Vintage Lounge & Grill Debuts Tomorrow Night

The Mill Avenue scene is about to get another nightspot. Vintage Lounge & Grill, a slick new eatery and drinkery located at 411 South Mill Avenue in Tempe, opens to the public tomorrow night with a boffo grand opening fete. Occupying the second-floor space formerly occupied by the old Coconut...

By Benjamin Leatherman

December 19, 2008

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The Mill Avenue scene is about to get another nightspot.

Vintage Lounge & Grill, a slick new eatery and drinkery located at 411 South Mill Avenue in Tempe, opens to the public tomorrow night with a boffo grand opening fete.

Occupying the second-floor space formerly occupied by the old Coconut Club Bar & Grill, the new enterprise is owned by Mark Brown, Jay Johar, and Ryan Harris (the same trio behind The Water's Edge in Chandler). It's within walking distance to other Hayden Square hotspots like Margarita Rocks and the Tavern on Mill, as well as the nearby Mill Avenue/Third Street Metro Light Rail station.

We're hoping that Vintage will fare better than its predecessor, which closed earlier this year following issues with the liquor board. The opening night sounds pretty swank, promising a fashion show, half-priced eats from 7 to 9 p.m., $3 Skyy drinks all night, and an appearance by the Skyy Girls. (For VIP list access to the affair, call 480-297-2195 or e-mail [email protected].)

We'll be in the house during the event with our cameras in tow, so be sure to check Up on the Sun on Monday morning for all the revealing snapshots.

(If you can't make it down for the celebration, the joint's also hosting a "Bad Santa Party" on Monday, December 22, as well as an off-the-hook New Year's Eve gala for Auld Lange Syne). -- Benjamin Leatherman

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music, and nightlife. He began writing for New Times in 2003 and joined the staff full-time in 2005. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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