"1"^^ . "I'm a Portlander, and of every single place in Phoenix, nowhere feels more like Portland than Shady's.\n\nThis is good and bad. Come in on a weeknight, and it's like the PDX dives we used to hit in the early '00s, except everyone just kept aging and drinking. As I was texting this to my friend the other day, I followed it up with, \"I mean, 'Amelie' is playing on the TVs right now. 'Amelie'.\" Another downside: the beer selection, while it's gotten better in my four years here, still kind of sucks. Then again, if they had 12 taps and a bunch of imperial IPAs and stouts, it wouldn't be Shady's, would it?\n\nAnd yet, as I said before, it feels like home. It's only a few blocks away, and I love it."^^ . . "1"^^ . "1"^^ . . . "2012-03-06T00:00:00"^^ . "5"^^ .