The Top 100 Places to Drink Near Rusty Spur Saloon
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- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner · Outstanding Bar/Nightlife Experience
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Scottsdale
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- Phoenix New Times The 10 Best Coffee Shops in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best coffee shops in Phoenix
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Rank 4. Rusty Spur Saloon
Dive Bar
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Rank 9. Goldwater Brewing Co.
Beer Bar
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Rank 10. Los Milics Vineyards
Wine Bar
Arizona wine is having a moment, and this sleek Old Town tasting room is a good place to catch up. Los Milics pours wines from its own vineyard in a region people are starting to take seriously, and the team behind it also runs one of Scottsdale's most respected restaurants, so they know what they're doing. The bar staff are genuinely chatty and will walk you through a flight without making you feel like a student.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Tasting Room · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 13. Three Beans Cafe
Coffee
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Rank 14. Platform 18 at Century Grand
Cocktail Bar
A Spirited Award-winning cocktail bar built inside a replica Presidential Pullman train car, Platform 18 commits to the bit fully: wood paneling, digital windows showing rolling landscapes, Prohibition-era drinks, the whole deal. The crowd dresses up a little, leans in, and genuinely plays along. Book a reservation ahead, because showing up without one is a lot like missing your train.
- The Pinnacle Guide 2 Pins
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 10 Nominee · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Nicole Giampino
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 4 Finalist · Best U.S. Bar Team
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Rank 15. UnderTow
Tiki Cocktail Bar
The whole place is built to feel like the cargo hold of a 19th-century ship, which sounds gimmicky until you're actually sitting inside it, sipping something tropical and elaborate through a porthole view. Phoenix has caught up with the whole immersive-bar thing since UnderTow pioneered it, but this one still does it better than the copycats. The cocktails mix tiki classics with more inventive stuff, and the crowd is mostly people who came for the vibe and stayed for the rum.
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 4 Finalist · Best U.S. Bar Team
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Winner: Barter & Shake · Outstanding Hospitality Group
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Winner · Most Creative Handcrafted Cocktail
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Rank 16. Grey Hen Rx at Century Grand
Chinese Cocktail Bar
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 4 Finalist · Best U.S. Bar Team
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Winner: Barter & Shake · Outstanding Hospitality Group
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Winner · Most Creative Handcrafted Cocktail
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Rank 18. The Little Woody
Dive Bar
The Little Woody is a dive bar that can't quite decide what it wants to be, and that's exactly why it works. Red lighting, pool tables, darts, an arcade room, and decent cocktails all coexist without any of it feeling forced. The crowd on weekends is young, loud, and very much here to have a good time well past midnight. Order a specialty cocktail, grab a flatbread, and let someone beat you at darts.
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner: Genuine Concepts · Outstanding Hospitality Group
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Winner · Outstanding Bar/Nightlife Experience
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Finalist · Outstanding Bar/Nightlife Experience
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- Foodist Awards 2023 · Winner: Barter & Shake · Outstanding Hospitality Group
- Eater The Best Bars in Phoenix
- AZ Central 2025 · Best bars in metro Phoenix
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- Eater The Best Bars in Phoenix
- AZ Central 2025 · Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 21. Cafetal Coffee
Colombian Coffee
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Coffee Shop · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The 10 Best Coffee Shops in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best coffee shops in Phoenix
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Rank 23. The Dirty Drummer
Dive Bar
A genuine Phoenix institution that's been around forever, The Dirty Drummer is a dive bar and live music venue where the boots are real and nobody's performing irony. Expect country, honky tonk, and rockabilly most nights, with line dancing that looks intimidating until your third beer. The bar menu runs wings, burgers, and nachos, and happy hour runs weekdays if you're watching your tab. Sports on TV, cold drinks, zero pretension.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Bar Food · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Country Bar · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central 2025 · Best bars in metro Phoenix
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- Foodist Awards 2023 · Winner: The Joy Bus · Favorite Local Craft Beer
- Eater The Best Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 26. Nutowne Saloon
Beer Bar
The Valley's oldest gay bar has been around forever, and it shows, in the best possible way. Think grandma's attic crossed with a dive bar crossed with a fever dream: there's a plaster rooster taller than most people you know, a fortune-telling machine, and a miniature Eiffel Tower on the roof. Regulars shoot pool and nurse cheap beers while the decor quietly dares you to ask questions. Come as you are.
