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| - Easily the best gay bar in Arizona for several reasons including: good drinks, friendly bartenders, pretty people, upscale decor/atmosphere and immense size. It is comparable in feel to the Abbey in West Hollywood. One of their claims to fame is their huge and inventive martini list. So many places to hang out in depending on your mood - several outdoor patios, a beach (basically just has a surfboard) bar, Miami dance club, and the main bar area with a huge carved cherrywood bar, plush leather sofas and giant Roman pillars. This mega-bar suffers from an identity crisis, methinks.
The crowd can be really busy and annoying on weekends. People here can be friendly, but there are definitely friendlier bars out there. So with that said, I would encourage you to go with a group of friends. Monday nights are favored for their Martini/Manicure night, Thursday has a drag show, and weekends have the normal busyness. Amsterdam is definitely the most straight-friendly gay bar in Phoenix. Depending on the night crowds can vary - but are usually comprised of gay men. The next biggest crowd is straight women, with lesbians not far behind, and finally everyone else - incl., yes, straight men. The bar tends to have more straight people on First Fridays.
Getting there is always a bit of a surprise so beware of the light-rail construction. Over the past year it's not as busy due to the construction and the opening of Burn a few blocks away. So now is a good time as any to check it out.
UPDATE - 5/07
The past few months I have been going here have been very DEAD. Weird crowd and not really that fun. But it's still a great bar - 5 stars.
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