After a nice hike and picnic at Saguaro Lake we were on our way home and hitting major traffic so decided to stop off at Tempe Market Place for a beer and wait it out.
Walked in and noticed that a new place had opened, I saw that it had an upstairs patio bar so decided to check it out. As we went in it was evident that the place was still under construction, the hostess greeted us and said it was the grand opening and please excuse the wires.
They have a large inside bar and seating area and a large outside bar and seating area. We chose the outside bar to enjoy the evening. They boast a sports bar atmosphere but none of the TVs were working, that was a disappointment. I asked what the happy hour specials were and the bartender advised that they don't have happy hour specials since they serve in larger glasses. No HR what what what...
We decide to stay since we had a nice spot on the patio and ordered up a couple beers. They had to go inside to get the beers because the taps on the patio bar weren't finished yet. They had some temp taps going in a frat party type set up, going through iced down red coolers but that was only bud light and such. Our beers arrived in something that looked like a margarita glass, a heavy glass with a stem. I'm positive these don't hold any more liquid than a regular beer glass and the glasses are awkward to pick up and hold, not sports barish at all.
The food did look good so I will return to check it out again once it's all up and running. But bottom line is, if you're going to have a grand opening wait till the place is fully functioning and by all means get a happy hour going, 6.50 is too much for a beer.