Use quotes to search for a phrase or name: "toy story", or "brooklyn bridge".

Article

Ten FIDY, Oskar Blues, and the Canned Beer Apocalypse

Beer: Ten FIDY Brewery: Oskar Blues Brewery Style: Imperial Stout ABV: 10.5 percent As we inch ever closer to the third-annual AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival, our discussion of aluminum cylinders continues, and it's only right that, at this point, we bring up Oskar Blues. See also: - 2013 AmeriCAN...
Article

9 Best Bars for Day Drinking in Metro Phoenix

There are a few reasons you might be looking to climb into a bottle of booze well before it's five o'clock anywhere. And regardless of the reasoning, there's a bar in this Valley to meet your needs. We've got dive bars options, wine bar options, and even Scottsdale sports bar...
Article

Stift Engelszell: The Newest Trappist Brewery

Beers: Gregorius; Benno Styles: Belgian Strong Dark Ale; Dubbel Brewery: Stift Engelszell ABV: 9.7; 6.9 If, at some future moment, I am compelled by the holy spirit to give up my house, car and cushy blogging gig for a life on religious contemplation, I think I'll become a Trappist. Also...
Article

Nutwhats’ Expanded Candy Line Now at AJ’s and Bodega

Chandler-based Nutwhats is one of the few start-to-finish chocolate makers in Arizona, and the confectioners use it to make unique candies called Scribbles. The company's uncommonly shaped, magnificently buttery, nutty brittle treats are now available in sweet-savory flavors like Salted Almond Scribble, finished with a drizzle of chocolate, and Green...
Article

11 Oktoberfest Celebrations in Metro Phoenix

Break out the lederhosen and fill your glass boots with beer, or rather "bier," because it's time for Oktoberfest fever to take over the Valley. Whether you're looking for a one-day fest to celebrate German food, drink and culture or a days-long party with live music and more beers can...
Article

41 Must-Attend Holiday 2013 Events in Metro Phoenix

The yuletide season can be an exercise in utter chaos. Or, at the very least, busy. There are gifts to buy, feasts and fêtes to plan, trees to trim, halls to deck, and family gatherings to attend. Making your to-do lists even longer are the hundreds of special events over...
Best Of

Best Sports Bar, Tempe

Lucky BreakThe sports bar industry continues to attempt to redefine itself with establishments striving to offer more than cheap domestic beer in pitchers, pathetic frozen pizzas and wings, aging TVs, and boorish dudes in football jerseys. It’s all about upscale these days. You know, a nice place, where you can feel comfortable watching the game in […]
Article

Top 5 Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Theater, festivals, and shopping round out this weekend's must-attend events in and around Phoenix. Prodigy @ Brelby Studio Now that Brelby Theatre Company's in its official venue, the troupe's wasted no time scheduling not just a mainstage season but a Studio Series of new, relatively obscure plays. Through Saturday, November...
Best Of

Best Liquor Store

Tops LiquorsLocally run liquor stores are usually known for poor service and a small Bud Light-dominant stock housed in a sketchy, possibly drive-thru atmosphere. However, downtown Tempe’s Tops Liquor fights every small liquor store stereotype. It took us years of satisfied drinking to taste-test the regular roster of hundreds of beers at Tops. From stouts to […]
Article

2013 Restaurant Openings and Closings in Metro Phoenix

If you were just thinking to yourself how fast the past year flew by, wait until you check out our list of the year's restaurant openings and closings. Can you believe it's been 10 months since we welcomed Doug Robson's Otro Cafe onto the scene? And a whole year since...
Article

Top 5 Must-See Phoenix Shows This Weekend

First they ignore you, then they're frightened by you, then they're fond of you, then you create a youth center for at-risk teens." - Alice Cooper. His annual Christmas Pudding show and more make up this weekend's 5 must-see Phoenix shows...
Article

The 21 Best Heavy Metal Albums of 2013

It's that time of year where our focus is officially shifting from reflecting on 2013 to preparing for 2014. Another 365 days have swept by, full of heavy metal ups and downs, groupies and drug overdoses, mind-blowing riffs and sold-out shows. The state of metal in 2013 certainly hasn't blown...
Article

11 Metro Phoenix Restaurants Open on Christmas Day

If you're already up to your ears with holiday stress from gift shopping, you can forget about planning an elaborate feast for your friends and family. Make reservations at one of the Valley's finest restaurants to enjoy a Christmas dinner with lots of love and laughter -- and less of...
Best Of

Best German Restaurant

Brat HaüsA welcome new addition to the Valley’s woefully short list of German-minded restaurants, this lively gastropub in Old Town even sports its own sprawling biergarten that usually fills up before the two indoor spaces do. With nearly 30 beers on tap and almost 40 in bottles and cans, a strong German or Belgian craft brew […]
Article

15 Black Friday Deals and Events in Metro Phoenix

This Black Friday, ditch the big box madness and celebrate the shopping-est day of the year locally. Your chances of being trampled decrease, and there's no waiting in line for hours until the store opens, or getting up at 5 a.m. to find a spot in the parking lot. Instead,...
Best Of

Best Vintage Bar Games

The Little WoodyAs old-school gamers at heart, we’re partial to any sort of quarter-fed thrills of a throwback nature. So when The Little Woody opened its side room filled with retro bar games last November, it gave us yet another reason to be twitterpated with the place. It does for old, wood-paneled rec rooms what the Arcadia […]
Article

Barrelhouse in Chandler: Happy Hour Report Card

The Spot: Barrelhouse American Kitchen & Cocktails 2050 North Alma School Road, Chandler 480-857-8877 www.facebook.com/barrelhouseaz See Also: - 16 Favorite Places in Metro Phoenix to Eat at the Bar - Blue Hound Kitchen in Phoenix: Happy Hour Report Card - Chandler's Barrelhouse Rolls Out with a Few Bumps...