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| - The place has only been open a week and my first time trying it but hey, I can already tell this is a beer lover's sort of bar. I had taken my father to a movie at Cinemark 16, which is right across the way (in other words, good location) and then headed over here for a beer or two and some food.
The menu is not big but food that goes well with beer and for each item they have a recommendation for a specific style of beer. I had two Belgian's on tap and they were delicious and in addition, they have the right glasses for each type of beer and the employees are beer nerds, or at least the ones I met.
As for food, my dad had a flat bread with tomatoes and some sort of cheese, that he seemed to like (going vegetarian in his old age - Tempe can liberalize even an old cowboy from Texas it seems) and I had the pretzel pizza with pepperoni and what seems like sweet Italian peppers - it was good but tend not to like things that are sweet unless it is in a dessert but hey still good.
All I can say, the Cinemark is great movie theater and this is a good place to come after the movie to chat and hang for a bit. I hope it does well, I know I certainly intend to frequent it two or three times a month. :-)
Oh, I did want to say that this is a chain (though a small one), like World of Beers but a little more on the cool vibe side, based on what I can see and the prices on beer at the Mesa location are extremely reasonable. I also liked that while the TVs were on, they were generally right above the bar and they were playing with the sound off and the music in the place was on but it wasn't overly loud, so my father and I could have a discussion with Mitch, the bartender (just has one more step to become a Cicerone - as I said, beer nerds) - maybe they crank things up as the night wears on, I don't know but for me it was a lovely, mellow atmosphere - I may not be Mikey, but I like it. :-)
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