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| - I find it peculiar how mixed the review's are on Pattie's 1st Ave Lounge... The only reason I don't give it five stars is because they don't have tap beer; if they did, this would be a definite five-star establishment in my book - for what it is, and what it is is a dingy party bar. It is a party bar that reminds me a mid-sized, small-town Wisconsin dive bar where there's always someone drinking, always someone smoking, and always someone shooting pool or playing shuffleboard - all things you can do at Pattie's.
I've probably been to Pattie's at least 20 times in the 1.5 years I've lived in Scottsdale, and every time has been equally as different and equally as entertaining. I've reunited with Wisconsin college friends there and I've met successful business owners there. I've danced with old women and drunk-as-a-skunk Sombrero-wearing amigos, as well as cougars and girls in their twenties wearing heels and tight skirts, and never have I ever witnessed anyone who was not having a good time. Sure, Pattie's is not for everybody, but it is for anybody. Pattie's does not discriminate, nor does Pattie's incriminate; its a place to get wasted and its a place to blow off steam. Every town needs a place that allows one to lose their inhibitions with reckless abandon while listening to disco favorites and top 40 hits alike, and thank god Scottsdale has it in Pattie's Lounge.
Sure, I'm not going to go to Pattie's more than 2 or 3, maybe 4, times in a month, but when I need her, she's there, and for that I am thankful.
There's a fireplace, too, along with a beer pong table, ceilings full of ancient lights, strobes, and disco balls, as well many different perches to set one's beer. Its a place to wear your hoodie in winter and drink your beer with gloves, and a place to wear your skimpiest cutoffs in the summer, and let the sweat run down your face.
As for the one-star reviewers of Pattie's - I agree with much of what they say. Is Pattie's disgusting? Sure, a little bit. Are the drinks sometimes crappy? Sure. But aren't all of us a little disgusting and crappy sometimes? I know I am - and that's when I go to Pattie's to get my drink on.
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