I don't do bars. My Yelp friends seem to think I should change my habits as I think I've been in more bars of different types in the last 6 months than I have in my entire life. I also don't do Scottsdale often as I usually find it out of my price range, especially after dark. This place is an exception to that.
I recently met up with a bunch of folks here for an evening of drinking and conversation. The beer was reasonably priced, the service was great. It's not "Scottsdale" at all, just a friendly neighborhood bar. It is sort of hard to find so I imagine most of the customers are local and regular. The owner was himself there that evening and passing out drink samples. Inside was sort of tight, it isn't a real big place, but the patio area offers a couple of types of seating and the covered part is misted. I did not go upstairs but one of the folks I was seated with did and said it was not very large. At one point the sprinklers in the flower bed went on and gave a couple of folks a bath. :-)
OK, for a bar it isn't bad. I know a lot of folks are used to going one place to eat and then another for drinks afterward but it wasn't the norm for me. However, I survived with the help of Fez en route. Looking at the physical layout I don't think food can ever happen here. The owner seems very open to bringing food in if you are buying drinks. For those folks that are familiar with the area I bet there are a lot of take out food places within walking distance. I was surprised to not have any beer on tap but given the lack of square footage maybe it allows him to have a wider variety?