Bring your appetite and sense of adventure to Downtown Phoenix this Saturday, Dec. 3, for the Second Annual Downtown Dine Around, a celebration of food and drink in our urban core.
Thirty-three dishes in all–from bacon-wrapped dates (pictured, left) and shepherd’s pie to goat cheese fondue and corn crusted calamari–will be served at 11 restaurants from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., all starting at $2. That’s some seriously affordable grub!
The Dine Around lineup features 1130 The Restaurant, District American Kitchen & Wine Bar, Ghost Lounge, Phoenix Public Market, Province, Sam’s Cafe, Seamus McCaffrey’s, Sing High, Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery, newly reopened Tom’s Tavern & 1929 Grill, and Z Pizza.
In addition to the deliciously diverse food items, each participating restaurant is featuring thoughtful drink specials, including margaritas, mojitos, micro brews, and Arizona -made wines.
The Downtown Dine Around is FREE to attend but we do ask, in the spirit of the season, that you make a donation to the St. Mary’s Food Bank. There will be donation bins available at all 11 restaurants.
You can RSVP** and get additional event details, including a map and complete list of food and drink items being offered, at the Dine Around home page.
See you Saturday!
**We ask that you please RSVP so the restaurants can make informed staffing decisions.
The Fifth Annual 
Kincaid’s at Collier Center
Seamus McCaffrey’s & The Turf Irish Pubs
In a preemptive strike on Fat Tuesday, the practice of eating fatty foods and imbibing before Ash Wednesday and the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, the 
Big Time Rush - Canada’s greatest rock export, Rush will bring their Time Machine Tour to 
A Night with the Knights of Ni - 
Lunch Spot: 
Retail Store: 
B – is for Beer and Booze (HIGH FIVE!), but it’s also for Buy, as in 
A – is for Angela, that charming pharmaceutical saleswoman you met on last fall’s Crawl. Things didn’t work out for you two long-term but that doesn’t make the memory any less sweet.
May’s Spring Fling crawl brought together more than 750 people who had a whopping good time (and hopefully, remembered it the next day). Next Saturday’s event will be even bigger, with a record number of pubs participating. Each location will offer drink/food specials exclusive to Pub Crawlers. See below for a full list, but first, here’s a quick look-see at a few of the locations:
Mardi Gras Celebration Returns
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012Phoenix has never had a reputation as a Mardi Gras destination but the Downtown Ambassadors are out to change that.
Last year, the helpful folks in orange recruited friends and residents to build floats and walk in a Mardi Gras parade.
Community response was overwhelming.
Not only did a Mardi Gras parade take shape, but Downtown businesses bought in and before the Ambassadors knew it, they’d launched a full-fledged festival. CityScape came on board as host and bars joined the Mardi Crawl nightlife tour.
When event night came, the Ambassadors were hoping to attract 300 people. Over 2,000 showed up, many dressed to impress in Mardi Gras masks and costumes.
The Festival starts at 4 p.m., with the parade weaving through Downtown starting at 5:30. Pub Crawl ($8 in advance, $10 day of) trolleys depart from Central and Jefferson at 9 p.m.
Interested in being a vendor or marching in the parade? Contact Sam Jackson at 602.744.6415.
All the information you’ll ever need about Downtown Mardi Gras is available here and here.
See you on the 18th!
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