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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.
Five honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Gay Bar · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Drag Shows · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- Phoenix Magazine 2025 · Best Place to Mingle in a Sea of Drag Queens · Best of the Valley
One number, weighted & current 65
How we score
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