy, for that matter. But you can’t go wrong at these four. From tropical to rockin’, we found four themed happy hours in the East Valley that offer something for everyone. Read more... |
| South Beach Restaurant and Lounge a good starting point | |
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We don’t feel like we’re in Miami, but there’s no denying that north Scottsdale’s new nightclub is ultra-hip. It’s filled with couples and small groups in their 20s to 50s on a recent Wednesday night. Read more... |
| Choose from upscale or laid-back New Year's Eve celebrations | |
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Champagne and high heels, or a bottle of beer and jeans. Which New Year’s Eve party better suits you? Read more... |
| Frank Caliendo is living the comedian’s TV dream | |
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Frank Caliendo is living most comedians’ dreams — starring on his own TV show. Read more... |
| East Valley bars and clubs usher in holiday with themed cocktails |
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With Christmas around the corner, some East Valley bars and clubs are stepping up their game with holiday-themed cocktails. Here are a few of our favorites, where you can buy them — and, if you’re not in the mood to go out, how to create them at home. Read more... |
| Tempe Marketplace brings more nightlife to the mix | |
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It’s only a matter of time before Tempe Marketplace gives Mill Avenue a run for its money. Read more... |
| Tao-inspired Taste Ultra Lounge adds more nightlife to north Scottsdale | |
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A wild cougar is loose inside Taste Ultra Lounge, north Scottsdale’s newest bar, on a recent Saturday night. Read more... |
| Meet the hardest-working promoters in the Valley club scene | |
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Brian Durkee has more than 4,000 numbers in his Blackberry. He has 2,000-plus MySpace friends. Read more... |
| Majerle’s Sports Grill in Chandler has lounge vibe | |
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Majerle’s Sports Grill opened in Chandler last week, and the second location offers patrons more of a lounge atmosphere than its Phoenix counterpart. Read more... |
| Tyler doesn't stray far from 'Talk Soup' in Improv set | |
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Aisha Tyler got her big break cracking wise about television on "Talk Soup". She moved on to “Friends,” “Balls of Fury” and a short but memorable skit on Twista’s “Slow Jamz,” but, as she showed Thursday night at the Improv in Tempe, talking about bad TV is still where she shines. Read more... |
| With strike on, Craig Ferguson heads to Valley | |
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While his show is in the midst of reruns due to the Writers Guild of America strike, Craig Ferguson — the magnetic host of CBS’ “The Late Late Show” — is getting in some stand-up on the side. Read more... |
| East Valley bars spice up slow shifts with specialty themes | |
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East Valley nightspots Skybar at the Mondrian Scottsdale and The Sets in Tempe recently launched new events to attract clubgoers on those slower weeknights. Read more... |
| TV, film star Aisha Tyler returns to the Tempe Improv | |
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She made out with Ross and Joey on “Friends.” She was Jennifer Love Hewitt’s BFF on “Ghost Whisperer.” And she played a woman who was genitally mutilated as a child on FX’s “Nip/Tuck.” Read more... |
| At 10 year anniversary, Axis/Radius is long way from last call | |
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Most Scottsdale nightclubs have a short shelf life, but downtown Scottsdale’s Axis/Radius has survived in the fickle city for a decade. Read more... |
| Full-contact singalong at Tempe's Big Bang | |
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Pause at Fifth and Mill in downtown Tempe in the wee hours and you’ll hear fevered music bubbling up from below. The Big Bang looks like a cauldron cooking beneath The Library and Hooters. It dangles at the end of black stairwells, a dark coral reef of tables spun around two grand pianos. Read more... |
| Harland Williams is all about having fun | |
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Harland Williams’ energy is contagious, even during a phone interview. Read more... |
| New bars try to bring live-music fans to east side | |
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Tempe might have a reputation as the Valley’s live-music city, but two Mesa bars-turned-music venues are trying to bring music fans farther east Read more... |
| Where to party around town this Halloween | |
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Sexy nurses, firefighters, cops and superheroes will be out in full force this weekend at East Valley clubs to celebrate Halloween. And nearly every nightspot is marking the spooky holiday with some kind of bash — some even on Halloween (Wednesday). Here are 10 of our favorites. Read more... |
| What does your drink say about you? |
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We consulted local bartenders about what your drink may say about you. Read more... |
| Comedian Brian Regan keeps it clean, even at larger shows | |