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Gay Bar Decor · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central 2025 · Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 27. Aruma Cafe
Mexican Coffee Shop
- Phoenix New Times The 10 Best Coffee Shops in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best coffee shops in Phoenix
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Rank 29. Casey Moore's Oyster House
Seafood Cocktail Bar
Casey Moore's is a seafood bar and neighborhood hangout that's been around forever, operating out of an old house that may or may not be haunted, which honestly just adds to the vibe. Mill Ave gets all the attention in Tempe, but locals know this is the real spot. Drinks are reasonably priced, the oysters are solid, and the crowd runs from college kids to gray-haired regulars who've been coming since before those college kids were born.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Neighborhood Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Neighborhood Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Bar · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 30. Rift Wine + Tap
Beer Bar
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Rank 31. Carry On
Cocktail Bar
A cocktail bar inside a mock 1960s first-class cabin, where the flight attendants check you in, a beverage cart rolls through the aisle, and the "windows" show sky. People show up in vintage fits and take the whole bit very seriously, which somehow makes it better. The cocktails are genuinely great and genuinely pricey, reservations drop weekly and go fast, so treat this like an actual trip: plan ahead, dress up a little, and enjoy the ride.
- 50 Best 2025 · Best Bar Design Award
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 10 U.S. Nominee · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best New Bar · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 32. Jt's Bar & Grill
American
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Bar Team
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Libby Lingua
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 4 Finalist · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Libby Lingua
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Rank 34. théa
Mediterranean
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Finalist · Ultimate Patio Atmosphere
- AZ Central 2025 · Best bars in metro Phoenix
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Proof that strip malls contain multitudes, Course is a proper fine dining tasting menu tucked inside what looks like a Scottsdale insurance office. Inside, it's white tablecloths and serious cooking, with a rotating seasonal menu that keeps regulars coming back. The chef earned a James Beard semifinalist nod, which tracks. Dress like you mean it and bring someone you want to impress.
- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 1 Pin
- USA Today 2025 · Restaurants of the Year
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner · Exceptional Culinary Experience
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Rank 37. Little Rituals
Cocktail Bar
Voted the top hotel bar in the country, Little Rituals sits on the fourth floor of a downtown Marriott and somehow completely transcends that sentence. Push through the beaded curtain into a room of glittering lights and plush chairs where the cocktail menu reads like an illustrated storybook. The crowd is a good mix of hotel guests who got lucky and locals who definitely made a reservation. The bar snacks are serious enough to call it dinner.
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Winner · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 4 Finalist · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
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Rank 38. Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour
Cocktail Bar
- The Pinnacle Guide 2 Pins
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. West
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Rank 39. Sauvage
Natural Wine Bar
Sauvage is a natural wine bar tucked into a historic cottage off McDowell, the kind of place where the person pouring your glass actually wants to talk about what's in it. The selection leans toward obscure regions and funky bottles you won't find at Total Wine, and the owner is genuinely good at reading what you'll like. Grab a tinned fish snack and let him guide you. The room feels like someone's very cool living room.
- Esquire 2024 · The Best Bars in America
- Eater The Best Bars in Phoenix
- AZ Central 2025 · Best bars in metro Phoenix
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Rank 40. Six Byrd Cider
Cider Beer Bar
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Rank 41. Barcoa Agaveria
Mexican Cocktail Bar
Two bars for the price of one, and both are worth your night. Barcoa is a mezcal and agave cantina where the crowd genuinely knows their spirits, not just the ones with pretty labels. Upstairs is lively, with a patio and a food truck parked outside for tacos. Downstairs is darker, quieter, and reservation-only, the kind of basement bar that makes you feel like you discovered something.
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner · Outstanding Bar/Nightlife Experience
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Finalist · Most Creative Handcrafted Cocktail Program
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Agave-Based Cocktails · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 42. Devil's Hideaway
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 43. Low Key Piano Bar
Cocktail Bar
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Piano Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 44. Skysill Rooftop Lounge
Cocktail Bar
Eighteen floors above Mill Avenue, this open-air rooftop bar at the Westin Tempe holds the claim to highest perch in the Valley, and the views back it up: A Mountain, the bridge, the sprawl of the skyline at night. Grab your drink at the bar, then wander around and take it all in. The cocktails shift with the seasons and the crowd is exactly who you'd expect, hotel guests and first dates hoping the altitude does some of the work.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Rooftop Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Rooftop Bar · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 45. LON’s Last Drop
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 46. Tell Your Friends
Cocktail Bar
You descend a staircase, walk a red mirrored hallway, and suddenly you're in a velvet-draped, gold-ceilinged cocktail lounge that has absolutely no business existing under a north Scottsdale restaurant. It's a proper speakeasy vibe with live music and bartenders who take their weird seriously, mixing sweet-savory stuff that sounds unhinged on paper and works anyway. Budget accordingly, because the upgrades are real and tempting.
