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The Serrano Mango Margarita at Canteen Tequila Bar

Since there's really no better accessory than a cocktail in your hand, each week brings you a tasty adult beverage from one of our favorite drinking establishments, complete with recipe.This week: The Serrano Mango Margarita at Canteen Tequila Bar Canteen Tequila Bar is a chill Happy Hour spot for grown...
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Can Third Thursdays Save Mill Avenue?

I wrote yesterday that I wished every day could be like Third Friday, a monthly night in downtown Phoenix where artsy types hang out for casual openings, and buyers have a chance to see new shows (and buy art) before the mobs hit on First Friday. Third Friday's refreshing, fiercely...
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The Fixx’s Americano

There's a certain art to pouring an espresso shot, and many baristas won't serve a shot of espresso if it's not perfect. Robbie Pfeffer, manager of The Fixx coffee shop and arts venue in Tempe, says some people take "the art of espresso shots" too seriously, but even he throws...
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Chocolate Olive Oil, Handmade Marshmallows and Orange Blossom Beer in Our Easter Basket, Please!

Most kids love getting chocolate bunnies and Peeps in their Easter baskets. But come adulthood, you start resorting to making things like Peepshi (Peeps sushi) and mole rabbit with leftover chocolate bunnies instead of bittersweet chunks just to make things interesting. So what would make for better grown-up Easter treats? Here are the 5 local products we wouldn't mind seeing...
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Shepard Fairey Paste Tagged in Tempe

In today's example of why we can't have nice things: the Shepard Fairey paste on Mill Avenue that we blogged about this week's been tagged, and we're not talking a few scribbles. We're actually not including a full photo of the damage -- the writer really doesn't deserve the recognition...
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Wolfgang Gartner @ Marquee Theatre

Trendy dance music genres tend to come and go (anyone remember B'More?), but electro-house seems to have stood the test of time, particularly in the clubs and danceterias of the Valley. One of the latest burgeoning talents helping keep the genre alive is Wolfgang Gartner. The Grammy-nominated DJ/producer's funky and...
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Caffe Boa Won’t Butcher Any Bunny This Easter

Last week, we mentioned that Chef Payton Curry was disappointed that Caffe Boa was continuing his four-year tradition of serving up rabbit on Easter Sunday. As it turns out, Tempe's Caffe Boa has actually opted to go in a different direction this year. PETA would be proud. Ok, maybe not.Instead of their...
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Now Open: Mellow Mushroom in Tempe

The Georgia-based Mellow Mushroom pizza franchise opened its doors for lunch on Mill Avenue in Tempe today. The former Z Gallerie space underwent extensive renovations to welcome the new eatery, including the installation of an open kitchen with top-of-the-line pizza ovens, a bar with rotating record player art and a...
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Club Candids at Casey Moore’s Oyster House

Casey Moore's is the neighborhood bar of Tempe. Located just walking distance from the Mill Avenue bars, Casey's is the perfect place to have a couple beers and still be able to talk to your friends without yelling. Jimmy Eat World even wrote a song about the place. The casual...
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Black Death at Madcap Theaters in Tempe

In Black Death, a monk travels to a remote village with a band of murderous Christians during the bubonic plague to investigate rumors of a necromancer who protects the village from disease and brings the dead back to life.That's a pretty cool plot, and there's plenty for horror fans to...
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Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

Thursday 22 27th Avenue Bar: DJ Manage (Top 40) Afterlife: Thumpin' Thursdays (various) AZ 88: Josh One (various) Blue Martini: Rewind Thursday with DJ Mendez (hip-hop, dance, Top 40) Bobby Q's: DJ Deuce (hip-hop) BS West: Intravenous Thursdays (goth, industrial, electronic, '80s) Capitol Sports Lounge: DJ JS3 (various) Carly's Bistro:...
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Former Chyro Owner Announces Plans for New Tempe Arts Venue

When Chyro Arts closed last year, it left a big, gaping void in the Tempe/Scottsdale indie performing arts scene. The Fixx, a new coffee house slash concert venue in the old e-Joy spot at 7th Street and Mill Avenue, will help to fill the gap -- but we don't exactly...
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Tempe’s New Loft a GoGo Shop Plays to the Hip

There's a big divide between the gorgeous, contemporary lofts that TV shows depict the college crowd living in and the dingy, broken down, teetering-on-condemnation flophouses that most real world starving students are relegated to. One place I lived in during my undergrad days had fist-sized holes in one wall and...
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Shepard Fairey Pastes in Tempe

Shepard Fairey's wheat pastes may be scattered around Tempe, but don't expect to find him downing a toddy at Cartel or grabbing a few extra supplies at Wet Paint. Fairey and his street art brand/movement OBEY will be featured in the upcoming Sticker Phiends show, thrown annually by local artist...
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“Our Own Devices” Opens at ASU’s Gallery 100 Tonight

Tonight, a group of Arizona State University seniors are saying sayonara in style. From 6 to 8 p.m., twelve candidates for a bachelor of fine arts degree from ASU's art school unveil "Our Own Devices", a group thesis exhibit at Gallery 100, located at the Tempe Center (817-951 South Mill...