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When Brian Regan headlines at the Dodge Theatre this weekend, don’t expect to him to pull a Sarah Silverman and call Britney Spears’ children “adorable mistakes” or poke fun at the celebrity rehab train. Read more... |
| Big Fish Pub gets makeover, alters musical direction | |
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Tempe’s Big Fish Pub got a major face-lift over the summer. The longtime strip-mall bar, which has been open for more than 20 years, morphed from a dive bar to a sultry lounge in late June after the “silent owners” decided to take a hands-on approach. Read more... |
| Bartenders spill the goods on hot drinks | |
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It seems like a new drink takes bars and clubs by storm every year: the martini, the vodka/Red Bull. But what’s the next big drink on the horizon? A few East Valley bar professionals share their opinions. Read more... |
| Slideshow: 'Dirty Scottsdale' bash 'celebrates' the scene |
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The trouts, the cougars, guys in popped collars and pseudo celebrities such as Gumbi, Fred, P-Nazi and G Girl came out in full force Thursday. Read more... |
| Clubgoers, upchuckers ride a flash of fame on dirtyscottsdale.com | |
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What happens in Scottsdale doesn’t always stay in Scottsdale, thanks to a man who goes by the Internet pseudonym “Nik Richie.” Read more... |
| Karaoke gives E.V. guys something to sing about | |
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Charlz Stevens spends four nights a week adding screamo-style flair to songs like The Foundations’ “Build Me Up Buttercup” and Sid Vicious’ cover of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.” Read more... |
| Friday "French Kiss" dance night changes venues |
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Weekly Valley dance night "French Kiss" has switched locations, to Homme Lounge (138 W. Camelback Road, Phoenix). Read more... |
| 'Whose Line' stars bring improv show to Scottsdale |
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Four comedians from the improvised-comedy television show "Whose Line is It Anyway?" will perform Oct. 18 at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts. Read more... |
| Put on your thinking cap at Fibber Magees’ trivia night | |
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What New Age musician was arrested in March 2006 after an alleged domestic dispute with his girlfriend? What is the world’s second-highest mountain? What is the holy day of the week for Muslims? Read more... |
| A cafe, killer arcade, cocktails make this bowling alley Gilbert's nightlife hub | |
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It’s 10 p.m. on a Thursday, and Gilbert’s Brunswick Zone XL bowling center has a two-hour wait for lanes. People from their 20s to 40s pack the new 58,000-square-foot venue, which features 44 bowling lanes — one side, with chairs and tables, for league bowlers and the other, with plush couches, for open bowlers — an interactive game room and a lounge and restaurant. Read more... |
| Chandler nightlife centered at Fashion Center mall | |
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Nightlife is blooming at Chandler Fashion Center. Hip restaurants and bars such as Kona Grill, Elephant Bar and Red Kilt Pub & Grill surround the mall, offering city residents an alternative to club-filled Scottsdale. Read more... |
| BS West bartender Brad Dautremont wins Valley's hottest bar staffer | |
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The votes are in, and Scottsdale BS West bartender Brad Dautremont is the hottest bar staffer in the Valley, according to Get Out readers. Dautremont beat out Minx bartender Kindra DiPasquale for the title. Read more... |
| Get Out’s seven-night club banger guide | |
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If I had a dollar for every time I received a call asking, “Where’s the hot place to go tonight?,” I would be a rich woman. I have answers for Thursday through Saturday, the bread-and-butter nights of the East Valley club scene, but sometimes even I’m stumped about where to go Monday through Wednesday, the typically “off” nights of the week. Read more... |
| East Valley clubs lure ladies with free champagne nights | |
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“Cheers to us,” says Jenyifer Jacobsen, 25, of Tempe, clinking her champagne-filled glass and addressing her friend, Becca Bascae. “Because it’s ladies night.” Read more... |
| Hotel Scottsdale pulls plug on Rebound pool party |
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Call it the Get Out curse. Mere days after Rebound, Hotel Scottsdale’s successful weekly pool party, graced the cover of the June 21 issue of Get Out Magazine, East Valley promoter Brian Durkee was forced to pull the plug Read more... |
| Tempe Improv debuts intimate showroom | |
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By the time he finishes his hour-long set of politically themed standup comedy, Jimmy Dore is ready to assess the Tempe Improv’s new Sideshow room. “It’s nice and intimate, not like that 500-seat (expletive) room next door,” he says. Read more... |
| Dirty Pretty Rockbar is Scottsdale’s flavor of the week | |
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With a name like Dirty Pretty Rockbar, it’s no surprise that the chic rock bar is downtown Scottsdale’s latest flavor of the month. The bar, which sits in the former Bar 74 digs on the southwest corner of Sixth Avenue and 75th Street, opened in late May to a packed house. Read more... |