- Industry Excellence Awards Bar of the Year
- Sunset 2025 · Better Bars · Where to Eat and Drink
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner · Iconic Speakeasy Experience
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Rank 47. Wren House Brewing
Beer Bar
A brewpub that actually feels like someone's house, because it basically is one. The taproom is tiny, the community table makes strangers into friends fast, and the rotating taps give regulars a reason to keep showing up. Bring takeout from nearby or catch a food truck out front. The Spellbinder hazy IPA is the one everyone talks about. Neighborhood crowd, no pretense, plastic dinosaurs on the windowsill.
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner: Spellbinder · Favorite Local Craft Beer
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Brewery · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Brewery · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 48. Rough Rider
Cocktail Bar
You take the middle elevator down to the basement of an office building, the doors open, and suddenly it's 1890 and someone mixed you a very good drink. Rough Rider is a genuinely moody speakeasy-style cocktail bar with wood paneling, high ceilings, and candlelit nooks that feel made for people who don't want to be seen. The cocktail list leans Victorian-inspired with a wink, and the kitchen is serious enough to keep you planted for the night.
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Underground Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Imbibe Where to Drink in Phoenix
- Eater The Best Bars in Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best New Coffeehouse · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best New Coffeehouse · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The 10 Best Coffee Shops in Phoenix
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Rank 50. Kid Sister
Wine Bar
A neighborhood wine bar on Seventh Street that actually feels like somewhere you'd want to hang out, not just somewhere you'd end up. The menu of small bites and pours changes often, which keeps the regulars coming back and gives first-timers a reason to return. Desert-toned walls, a crowd that ordered without overthinking it, and spritzes that justify the trip on their own.
- The Infatuation The 20 Best Restaurants In Phoenix
- AZ Central 2025 · Best bars in metro Phoenix
- AZ Central 2026 · The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
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- Imbibe Where to Drink in Phoenix
- AZ Central Best Uptown Phoenix coffee shops for meeting friends or making new ones · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
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Rank 52. Futuro
Mexican
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Third Space · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The 10 Best Coffee Shops in Phoenix
- AZ Central Best downtown Phoenix coffee shops for curling up with a book · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
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- Foodist Awards 2023 · Winner · Top Arizona Brewery, Winery, or Distillery Experience
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Finalist: American Pie · Favorite Local Craft Beer
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Finalist: Mango Foxtrot · Favorite Local Craft Beer
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Rank 56. Gracie's Tax Bar
Beer Bar
A faded pink dive bar in a former tax office, which honestly explains the vibe perfectly. Cheap beers, a jukebox worth fighting over, and a crowd that'll challenge you to Scrabble before the night gets away from you. Later on, the patio turns into a full-on DJ situation, just smokier. They also throw stuffed animal contests and reality TV watch parties, so check Instagram before you go and lower your expectations for productivity the next day.
- Imbibe Where to Drink in Phoenix
- Eater The Best Bars in Phoenix
- AZ Central 2025 · Best bars in metro Phoenix
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Rank 57. Killer Whale Sex Club
Cocktail Bar
The name isn't a bluff, but it's not what you think either. This dim, tucked-away cocktail lounge on Roosevelt Row is run by serious mixologists who keep rotating in genuinely interesting new drinks. Look a little closer at the walls, though, and you'll notice the polaroids, all shot right here, all tastefully not-that-tasteful. It gives the whole moody room a wink that somehow makes the experimental cocktails feel even better.
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. West
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Finalist · Top Mixologist/Bartender · Brenon Stuart
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Cocktails With a Side of Tasteful Nudity · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times The 10 Best Coffee Shops in Phoenix
- AZ Central Best Uptown Phoenix coffee shops for working or studying · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best coffee shops in Phoenix
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Greenwood Brewing is the antidote to every dark, loud, aggressively masculine taproom you've ever been dragged to. Woman-owned and designed to match, it's all globe lights, brass accents, and airy vibes on Roosevelt Row, with two outdoor courtyards that stay comfortable year-round. The crowd skews creative and friendly, the beer is genuinely good, and you can order food from nearby spots right to your table.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Unusual Beer: Mango Lassi · Best of Phoenix
- Imbibe Where to Drink in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Coffee Flavors · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central Best Uptown Phoenix coffee shops for working or studying · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
- Phoenix Magazine 2025 · Best Breakfast Burrito · Best of the Valley
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- AZ Central Best Uptown Phoenix coffee shops for curling up with a book · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
- AZ Central 2025 · Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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- AZ Central Best Uptown Phoenix coffee shops for meeting friends or making new ones · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
- AZ Central 2025 · The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
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Rank 65. Pretty Penny
International
Roosevelt Row has no shortage of spots, but Pretty Penny is the one that actually feels like an occasion. It's an upscale dinner-out kind of place, forest green and sleek, where you're greeted with a pour of bubbles before you've even looked at the menu. The cocktails are as serious as the food, so don't skip them. The crowd is date-night dressed and ready to spend, which is the right energy for a room this sharp.
