I could be a Whale in this Blind Tiger. Oh yeah. Give me some more of that stiff Giggle Water (Old Fashioned, please). Game.On.
We moved in across the street and had heard about this place through word-of-mouth and thought we'd give it a try. We have lived all over the country and been to some really cool bars and even SpeakEasy types that didn't really pack the gear to serve in the beloved Corps. (You won't get that unless you've seen Full Metal Jacket or are a Marine). Bitter and Twisted made me feel like a Big Cheese.
My girlfriend bought me this fedora hat years ago and it still has the tag on it. It's black with a feather. I've always wanted to save it for something but after a couple hours in Bitter and Twisted all I wanted to do was put it on and smoke a fat cigar. This place was certifiably awesome.
Bartenders were great. It'd be hard for me now to go to any of these chain places that make "craft cocktails" after going here. I tell you their brains must soak in a lot of knowledge to be able to pour it out in these drinks. They literally are made to a perfection. I ordered an Old Fashioned, my favorite drink but seemingly elusive at most places, and they did it right. The only thing that would've been cooler while sipping this beauty would've been drinking it in the back of an old Mercury Eight with with a fat cigar and a Roaring Twenties hottie, although I was with my GF so that counts.
We will definitely be regulars here. I'd much rather go here and pay for a solid drink than chance it at some of these other places that make drinks according to which way the wind is blowing and gamble at the speed of who can do their count slower.
This place is the Big Cheese of the Phoenix bars.