Can you say ghetto? In grad school, my friends and I went to the Cactus Moon on Tucson all the time. It was a great mix of upbeat country music and the latest fun dance tune and a little hip hop.
The Mesa crowd is thuggish and rough. The back of the bar has games, foozeball tables, pool tables and lots of tvs. Tvs are everywhere.The drinks are reasonably priced. No one dances at all during the country songs (I think those that like country should just go to Tobey Keith's which is right next door). When hip hop was finally played, the dance floor was pretty crowded. The place is kept a bit on the warm side, and all was good until literally a fight broke out. Not just any ol little fight, but a beer bottle throwing (there was so much glass one of my girlfriend's had her legs totallly cut up), chair/stair throwing melee.
I have never ever seen so many people want to jump in on a fight. The police were called and the entire bar was evacuated. Ridiculous. There is nothing redeeming about this place. Save yourself the experience and go to Scottsdale. (Never thought I'd say that in a million years, but seriously skip this place!!!)