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. West
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. West
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Finalist · Top Mixologist/Bartender · Brenon Stuart
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Rank 66. Chopper John's
Dive Bar
A proper dive bar where the walls are literally wallpapered in dollar bills and Christmas lights never come down, which tells you everything you need to know. Local rock bands take the small stage most nights, the barflies are the friendly kind, and the vibe is very much "we've been here forever and we're not changing anything." Shoot some pool, catch a game from a good bar stool, or take it outside to the patio.
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Rock Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Dive Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 67. The Chill Room
Coffee
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Rank 68. Chilte
Modern Mexican
Modern Mexican in a converted motor hotel on Grand Avenue, and the kitchen's attitude is basically "we don't care," which only makes sense until you taste the food and realize they clearly care a lot. The menu rotates seasonally, the team pulls in guest chefs, and Food and Wine named the chef one of America's best new talents. The crowd skews creative-class Phoenix, the kind of people who'll try a grasshopper quesadilla without being talked into it.
- Food & Wine 2024 · Best New Chefs · Lawrence "LT" Smith
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. West
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Finalist · Emerging Restaurant of the Year
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Rank 70. Dark Hall Coffee
Plant-Based
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Rank 71. Upstairs at FLINT
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 73. Palo Verde Lounge
Dive Bar
Palo Verde is a cash-only Tempe dive where the crowd is genuinely impossible to predict, which is most of the charm. Construction workers, neighborhood regulars, and ASU students all coexist without incident. One night it's quiet pool and country music, the next there's a DJ, and occasionally you're stepping around a metal band in the parking lot just to get in. Drinks are cheap, poured strong, and the bartender probably already knows what you want.
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Dive Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times The 10 Best Coffee Shops in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best coffee shops in Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- AZ Central 2026 · The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
- Phoenix Magazine 2025 · Best Off-Label Use of Pickles: Dill Pickle Pizza · Best of the Valley
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- AZ Central 2025 · Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Chicken Tecolota @ Requinto · The 10 best bites we tasted at Phoenix restaurants
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- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Place to Get Coffee and Flowers · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central Best downtown Phoenix coffee shops for more than just coffee · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Peonies and Pick-Me-Ups · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times The 10 Best Coffee Shops in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best coffee shops in Phoenix
- Phoenix Magazine 2025 · Best Neighborhood Coffee Shop: Phoenix · Best of the Valley
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- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Coffeehouse · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Coffeehouse · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central Best downtown coffee shops for working or studying · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
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Rank 93. Valentine
Sonoran Mexican
A wood-fired all-day cafe in the Melrose District that has turned Arizona sourcing into something close to a religion, and somehow made that feel fun rather than preachy. The room shares space with a vintage furniture store, which tells you everything about the crowd: creative types who dress well without trying. Come for brunch when the menus overlap, and don't skip the attached speakeasy, Bar 1912, hiding in the back.
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. West
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 10 U.S. Nominee · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Crystal Kass
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Rank 94. Copper Star Coffee
Coffee
A converted gas station in the Melrose District that somehow became the neighborhood's unofficial living room. Copper Star is a laid-back coffee shop open early every day, with a drive-thru for the rushed and a shaded patio for everyone else. The bagels are homemade and genuinely good, and the breakfast sandwiches are the kind of thing you didn't know you needed until you're halfway through one.
- AZ Central Best Midtown Phoenix coffee shops for meeting friends or making new ones · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best breakfast spots in Phoenix
- AZ Central 2025 · The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
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- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner: Genuine Concepts · Outstanding Hospitality Group
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Finalist: Genuine Concepts · Outstanding Hospitality Group
- AZ Central 2025 · Best bars in metro Phoenix
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Rank 97. Rips Bar
Dive Bar
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Rank 99. Bar1
Cocktail Bar
A laid-back gay cocktail bar that skips the theatrics and just lets people hang out. The candlelit room is full of folks actually talking to each other, which feels radical these days. Grab a craft cocktail or a specialty shot, play some pinball, or drift out to the patio. Daily drink specials keep things interesting all week, and the happy hours are generous enough that you'll probably stay longer than planned.
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Gay Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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