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Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. 201 East Roosevelt Street
Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. s massive patio, sun-shaded and full of native plants meant to attract local birds and bugs, is a major draw in the Roosevelt Row neighborhood, to the point that the crowds sometimes spill over into a line down the sidewalk. Popular beers include Refuge, the “flagship IPA incepted in our founder’s garage,” or so the menu states, as well as the DON T F#%K IT UP Blonde Ale and the Belgian-style witbier Sonora White. The food rocks, too: We like the PB&J Burger and the duck fat fries.
Phoenix New Times has reached out to the owners and staff of those spots and other independent concert venues to get an idea of when they’ll be up and running again with performers on their stages. Some will be open as soon as this weekend or early next month. Others, like the Rhythm Room, are hedging their bets and waiting until the fall.
“It s going to be a big leap of faith that things with the pandemic and vaccinations will be at a better place by then,” says owner Bob Corritore.
Here’s a look at when the Valley’s most popular independent concert venues will reopen again.
Tap Lines: Belleflower’s opening in East Bayside marks start of better days
The new brewery, owned by former employees of Boston s Trillium, moved into the space occupied by now-closed Brewery Extrava.
By Ben Lisle
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Nick Bonadies, in blue at the door, an owner of Belleflower Brewing, talks with patrons waiting to get tables Friday, the first day the tasting room was open.
Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Here we are again, in that Maine purgatory between winter and spring. This year, the arrival of warm weather seems to matter even more, with hopes of shedding a plague and – among other things – returning to bars and beer gardens, relaxing among friends and strangers.