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| - For a late-night bar, I'd give it 5-stars, for a lunch stop on a weekday, I'd give it 4-stars. So all in all an average of (wait for it wait for it) 4.5 stars. (I think, I mean I did graduate from ASU)
I wasn't going to review this place until I finally made it here for lunch one day. It's pretty far from my downtown Phoenix office for a lunch stop, but I stopped here on the way to Living Canvas tattoos around the corner. I had NEVER seen this place in the light of day, and I was impressed. It was far different than the hipster/ASU kid hang out that it becomes after 9pm. It was an awesomely sunny day so we ate out in the patio. Although it's weird sitting on the same patio furniture that I've sat many a nights with many a cocktails, it's such a different vibe during the day.
The wait staff seemed really overwhelmed, and we had slower than normal service (so my girlfriend said). But the salad was 5-star worthy, which was totally unexpected from this place. I didn't check up on the #glutenfree-ness of the place (I'm assuming the fryers are used for fries, breaded chicken, etc. like most bar-food-esque places), so I ordered the shrimp salad, and the shrimp was unreal awesome. I'm sort of a shrimp fanatic, so I'm always impressed when seafood tastes like this isn't a landlocked state. The salad was huge and totally filling, and not expensive for a lunch stop. I wish I worked closer to Tempe so I could become a regular lunch enthusiast here.
And for the bar? Well you can read any other 5-star review on here...it's amazing. It's such a brilliant mix of people, with no drama BS you see at other places to drink near Mill. The drinks are reasonably priced and the wait staff is totally awesome. This is one of the few bars I actually enjoy going to, and don't mind feeling like I fit in. The bartenders also don't look at you like an idiot if you order an iced tea at 1 in the morning - sometimes you can get the wonky eye from bar staff at other places. I went at Casey Moore's for my birthday, so I feel like that pretty much gives my final stamp of approval.
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