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Yucca Tap Room is an old-school dive bar and live music venue where cheap drinks and a no-fuss atmosphere have kept generations of Tempe regulars coming back. The punk shows are a fixture, and moshers in Halloween costumes remain a perfectly normal Tuesday-in-October situation. Half the space now belongs to Electric Bat Arcade, a pinball room that on some nights draws a bigger crowd than the bar itself.
Five honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Place to See a Punk Show · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Place to See a Punk Show · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Place to See a Punk Show · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
One number, weighted & current 64
How we score
Nearby in the record closest first
- Rocket a Go~Go Do · 55
- Ghost of Eastside Records Do · 54
- Zia Records Do · 55
- Electric Bat Arcade Do · 36
- Tempe History Museum Do · 44
- Bouldering Project Do · 55
- Rowan Tree Flowers Do · 54
- Someburros Eat · 19
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