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Let me provide background: 6 of us girls went out to dinner (at Furio) for a lovely Girls' Night Out. After dinner, we wandered north down Scottsdale Rd looking for a place to sit, chat and get a drink (or two).
When we hit Italian Grotto, one of my friends said, "Oh, this place has the best margaritas." It happens to be a favorite spot of her father's, and we peered in - it looked perfect.
They seated us enthusiastically, and the entire place was oozing "NEW YORK." It was great. Our waiter was friendly, nosy, and flirtatious. Great for a group of married women out for a night. :-)
I wasn't sure what I wanted to drink. I told him I wanted vodka, but not a vodka tonic, but nothing too sweet .... He said, as he walked away, "you're having a Mandarin Press."
Well, OK then.
Our drinks arrived, and I loved mine. Mandarin vodka with Sprite cut with club soda. It was fizzy and yummy and not too sweet.
A couple of the girls ordered an Appletini and the Cadillac Margarita (pretty strong drinks), so when two of us polished off ours earlier, the waiter came back with replacements (another Mandarin Press for me and a Gin & Tonic for another girl) and told us they were "on him."
The music they played was great - jazzy and classic. The bar had rows and rows of Yankee bobble-heads, and the 3 flat screens above the bar featured basketball and baseball.
I think we sort of closed the place down. It was 11:00 when we started to think about leaving, and the place was emptying.
It was exactly what we were looking for - a nice big round booth great for conversation. Perfect ambiance for the low-key end to our evening that we loved.
I would go back in a heartbeat.
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