Bikini Lounge Dive Tiki Bar
1502 Grand Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85007-2010 (602) 252-0472
The Bikini Lounge is a classic dive bar and a staple of the monthly First Friday art scene in downtown Phoenix. The Bikini Lounge doesn't pretend to be anything more than it is - a Grand Avenue hole-in-the-wall catering to hipsters, homeless, young, old, artists, yuppies, reputable and questionable characters alike. The Bikini Lounge offers cheap pool and cheap beer.
This excerpt from a CitySearch.com review is pretty accurate:
"ANYWHO, the bartender was friendly enough and happy to be serving someone that actually leaves tips I think, and the mini-pitchers of PBR for 3 BUCKS were awesome. I pretty much got hammered for $9 (plus tip). The pool table was free, plus they have one of those Golden-Tee-like bowling video games that we hit up. After another patron was ballsy enough to fire up the Jukebox and drown out the cheesedick sitcom episode re-runs the regulars were super focused on watching, I spent almost as much money on that as I did on beer. It's nice to have an MP3 Jukebox on hand, but seriously $1/song? WTF?
Some dudes came in while my buddy and I were playing pool and tried really, really hard to sell the bartender some "choice cuts of meat" out of the back of their "refrigerated truck". I figured the bartender was going to falcon-punch them in the nuts, but she was very nice about telling them to get the F out of the bar, which they did without event. Hey I almost forgot to mention the gaggle of chicks that came rolling in not too long after I got there who were all tatted up in a hot way. Turns out they were the burlesque show dancers getting their pre-game drink on before throwing down on the make-shift stage in the junkyard behind the 10K year old building. Caught a glimpse of that, later, on my way back to the car."
