Space CaseSpace Case: Tell Your Friends
Madison RutherfordNovember 2, 2024
This sleek, subterranean cocktail lounge in North Scottsdale was envisioned by Creation Hospitality and Clive Collective using an unorthodox approach: reverse engineering.
Food ReviewsDining Review: Barley & Smoke Brings Sophistication to West Valley
Nikki BuchananSeptember 2, 2024
Secreted behind a brewery, this food-forward speakeasy has West Valley tongues wagging.
From the EditorEditor’s Note: Valley Confidential
Craig OuthierSeptember 1, 2024
Today, there are more speakeasies in the Valley than ever... to feed that delicious illusion of transgression [we] all love so much.
Space CasePhoenix Woodworker Creates Elevated Cafe Experience at The Coffee Builders
Madison RutherfordNovember 1, 2023
A former storage space is transformed into a speakeasy-like coffee shop.
According to Jared Ammon, concocting creative, balanced cocktails is both an art and a science. The craft bar manager at The Ostrich, a speakeasy-style bar in the basement of the historical San Marcos Hotel in downtown Chandler, knows that a good cocktail is about much more than throwing together ingredients and pouring them in a glass. “You kind of have to be creative to do this,” he says. “But it’s also very technical.” Ammon and...
Pigtails Downtown interior | Photo by Nikki Buchanan Maybe I’ve read The Great Gatsby too many times, but I’m fascinated by the speakeasies of the ’20s and early ’30s — back when bars, liquor and the drinking of liquor were made illegal by the Volstead Act, which, of course, just encouraged people to seek out illegal bars selling illegal liquor, where they could happily drink illegally as long as they did it quietly...
Desert DigestThe Stir, a coffee shop, ice cream parlor and speakeasy, coming to North Phoenix this fall
Helena WegnerAugust 28, 2019
The 1920s were marked by dramatic economic growth, prosperity, jazz music and the Prohibition – a period between the ’20s and ’30s when alcohol was outlawed in the United States. Underground speakeasies popped up across cities and the ‘20s roared on. Will 2020 be as remarkable as the Roaring ‘20s? Rick Bronson hopes so. The comedian will open a speakeasy-style cocktail lounge and coffee bar this November. The unique concept will be located on High...