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| - What can I say??? This place killed my liver... No shit!
After 2 years of spending far more time at the TT than my own home, my doctor told me that I had to seriously consider cutting back.
People all call this a dive bar, but I tend to think of it as a neighborhood bar. During days and early evenings, this place is mostly haunted by a cast of regulars who are mostly regular Joes and Janes. Most of them are so familiar with each other that the cross-bar banter is usually filled with venomous affection and it's almost always hilarious.
On weekend nights, the forecast at the Casa Camino is often partly Douchy, with a chance of ass-clown and stupid muff, but if one gets in early and secures a seat on the back side of the bar, it's not a bad place to people watch on a Saturday night.
The bartenders are all pretty swell and you're likely to see them amongst the common alcoholics at the TT when they aren't working. They pour a solid drink, without going over the top, and they keep the cans of Old Style fresh on the bar in front of you.
When they are working they do tend to take their jobs seriously and are usually good at at getting the obnoxious drunks out of the place when they start bothering other customers. On busy night, there's usually a door person to help them with the task.
One cannot speak of the TT Roadhouse without mentioning the juke box. I've met people in other states that ask about the place with the great juke box when I mention that I'm from Phoenix. It's about half old-school punk, rounded off with country, rock-n-roll, funk, and some other prize finds. If you're new to the TT... PLEASE DON'T GO IN THERE AND PLAY THE 3 PUNK ROCK SONGS YOU KNOW! You'll hear them plenty while you're there. If you are a music geek, go in and pick some gems to put some variety in the mix.
The "TT" in TT Roadhouse refers to the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, a 100 year old motorcycle road race held on a small island off the coast of Britain. As such, much of the decorations in the bar are motorcycle related... I first found out about the TT from motorcycling friends, but it's far from a "biker bar". Tuesdays however are Bike Night, and you're likely to see a mis-mash of European and Japanese sport bikes, cafe-racers, rat bikes, and the requisite American V-twins in the parking lot.
If pedal power is more your thing, Mondays are bicycle nights, with drink specials if you show up on your push bike. (Think cruiser bikes... If you show up on your carbon road bike, resplendent in your day-glo lycra, expect a full course of well deserved ridicule)
TT also now has a smoking patio out back for those that REALLY embrace their vices, but a lot of folks still congregate in the parking lot out front for their nicotine fix.
One of the best kept secrets in Scottsdale is the TTR Bloody Mary. If you've got nothing better to do with your weekend, swing by on a Sunday morning for the best bloody Bloody in town.
That's what I do... Liver doctors be damned!
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