The Best Places in Phoenix
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A globe-hopping dinner spot in Old Town Scottsdale built as a love letter to Anthony Bourdain, which means handmade pasta shares the menu with egg yolk nigiri and bison ribeye without any of it feeling like a theme park. The warm, conversation-friendly room earns its vibe. The bar team applies something closer to lab technique to the cocktails, and the mocktail program picked up a Phoenix Magazine Best of the Valley nod, which is a sentence Bourdain would have found deeply funny.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix Magazine Phoenix Magazine: 2025 · Best Mocktail: Smartest Cocktail in the Room · Best of the Valley
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix Magazine 2025 · Best Mocktail: Smartest Cocktail in the Room · Best of the Valley
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The Arcadia Burger, topped with grilled onions, guacamole, and the house sauce, is the one to order at this drive-thru-only burger shoppe with no indoor seating whatsoever. The double-stacked patties are properly juicy, the fries are the obvious companion, and the milkshakes invite mixing flavors in combinations you'll immediately claim were your idea. Phoenix New Times put it in the top ten burger joints in town, and the neighborhood regulars roll through like they know something.
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- AZ Central AZ Central: The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The top 10 burger joints in Phoenix
- AZ Central The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
- Phoenix New Times The top 10 burger joints in Phoenix
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- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner: Genuine Concepts · Outstanding Hospitality Group
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Finalist: Genuine Concepts · Outstanding Hospitality Group
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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2025 · Winner: Genuine Concepts · Outstanding Hospitality Group
- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2024 · Finalist: Genuine Concepts · Outstanding Hospitality Group
- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner: Genuine Concepts · Outstanding Hospitality Group
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Finalist: Genuine Concepts · Outstanding Hospitality Group
- AZ Central Best bars in metro Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The 10 Best Coffee Shops in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The 10 best coffee shops in Phoenix
- Phoenix Magazine Phoenix Magazine: 2025 · Best Neighborhood Coffee Shop: Phoenix · Best of the Valley
- 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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- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner · Top Chef · Ivan Gonzalez
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner: Beef Wellington · Standout Signature Dish
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Winner · Most Creative Handcrafted Cocktail
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Rank 318. City of Spice
Indian
Rotating TV screens overhead walk you through the menu before you've even sat down, which sets the tone for this welcoming Indian restaurant on the east side of Phoenix. The family behind it grew up in the restaurant business back in India and brought that instinct for hospitality with them. Dosa arrives shattering crisp, the malai kofta is deeply comforting, and the staff nudges you toward something unfamiliar if you let them.
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- Phoenix Magazine Phoenix Magazine: 2025 · Best Chai High · Best of the Valley
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Halal Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The 10 best Indian restaurants in Phoenix
- Phoenix Magazine 2025 · Best Chai High · Best of the Valley
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Halal Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best Indian restaurants in Phoenix
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Rank 318. Gallo Blanco
Mexican
A Mexican restaurant in a converted brick building in Garfield, where the large windows keep things bright enough that you don't feel like you're day-drinking when you order a Paloma at noon. Gallo Blanco runs all three meals, so the crowd shifts from coffee-and-eggs regulars to the burrito-and-margarita contingent by midday. The guacamole and chips make a persuasive case for arriving hungry and starting slow.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 20 Best Restaurants In Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Paloma · Best of Phoenix
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In Phoenix
- The Infatuation The 20 Best Restaurants In Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Paloma · Best of Phoenix
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Phoenix
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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2025 · Finalist: Beef Rendang · Standout Signature Dish
- Phoenix Magazine Phoenix Magazine: Chili Crab · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Finalist: Beef Rendang · Standout Signature Dish
- Phoenix Magazine Chili Crab · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
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Rank 318. Lovebite Dumpling
Chinese
The cardstock to-go box comes with chopstick handles built into the sides, which is either the cleverest packaging in Phoenix or a sign that the city has simply been doing lunch wrong. This grab-and-go dumpling shop on a downtown corner keeps the menu short: pick your base, pick your filling, pick a sauce. The whole thing runs about thirteen dollars, which buys considerably more than whatever sad situation you had going on at your desk.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 20 Best Restaurants In Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Affordable Downtown Lunch · Best of Phoenix
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In Phoenix
- The Infatuation The 20 Best Restaurants In Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Affordable Downtown Lunch · Best of Phoenix
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Phoenix
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Rank 318. Melindas Alley
Cocktail Bar
A chalkboard of rotating cocktail specials and a basement bathed so completely in red light that no other color survives the trip down. This speakeasy-style cocktail bar is tucked beneath the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel, behind a mural and open only two nights a week, which is exactly the energy. Vintage velvet chairs and low tables give it the feel of a sitting room someone forgot to leave, and the drinks arrive in coupes and crystal-cut rocks glasses.
