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| - Eat, drink and watch the game of your choice in an upscale setting without moving your head or having to make eye contact with those at your table. It's brilliant, really.
In my seat at Fox Sports Grill in Glendale's Westgate complex I had a view of 8 different TVs. While it's smaller than the Scottsdale sister location, it's still rather spacious with four elevated dining areas overlooking the main bar and giant TV screen. But it doesn't have the billiards, putting green or cigar lounge like its crosstown sister.
Your standard pub fare was average at best. Nachos with colorful chips and grilled chicken and hot wings were ok-tasting. My chipotle pulled pork sandwich was intensely spicy, almost too much to the point where I stopped eating it. And that's a rare moment.
Our server was kind of a space cadet. He came to take our order and upon hearing the first person's order of hot wings he took off without hearing the rest of our orders and the fact that we wanted it ALL to come out at once. We didn't see him for another five minutes so we could then complete our order.
If you're looking for something discerning on tap here, you're going to be at a loss. Sam Adams and Blue Moon Hef is as exotic as it gets.
Setting - 4 stars
Service - 2 stars
Food - 2.5 stars
The crowd here is visibly different - think local girls/guys on dates, tables full of teens, families, groups of 30-something bachelor dudes and of course, your snowbird tourists. No cougars on the prowl here, and that was on a Saturday night at 10 pm.
Damn, I really wanted to see some cougar prowling. And back toward Scottsdale we went.
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