The Top 100 Things to Do Near The Bearded Barber
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Geodes the size of ottomans, fossil slabs, and crystals that look like they were staged by a very ambitious set designer share the floor here with pieces scaled for a backyard or a corporate lobby. Rare Earth Gallery sits in Cave Creek and reads more like a natural history museum than a shop, which is either a sales strategy or a genuine obsession, possibly both. Either way, it's a strange and surprisingly absorbing afternoon.
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A neighborhood dive bar that fully commits to the bit: vintage furniture with backstories, a cigarette machine, free arcade games, and a jukebox that always has Marty Robbins on deck. The drinks are cold, the Old Style is colder, and the backyard patio with lawn games fills up with the kind of crowd that looks like they've been regulars for years, even if they just discovered it last week.
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- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Store for Wrestling Fans · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Store to Show a Wrestling Geek · Best of Phoenix
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A museum with over 15,000 instruments drawn from nearly every country on earth, where the displays sense your approach and pipe the corresponding music through wireless headphones. It sounds gimmicky and it works beautifully. The Artist Gallery leans into celebrity worship without apology, and larger nations get subsections drilling into folk and tribal traditions. The cafe handles global food at reasonable prices, which is not a given for a museum this size.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Place to Take an Out-of-Towner · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Museum Gift Shop · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best New Age Store · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best New Age Store · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best New Age Store · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Public Pickleball Courts · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Public Tennis Courts · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Miniature Golf · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Rides · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Rides · Best of Phoenix
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- Foodist Awards 2023 · Finalist: Lobstah Roll · Standout Signature Dish
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Fish Shop · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Fish Market · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Indoor Gun Range · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Indoor Gun Range · Best of Phoenix
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A mile-and-a-half paved path cutting through the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, Dreamy Draw is where the city comes to jog, bike, and pretend the heat is fine. Boulders break up the trail for anyone who needs a dignified excuse to stop, and drinking fountains appear often enough that you won't have to choose between cardio and survival. It opens at five in the morning, which makes it a genuinely good place to catch the sunrise before the desert decides to cook you.
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A rusted steel and glass aquatic center building that people apparently stop and stare at instead of swimming. The complex packs in a lap pool, diving well, tube slide, lazy river, and a splash pad, all framed by McDowell Mountain views and a public art installation that, yes, belongs to the pool. Non-Scottsdale residents pay a modest surcharge for the privilege of wondering why their city's public pools don't look like this.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Public Pool · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Public Pool · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Public Pool · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Place to Buy Something Small · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Tiny Things · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Chicano Art Space · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central Best Midtown Phoenix coffee shop for working or studying · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Art Classes · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Ceramics Studio · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central Best Coronado coffee shops for more than just coffee · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Hike · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Hike · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Running Store · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Running Store · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Rage Room · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Rage Room · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Walking Path · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Walking Path · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Antique Mall · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Antiques Mall · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Bat Colony · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Communing With Creatures of the Night · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Thrift Store · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Thrift Shop · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Place to See a Metal Show · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Place to See a Metal Show · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Way to Cuddle Cats · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Cat Cafe · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central Best downtown Phoenix coffee shops for more than just coffee · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best High-End Sneakers · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best High-End Sneaker Shop · Best of Phoenix
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A gallery-shop in northern Phoenix where the inventory changes constantly because everything is made by hand and no two makers work the same week. Forged knives, blown-glass tumblers, ceramic oil pourers, and natural-edge cutting boards share shelf space in proportions nobody can predict. It's the kind of place where you come in for a gift and leave reconsidering your kitchen entirely.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Place to Support Local Artists · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Place to Buy Local Art · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Local Art · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Vintage Furniture · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Midcentury Modern Furniture · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Plant Shop · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Plant Shop · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central Best Grand Avenue coffee shops for more than just coffee · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Hip-Hop Shop · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Hip-Hop Shop · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Hip-Hop Shop · Best of Phoenix
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The Praying Monk formation on the southeast face is the shot everyone posts, but the ridge routes above Echo Canyon are where the real character shows. Camelback is a hiking and climbing destination right in the middle of the Valley, accessible enough that you can squeeze it into a morning, challenging enough that you'll feel it the next day. The rock gets called "choss" by the purists, which just means more routes for everyone else.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Intense Hike · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Hike · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Intense Hike · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Bones · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best In-Store Events · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Creepy Stuff · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Used Everything · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Used Bookstore · Best of Phoenix
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The lounge here is comfortable enough that you could forget there are lanes out back, which is either a design triumph or a problem depending on how serious you are about bowling. This Sunnyslope alley has been independently owned forever, and the bar leans into the Big Lebowski energy hard enough that ordering a White Russian feels basically mandatory. Plush seating, warm lighting, geometric walls, and plenty of beer on tap round it out.
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Place to Buy a Housewarming Gift · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Housewarming Gifts · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Upscale Party Supplies · Best of Phoenix
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- Foodist Awards 2024 · Finalist · Outstanding Bar/Nightlife Experience
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Bougie Bowling · Best of Phoenix
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A live music club on Indian School Road that's been the Valley's home for blues, jazz, and roots acts for as long as anyone can remember. Owner Bob Corritore, a serious figure in the blues world, has put Pinetop Perkins and Sanford Clark on that stage. Local and touring rock acts fill the gaps. The bartenders are half the reason to stay, apparently able to match any set with a story.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Blues Club · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Blues Venue · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Fabric Store · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Fabric Store · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Fabric Store · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Phoenix-Centric Music Venue · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Really Big Honor · Best of Phoenix
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An art gallery that holds an open call every two years, gets over 500 submissions, and sometimes picks exactly one artist. That's the curatorial standard at Lisa Sette Gallery, an old-school institution in the Phoenix arts scene representing a tight roster of Arizona painters, photographers, and mixed-media artists. The work tends toward the serious and the strange, in the best possible, completely non-graded sense of that phrase.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Art Gallery · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Art Gallery · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Art Gallery · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Place to Buy a Turntable · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Record Store · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Casino · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Casino · Best of Phoenix
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Somewhere between the white rhinos and the maned wolves, you may find yourself face to face with a capybara, which is a reasonable argument for coming. Wildlife World is a private zoo on the western edge of Phoenix, one of only two nationally accredited privately owned zoos in the country, with around 1,300 animals spread across naturalistic enclosures, no concrete-and-bars austerity here. The animals range from penguins to African wild dogs, and the place leans educational without being preachy about it.
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A former department store at Desert Sky Mall that now holds more than 200 vendors under one roof, Mercado de los Cielos is a Hispanic marketplace where shopping and eating blur into a pleasant afternoon-long problem. Counter stalls turn out tortas, mariscos, gorditas, and agua frescas, with photos above every register for the indecisive. Pick up a raspado from the fruit stand and let it guide you around the rest.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Mercado · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Marketplace · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Place to Make Art and Get Messy · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Interactive Art Activity · Best of Phoenix