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Tempe’s Urban Garden

"From little things big things grow." -- Paul Kelly & The Messengers In no time, everything in this town will be toast. But for the moment, it's time to garden. Everything's green -- from our own Shannon Armour's first attempt at gardening to some experts' efforts to really make things happen. From time...
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Closed for Business: Pho Thang Long

So is it the economy, the location, or the cuisine?For some reason, Vietnamese cuisine hasn't had a very successful run on Mill Avenue. Over the weekend, Pho Thang Long abruptly closed up shop. Open a little more than a year, it occupied the spot at the corner of Mill Ave and 4th...
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Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

THURSDAY 28 27th Avenue Bar: R&B Thursdays (old-school R&B) Airia Nightclub: Ladies Night with DJ Circle, & D-JR (hip-hop, Top 40, remixes, house, electro) AZ88: Josh One (rare groove, urban funk) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (jazz, blues, country, R&B, rarities, vintage vinyl) Blue Martini: Rewind Thursday (retro) Bobby C's:...
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Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

THURSDAY 30 27th Avenue Bar: R&B Thursdays (old-school R&B) Afterlife: Filthy Thursdays with Silent J, Casanova, Marc Elliot, Cris Castro, & more (dubstep, electro, breakbeats, drum 'n' bass, underground hip-hop) Airia Nightclub: Ladies Night with DJ Circle, & D-JR (hip-hop, Top 40, remixes, house, electro) AZ88: Josh One (rare groove,...
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Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

THURSDAY 23 27th Avenue Bar: R&B Thursdays (old-school R&B) Afterlife: Filthy Thursdays with Silent J, Casanova, Marc Elliot, Cris Castro, & more (dubstep, electro, breakbeats, drum 'n' bass, underground hip-hop) Airia Nightclub: Ladies Night with DJ Circle, & D-JR (hip-hop, Top 40, remixes, house, electro) AZ88: Josh One (rare groove,...
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Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

THURSDAY 7 27th Avenue Bar: R&B Thursdays (old-school R&B) Airia Nightclub: Ladies Night with DJ Circle, & D-JR (hip-hop, Top 40, remixes, house, electro) AZ88: Josh One (rare groove, urban funk) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (jazz, blues, country, R&B, rarities, vintage vinyl) Blue Martini: Rewind Thursday (retro) Bobby C's:...
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Jose Cuervo Tequila “Gladiator Games” Coming to Tempe

Wanna be a "tequila legend" without passing out, starting a fight, or throwing up on yourself? The Jose Cuervo tequila company is coming to Tempe next week to give you that chance.In what the folks at Cuervo are calling "Cuervo Games 2010," the company will give Valley residents a chance...
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Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

THURSDAY 16 27th Avenue Bar: R&B Thursdays (old-school R&B) Afterlife: Filthy Thursdays with Silent J, Casanova, Marc Elliot, Cris Castro, & more (dubstep, electro, breakbeats, drum 'n' bass, underground hip-hop) Airia Nightclub: Ladies Night with DJ Circle, & D-JR (hip-hop, Top 40, remixes, house, electro) AZ88: Josh One (rare groove,...
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Train Hits Man Placing Coin on the Tracks in Tempe

A Valley man is in rough shape today after he was hit by a train Saturday night in Tempe.If you lived near train tracks when you were 12 years old, you probably know how cool it is to put a coin on the tracks and watch a train flatten it...
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DJs and Dancing

THURSDAY 9 27th Avenue Bar: R&B Thursdays (old-school R&B) Afterlife: Filthy Thursdays with Silent J, Casanova, Marc Elliot, Cris Castro, & more (dubstep, electro, breakbeats, drum 'n' bass, underground hip-hop) Airia Nightclub: Ladies Night with DJ Circle, & D-JR (hip-hop, Top 40, remixes, house, electro) AZ88: Josh One (rare groove,...
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Battle of the Big-Ass Apple Pies: Take Note, Man v. Food!

Ah... apple pie. It's as American as mom and baseball, Botox and Internet porn. When I spotted a gargantuan version of this classic dessert in one local restaurant's refrigerated case, I knew it was fodder for a brutal Battle of the Dishes. Will my original find nab top honors in this...
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Tempe Farmers’ Markets Suffering From Identity Crisis

Downtown Tempe's couple of block radius now has not one, but four farmers' markets. What sounds like a great idea in theory is actually a hot mess. Only the brick-and-mortar version has an identity of its own, and even that is shaky. ​The Tempe Farmers Market is located in the old Levi's exchange...
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Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

THURSDAY 19 27th Avenue Bar: R&B Thursdays (old school, R&B) Afterlife: Filthy Thursdays with DJ Hazardous, Silent J, Casanova, Corruption, Marc Elliot, Cris Castro, & more (dubstep, electro, breakbeats, drum 'n' bass, underground hip-hop) Airia Nightclub: Ladies Night with DJ Circle, & D-JR (hip-hop, Top 40, remixes, house, electro) AZ88:...
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Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

THURSDAY 2 27th Avenue Bar: R&B Thursdays (old-school R&B) Afterlife: Filthy Thursdays with Silent J, Casanova, Marc Elliot, Cris Castro, & more (dubstep, electro, breakbeats, drum 'n' bass) Airia Nightclub: Ladies Night with DJ Circle, & D-JR (hip-hop, Top 40, remixes, house, electro) AZ88: Josh One (rare groove, urban funk)...
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Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

THURSDAY 26 27th Avenue Bar: R&B Thursdays (old-school R&B) Afterlife: Filthy Thursdays with Silent J, Casanova, Marc Elliot, Cris Castro, & more (dubstep, electro, breakbeats, drum 'n' bass, underground hip-hop) Airia Nightclub: Ladies Night with DJ Circle, & D-JR (hip-hop, Top 40, remixes, house, electro) AZ88: Josh One (rare groove,...
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Club Candids at Sucker Punch Sally’s

Generally, the thought of a "night out" on Mill Avenue gives us a sickening feeling normally reserved for positive lab test results or finding half of a roach in our food, but after checking out Sucker Punch Sally's bar/diner on Friday night, we're thrilled to have found a new douche-free...
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Tonight: Long Wong’s at the Firehouse Grand Opening

Here's the follow-up, folks. Last month, I blogged about the imminent opening of Long Wong's at the Firehouse, the new Tempe spot from some of the same folks who were involved with the old Long Wong's on Mill. But as with so many new restaurant openings, it wasn't quite "imminent" enough...
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Closed for Business: Mill’s End

This just in from blogger David Bickford (a.k.a. PHX Rail Food), who Tweeted a Twitpic of the empty storefront this morning: Mill's End, the long-running cafe located on the northern end of Mill Avenue, has closed. It was never a culinary destination, just a cozy hangout for students and urbanites...