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| - There's something about places like Bomberos that turns me into a 5-star-slut, I confess. I so much WANT this place to be cool because I want more and more of them to start popping up in Phoenix, that I'll give subconsciously 5 stars to anything that tries hard enough and looks like it's got the right stuff.
That said, I also tend to give high reviews based on that intangible X factor that just comes with having a good time in a place with a cool vibe. That will usually happen in Bomberos, unless your company consists of a bunch of jerks, which it turns out the two fellow Yelpers I met here were not.
Since I decided to stick with a known entity, Xingu and Quilmes beers (from Brazil and Argentina), I didn't have the same underwhelming vino issue Mr K did. I do agree that the bruschetta and cheeses were merely "not bad", and didn't blow me away. I loved the Brazilian band that gave us a musical backdrop. They played at the perfect volume despite being confined to a small space, so conversation remained unrestricted. One musician played his instrument seated on a shiny red Vespa that he wheeled into the place. The outdoor space definitely looks cool. The crowd was a mix of what seemed to be late 20somethings ranging up to 40somethings.
The location is, I think, a harbinger of the future. Those of you who've been in the Valley for less than 2 years probably don't have an appreciation for how cool Central Avenue really is, or can be. It's been taken hostage by light rail construction, so it is best to be avoided and ignored until its liberation in the near future. But in its natural state, driving up Central from south to north has always been one of my joys of life in Phoenix. I used to drive up to the multi-million dollar neighborhoods past Bethany Home or so to go running along the shaded path on the side, along with dozens of other pedestrians, baby strollers, joggers, and dogs walking their humans. In the 1950s this entire region of north/central Phoenix was an irresponsible experiment in trying to use large green trees to beautify and cool down residential areas. The tree strategy was of course abandoned by planners who had the foresight to implement more pro-water conservationist policies elsewhere. But the remnants of that experiment remain, and they are comprised of the cool little neighborhoods up along Central Avenue. Bomberos, I think, is investing in what many believe will be a bright and charming future for this stretch of Central.
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