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| - Q: The best selection of beers on tap? A: Boulder's.
I resisted this place for as long as I could, pedaling past it furiously, thinking "God, that place looks like it SUCKS", always opting for PV. But then... like one day I finally noticed the giant stencil of a bicycle painted near the door. I could hear the chords from "The Neverending Story" everytime they showed the serpent symbol. I was curious. Then one night I noticed some skinny guys in flannel shirts, black frames laughing and casually pulling their bicycles INSIDE of Boulders.
My roommates were meeting up some friends at Boulder's and I just had to join them. I walked in to see a gigantic space, really pretty overwhelming. They recently added a beam to the bicycle space so you can hang your bike up (I have a heavy old vintage frame so I park poor Charley against the wall), and you get overwhelmed by the space: 1) There are roomes located down the stairs to your left. Unless it is very busy and a lot of servers, you will be not noticed down there-tons of booths and lights, like an old western Pizza Hut 2) Up the stairs is kind of a low roof-ceilinged room with long tables perfect for big groups of friends eating pizza, drinking beer (once again, clear it with the wait staff) and on the other side a pool table you can overlook the bar crowd like a lil patio 3) the main room down the stairs where the bar is with rows of high tables that spill out down another pair of stairs to another pool table and more booths.
We usually just pick a table right behind the bar if possible so you get fast service-but we love the wait staff here and they are always willing to give a sample, talk about the beer, discuss the specials in details, etc.
Now, regarding the decor-it is weird. It is like a ski lodge/pizza hut/old cabin sports bar, etc. It is just a fish out of water here in Tempe. But don't hold the decor against it (think about how many people ever go inside of Casey Moore's and how dank and ground round-ish and kinda gross it is inside), since for all you supposed beer snobs, it really is more about the beer.
The beer. OMG. I was stunned when I first came here-you mean you specialize in DogFishHead seasonal drafts? Great White? Shark Attack? Fat Tire and Sam Adams seasonals? I mean, I can't even begin to tell you about the beers b/c there are too many to talk about! And that isn't including bottles and cans they have and rotate frequently. Come here once a week and you are guaranteed a new beer on tap to try. In fact, coming here made me less of a fan of Casey's! I realized how much that bar is coasting by on reputation and smokers on the patio b/c their mixed drinks are weak, their food is pricey for what it is, and they never have any good specials on their boring beer on tap! Here, they have happy hour and reverse happy hour specials, and a different meal deal every night of the week!
Plus, I can never have that much bar food anyway, but I do like their Bar Stuff platter w/fried zucchini, onion rings, mozz stix, etc. And their pizza really is good! Like they have this one with avocado, bacon and french onion rings, omg it is the bomb-and their plan pizza is good too. The guys like the sandwiches, but I never really come here for dinner, more like a late weekday night beer and snack, relax with friends, and pedal back home.
On weekends it is becoming packed, but stop by here a late Tuesday and check it out.
Oh, and yes, sometimes people play terrible music on the jukebox-but that is b/c this is a real person bar, not a hipster bar (yet), and they like some shitty music, okay? And it is an internet jukebox, not a cool one like at Shady's-but sometimes someone plays Snoop's "Sensual Seduction" and it just feels right, okay?
"Gonna take my time, tyyyyyiiimmee"
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