Readers' Choice for Best Happy Hour: Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar
Readers' Choice for Best Happy Hour: Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar
Afro-Cuban salsa jammers Cascabel (that's "rattle" to you) liven the atmosphere for the drinkers -- and themselves -- with their unique blend (for Phoenix, anyway) of Latin jazz, samba and Gypsy swing. Their stage sits literally outside of the club, acting as a sort of musical barker to Washington Street cruisers.
Upstairs, the place is pure salsa nirvana. The balcony is great for breathers and the back bar is jammed with cool alter-Latinos. The room routinely rocks, but not until 1 a.m., when DJs spin nonstop Latin techno-pop and rock en espaol for a packed and sweaty dance floor. If there's no room, and that's usually a given, people just make their own dance floors wherever they are. People walk, stop to dance, then keep on cruising.
Until that after-hours scene explodes, the night belongs to salsa and chicks -- lots of them. They're the prize that longhaired Mexican rockeros and Pan American salseros compete over for the honor of an electrifying dance.
Readers' Choice for Best Club for Latin: Pepin
Readers' Choice for Best Beer Selection: Timber Wolf Pub
Readers' Choice for Best Brew Pub: Four Peaks Brewing Company
Readers' Choice for Best Sports Bar and Best Bar to Watch the Game: McDuffy's
But just how British is the place? Last year, Morrissey fans chose the Dragon as their after-concert meeting place to punctuate the evening's fun and drive everyone else to drink to the Smiths' canon of wonderfully miserable hits.
Readers' Choice for Best English Pub and Best English Restaurant: George and Dragon English Restaurant and Pub