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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2025 · Finalist · Top Mixologist/Bartender · PJ Vader Baron
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Speakeasy · Best of Phoenix
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Finalist · Top Mixologist/Bartender · PJ Vader Baron
- Phoenix New Times The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Speakeasy · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 318. Mensho Ramen
Japanese Noodle Shop
A ramen shop where the broth might arrive laced with matcha or built around five preparations of garlic in a single bowl. Mensho brought its Japanese noodle concept to Arizona with this Mesa outpost, a light-wood room centered on an open kitchen where handmade noodles go into thick, creamy broths. The kind of place where the bowl keeps revealing itself as you eat, which is a polite way of saying you'll want to stay longer than you planned.
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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2025 · Finalist · Emerging Restaurant of the Year
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Ramen · Best of Phoenix
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Finalist · Emerging Restaurant of the Year
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Ramen · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 318. Old Town Taste
Sichuan
A bright red neon sign marks this Sichuan restaurant tucked into a Tempe strip mall, where turquoise booths and mural-covered walls set the scene for lazy Susans loaded with mapo tofu, braised eggplant, and the Chongqing-style spicy chicken that Phoenix Magazine named one of Arizona's top dishes. The batter is thin and shatters, the peppercorns do their characteristic lip-numbing work, and the portions are large enough to make you reconsider your afternoon plans.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Traditional Chinese Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The 10 best Chinese restaurants in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Traditional Chinese Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best Chinese restaurants in Phoenix
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Rank 318. pa'la wood-fired cooking
Wood-fired Mediterranean
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- Foodist Awards 2024 · Finalist · Exceptional Culinary Experience
- Phoenix Magazine Navarro Grain Bowl · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Phoenix
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- Foodist Awards 2023 · Winner: Barter & Shake · Outstanding Hospitality Group
- Eater The Best Bars in Phoenix
- AZ Central Best bars in metro Phoenix
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- AAA AAA: Three Diamonds
- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2023 · Food Pioneer · Mark Tarbell
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- Eater Eater: The Best Bars in Phoenix
- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix
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Rank 318. The Mission
Mexican
Old Town Scottsdale runs heavy on sushi and gourmet burgers, so a candlelit Mexican restaurant with a serious tequila program reads almost as contraband. The Mission leans modern Latin rather than strictly regional, but the street tacos and bacon-wrapped hot dogs hold their own against the fancier plates. The room is dark and unhurried in a way that makes a second round of $15 cocktails feel inevitable.
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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2024 · Food Pioneer · Matt Carter
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2023 · Best Tequila Selection · Best of Phoenix
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In Scottsdale
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Food Pioneer · Matt Carter
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Tequila Selection · Best of Phoenix
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Scottsdale
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The outdoor bar lives inside a repurposed shipping container, which tells you something about this brewpub's sensibility. Arizona Wilderness pours a rotating slate of seasonal ales alongside house classics, and the kitchen keeps pace with oversized burgers, an Arizonan hot fried chicken sandwich, and duck fat fries that have developed their own following. The vegan options are less afterthought than actual draw. Bench seating, a beer garden, and desert weather do the rest.
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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2024 · Winner: Vegan Bahn Mi · Best Vegan Delight
- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2023 · Finalist: Refuge IPA · Favorite Local Craft Beer
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Birthday Beer Deal · Best of Phoenix
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Winner: Vegan Bahn Mi · Best Vegan Delight
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Finalist: Refuge IPA · Favorite Local Craft Beer
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Birthday Beer Deal · Best of Phoenix
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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An old house in Tempe that may or may not be haunted, depending on how many drinks in you are. Casey Moore's is a seafood and oyster bar that's been around forever, and it draws the full cross-section of college town life, from freshmen to people who were freshmen here decades ago. The patio, the well-priced drinks, and the raw bar keep everyone coexisting peacefully, which is harder to pull off than it sounds.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Neighborhood Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Neighborhood Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2023 · Best Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Neighborhood Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Neighborhood Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Bar · Best of Phoenix
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Part coffee shop, part design store, part Taschen outpost, Dialog sits at the base of a mural-wrapped building on Roosevelt Row and dares you to categorize it. The matcha is stone-ground and ceremonial-grade, with baristas reaching for a scale before the whisk ever touches the bowl. Beans come from Stereoscope in LA. Browsers drift between arched light fixtures and esoteric objects while something simmers on the U-shaped bar.
