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| - This place is having a serious identity crisis.
Located in downtown Phoenix, this new establishment can't seem to figure out what it wants to be. Its all white interior, color changing lights and techno music scream Scottsdale lounge/bar, yet apparently they're a Polish restaurant. What?
I came here last weekend for a drink with some friends and was told they would be closing in 15 minutes. For a place with "bar" in the name, 11:30 seemed pretty early to be closing on a weekend night. But whatever, we only wanted to get one drink and check the place out.
Once seated at the bar, I asked the bartender why they were closing so early. He rudely shot back that they were "a restaurant, not a club" and are trying to set themselves apart from "all the other clubs downtown".
Hold up, buddy.
First, what clubs are you talking about? Yes, downtown does have a few clubs, but this isn't Scottsdale.
Next, for a place that's trying to set itself apart from all these supposed clubs, they're doing a hell of a job. Based on their over the top interior/exterior I had absolutely no idea this place was a restaurant until I was directly told so.
Again, let me reiterate that the place is all white, has color changing lights, and plays loud techno music. Oh! And did I mention the large bull statues outside? And the name! Milk BAR. BAR.
But whatever, let's get to the drinks already.
Their cocktail list is made up of six drinks and one shot. I tried the Clockwork and my friend had the Tatanka. I'm 100% sure the apple juice in the Tatanka was just some Martinelli's with a shot of vodka. Martinelli's has a very distinct flavor, so it was pretty clear that was the main ingredient. Pro tip: do not use bottled juice for your cocktails. The proportions of the ingredients in my Clockwork seemed very off; it was overly sweet and very thick and syrupy.
We ended up not finishing either drink and got the hell out of there. Maybe the food is awesome, but for a place that's trying to establish itself as a Polish restaurant and not a bar/lounge they're going to have a pretty rough time.
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