Ole Brass Rail

This east Phoenix dive, located on Thomas Road across from perhaps the most chaotic Walmart in the Valley, opens at 6 a.m. and possesses many of the qualities one associates with a tavern that caters to morning drinkers. The crowd is casual bordering on haggard. The bar serves what we’ve come to call “personal pitchers” — 32 ounces of pourable domestic beer, and just the one glass, thanks — for $5, and the smokers’ patio lies just outside the bar’s often-open glass garage door, which is almost like smoking inside. But unlike many other A.M. bars, Ole Brass Rail offers a full breakfast menu, making it a proper destination for an omelet or chorizo and eggs after a long, debaucherous evening. If you’re more of a P.M. person, karaoke starts up at 8 p.m. on Thursdays and Saturdays, or you can catch the evening’s games on one of the bar’s 21 TVs.