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- 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
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Matcha · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 361. Espiritu
Mexican Cocktail Bar
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- Eater Eater: The Best New Restaurants in America
- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2024 · Semifinalist · Emerging Chef · Roberto Centeno
- Eater The Best New Restaurants in America
- AZ Central Best bars in metro Phoenix
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Emerging Chef · Roberto Centeno
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Rank 361. Los Reyes De La Torta
Mexican
The tortas here are the size of a small architectural project, stacked high on soft telera rolls with combinations like fried beef, ham, egg, chorizo, and avocado all grilled together. This casual Mexican sandwich shop in Sunnyslope sprawls through several rooms, and the menu takes real time to navigate. The juice bar deserves equal attention, especially the agua cremosa, a condensed milk and fresh fruit drink that arrives under a paper umbrella, which feels right.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2023 · Best Tortas · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Tortas · Best of Phoenix
- Eater Eater: Nopales Asado · The Most Iconic Dishes in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Tortas · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Tortas · Best of Phoenix
- Eater Nopales Asado · The Most Iconic Dishes in Phoenix
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Rank 361. Mariscos Playa Hermosa
Sinaloan
The dining room is painted in every color someone could fit on a wall, which turns out to be solid preparation for the menu that follows. This Sinaloan seafood restaurant in Phoenix runs a multi-page spread of aguachiles, whole fried fish, grilled shrimp Micheladas, and molcajetes loaded with carne asada alongside whatever came out of the ocean. A serrano margarita handles the heat. Families book out the patio on weekends, so call ahead if you're bringing a crowd.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Mariscos · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2023 · Best Mexican Seafood · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Mexican Seafood · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Mariscos · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Mexican Seafood · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Mexican Seafood · Best of Phoenix
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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2025 · Food Pioneer · Chris Bianco
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Rank 361. Stemistry
Coffee
The build-your-own bouquet bar is the first thing you notice, a wall of loose stems you pull and arrange yourself while your coffee order is being made. This is a coffee and flower shop in downtown Phoenix, the kind of concept that sounds precious until you're standing in it and it actually works. The rose latte has become something of a signature. Breakfast and lunch round it out, and private floristry classes are available for groups.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Place to Get Coffee and Flowers · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central AZ Central: Best downtown Phoenix coffee shops for more than just coffee · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2023 · Best Peonies and Pick-Me-Ups · Best of Phoenix
- 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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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2024 · Winner: Vegan Bahn Mi · Best Vegan Delight
- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2023 · Finalist: Refuge IPA · Favorite Local Craft Beer
- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Winner: Vegan Bahn Mi · Best Vegan Delight
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Finalist: Refuge IPA · Favorite Local Craft Beer
- AZ Central Best bars in metro Phoenix
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Rank 388. Bikini Lounge
Tiki Bar
Frosted mugs pulled straight from a freezer behind a bar draped in kitschy tchotchkes: this Grand Avenue tiki dive bar has been an institution since truckers were rolling through on Route 60. Wood paneling, tiki-style tables, a pool table, and a patio where the smoking happens. On Tuesdays a DJ spins vinyl, playing what the regulars call "funky mutant dance music," and somehow the night outlasts your intentions. Cash only, so plan accordingly.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Dive Bar · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Dive Bar · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 388. Boycott Bar
Cocktail Bar
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Lesbian Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2023 · Best Lesbian Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Lesbian Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Lesbian Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Lesbian Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Lesbian Bar · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 388. Charlie's Phoenix
Dive Bar
The taco truck parked out front sets the tone before you even get inside. Charlie's is an old-school gay bar and dance hall on Camelback with a big outdoor patio, bleacher seating, two bars, and a dance floor that earns its own reputation after midnight on weekends. The calendar runs from drag nights and karaoke to Latin and country two-stepping, so the crowd varies wildly depending on when you show up, which is most of the fun.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2023 · Best After-Hours Dance Spot · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Gay Bar · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best After-Hours Dance Spot · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Gay Bar · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central Best bars in metro Phoenix
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Rank 388. Coach House
Dive Bar
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- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 388. Easy Tiger Bar
Dive Bar
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- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 388. First Draft Book Bar
Beer Bar
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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 Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 388. Jamie's Bottle Shop
Wine Bar
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- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 388. Kobalt Bar
Cocktail Bar
Karaoke spills out of this LGBTQ+ bar at Park Central before you even reach the door. Inside, Kobalt runs on the pleasant fiction that everyone already knows each other, with drag shows, RuPaul's watch parties, and trivia filling the calendar alongside the sing-alongs. Show tunes, '80s ballads, and early-aughts pop keep the room generous and loud. Cocktails hover around eleven dollars, which makes it easy to stay for one more song, then another.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Drag Shows · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Gay Bar · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Drag Shows · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Gay Bar · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central Best bars in metro Phoenix
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