Eat
Valentine
Midcentury room, tight menu, cocktails that punch above the price.
Uptown Phoenix
$$Indoors
Girls' Night
Big tables, good lighting, and somewhere to go after.
August · Survive It
Late August in Phoenix is an indoor sport. Everything below is cooled, shaded, or scheduled after sundown.
Eat
Barrio Café
Silvana Salcido Esparza's cochinita pibil and the mural district that grew around it.
16th Street
$$Indoors
Eat
The Churchill
Shipping-container courtyard of small local kitchens and a shaded bar. Everybody finds something.
Roosevelt Row
$Indoor + out
Eat
Arizona Wilderness DTPHX
Arizona-grain beer, a patio with misters that actually work, and a kitchen that takes itself seriously.
Downtown Phoenix
$$Indoor + out
Eat
The Mission
Salt-block guacamole, candlelight, and the pre-dinner bar you'll linger at.
Old Town Scottsdale
$$Indoors
Eat
Diego Pops
Brussels sprout nachos and frozen palomas. It's fine, you'll order both.
Old Town Scottsdale
$Indoor + out
Eat
Postino Arcadia
Bruschetta boards and the $25 board-and-bottle deal after 8pm. Still undefeated.
Arcadia
$Indoor + out
Do
Topgolf Riverwalk
Misted bays, bad swings, good queso. Works for a birthday or a Tuesday.
Scottsdale Riverwalk
$$Indoor + out
Do
Stand Up Live
National headliners in a low-ceiling room downtown. Two-drink minimum, worth it.
Downtown Phoenix
$$Indoors
Do
Wheel-throwing night class
Two hours at the wheel, one mug you'll actually keep. Book a week out.
Grand Ave
$$Indoors
Do
Phoenix Mercury
The end of the WNBA season is the loudest Footprint Center gets all summer.
Downtown PhoenixAug 20 – Sep 20
$$Indoors
Date to confirm
Buzz
The happy hour report
Summer happy hours ran deep and most haven't ended yet. The list of what's still discounted.
Valleywide
$Indoor + out