| Scottsdale clubs, hotels are a celebrity playground | |
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A sunburned Nick Lachey is pouring beer over a friend’s head in the pool at Scottsdale Mondrian. He playfully dunks a buxom blonde who tries to spit weak game — “Nick, you’re so hot!” — at the singer, who is dating MTV VJ Vanessa Minnillo, although she’s noticeably absent on this Saturday afternoon. Read more... |
| Tequila expert to mix margaritas at Salty Senoritas |
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Salty Senorita tequila expert Anthony Georgoulis, aka Senor Pablo Agave, will shake up the perfect margarita for guests while educating people about the drink at two of the bar and restaurant’s East Valley locations this month. Read more... |
| Sex Pistols bassist brings punk back to the Rogue | |
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It’s 11:30 p.m. at Shake! – the dance night each Saturday at the Rogue Bar – and the hipsters are gone. With guest DJ Glen Matlock running the party, tonight is for the punks. Read more... |
| What’s hot on E.V. menus? The servers | |
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More and more East Valley bars and restaurants are using sex to drive sales. National restaurant chain Hooters may have pioneered the concept of using hot-looking women to sell food, but the E.V. is filled with places where patrons receive a side of sexy with their entree or cocktail. Read more... |
| Anderson’s Fifth Estate celebrates 25 years of nightlife history | |
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What do comedian David Spade and the Gin Blossoms have in common? Before hitting it big, both got their feet wet performing at Scottsdale nightclub Anderson’s Fifth Estate, — which will mark its 25th anniversary Friday. Read more... |
| Luxe lounges evoke elegance in East Valley | |
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While hip lounges practically litter downtown Scottsdale, “luxe lounges” have only recently started popping up. Luxe lounges — luxury lounges such as north Scottsdale’s Baroque Luxe Lounge and Minx — offer patrons a chic champagne experience that rivals night life in New York, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Read more... |
| East Valley bars host Cinco de Mayo celebrations | |
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Nearly 6,000 revelers came through the door at downtown Scottsdale’s Dos Gringos last year for Cinco de Mayo. Owner Brian Roehrich — who recently opened a fourth Dos location in south Tempe — is preparing for another big day at his cantina-style bars. Read more... |
| Metalhead revisits the hair-band era Sundays in Scottsdale | |
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“Metal! Head!” The crowd is chanting those words at a packed Martini Ranch on a recent Sunday night during Metalhead’s weekly gig at the downtown Scottsdale bar. Read more... |
| Dirty Dogg patrons aren’t there for caviar and cocktails | |
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Three scantily clad women are hanging upside down from the rafters, hula-hooping, as Danzig’s “Mother” is blasting through the speakers at Scottsdale’s Dirty Dogg Saloon. Read more... |
| Tempe's Red Owl offers double the music | |
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With a second stage and an upgraded sound system, Tempe’s Red Owl aims to become a major player in the East Valley live music scene. Read more... |
| 2007 East Valley Bars & Clubs Guide | |
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Thankfully there’s no shortage of venues to see live music in the E.V. From all-ages venues like The Real Bar and Clubhouse to 21-and-older hot spots like Last Exit and Yucca Tap Room. Read more... |
| Upscale clubs are edging out college bars on Mill Avenue | |
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Tempe’s Mill Avenue is becoming the new downtown Scottsdale. Just ask 29-year-old Megan Mahoney, a former Scottsdale club-hopper, who sings the praises of the bar- and club-filled street, which has long been a popular college hangout due to its proximity to ASU. Read more... |
| Dos Gringos owner opens Cherry Lounge & Pit on Mill Avenue | |
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Mill Avenue nightlife just got sweeter, thanks to East Valley club emperor Brian Roehrich, who hosted the grand-opening party for his super hip Cherry Lounge & Pit on Wednesday night. Read more... |
| Jackrabbit offers New York vibe with dancers in Scottsdale | |
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There’s a new place to see and be seen in downtown Scottsdale: Jackrabbit Supper Club. The super hip restaurant and nightclub, which looks like something out of New York City and sits in the former Blue Agave location next to e4, has only been open a little more than a month, but is already attracting large crowds. Read more... |
| Sports fans get their party on at local bars |
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It’s hard to see past the sea of red at Buffalo Wild Wings on a Sunday afternoon. The bar, near the southeast corner of McQueen and Elliot roads in Gilbert, is packed with Cardinals fans who are rooting on their home team as they face the St. Louis Rams. Read more... |
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