"4"^^ . "2007-12-12T00:00:00"^^ . . "4"^^ . . "6"^^ . "4"^^ . . "It's hard to not feel like a wino at Sun Devil Liquors. But it's hard for me to not feel like a wino wherever I am. I digress. \n\nIt's not quite like drinking at Sportsmen's, where you feel like it's a wine bar posing as a wine store. Sun Devil feels more like a liquor store trying to be a liquor store, and oh yeah, we have a cozy little wine bar and outstanding wine selection downstairs. Don't get me wrong. I dig it. It's just different from all your typical wine bar/liquor stores...if there is a typical one.\n\nBonnie and I rolled up on a recent Friday night. At 10 pm, it was just us, another couple, the bartender and another couple who arrived when we left. After walking around this wine cellar (complete with a bar and two cocktail tables) and spotting a few very impressive California bottles including: Caymus, Cakebread and Silver Oak - (which are out of my league at this moment) we bellied up to the corner bar and had a couple of beers. I had some Salvadorean lager, which was very good and worth the chump change ($1.50). \n\nWe entertained ourselves with the usual: \nwitty banter, \nstream-of-consciousness blather, \ninterpretive dance, \ncomplimentary Dove chocolate morsels and a \nhorseshoe wrought iron puzzle. \n\nThat's how we roll. \n\nThis is a perfect place if you want quiet, low-key conversation in Mesa...but it might be a forgettable place if this were in a different part of Scottsdale or Phoenix."^^ .