Little would one think that a quiet and serene city like Chandler, Arizona, would have a state-of-the-art and rather large nightclub to offer its residents. However, just head north on Alma School Road, past Ray Road, and you will find two of the largest, finest and only nightclubs in the state: Iguana Mack’s – which is in the same complex and lays directly adjacent to Dos Gringos – see previous entry for information on the other club next door. This club is very large and has an awesome exterior and interior décor going on. You will have to wait in line to get inside on most weekend nights, however, they do not charge a cover and generally they are pretty quick about getting patrons inside so they can do some serious drinking.
As the workweek drags on, you know the usual hustle and bustle that is presented to all of us as we anxiously await the invigoration of the weekend to come, many people make fond plans for their nights out on the town during the busy rush of Friday and Saturday night—when the nightclubs come alive and people from over the place can be found eating drinking and partying their butts off. Now this notion is rather difficult to achieve when you live a soccer mom city like Chandler, Arizona. However, if you take a short trip to Alma School Road, just north of Ray road, on the East side of the street, you will happen upon one of the only and also one of the best nightclubs in the entire state of Arizona: Dos Gringos.
All of us men know that when you drink too much beer, especially as you near your late twenties, that you will ultimately put on some extra pounds around your tummy and your love handles area. This is a common dilemma for most men. We love beer so much that we cannot stop drinking it. And at the same time, we notice that spare tire growing ever so stoutly around our inner tummy. After a while, we have a nice and noticeable beer gut for our efforts. But the good news about this is that if you are able to break away from the beer drinking purges and binges that many men crave, you can substitute your beer fondness for mixed drinks that have far less calories, taste great, and will get you buzzed after just a few.
Ah yes, beautiful and quite often uppity Scottsdale, Arizona. Of which the most significant landmark is the astute and lofty, high price brandishing and upper classy Scottsdale Fashion Square shopping mall. A prominent indoor mall that boasts three levels, over four million square feet of space, a few hundreds stores—many of them high class and signature stores—and of course, home to the illustrious, and signature, Yard House restaurant and bar. If you plan on wining and dining at the Yard House, be prepared to shell out some serious calms.
Try as I might, I was unable to get a photo of Bongos for this review, I know, sigh. However, when I find myself there next, I will be certain to snap a few of the place on my handy cellular phone so that I can show what it looks like. So for lack of having a photograph to present you with let me paint the mental picture for you using words. Bongos is tucked away in a small complex in Chandler, Arizona, just off Ray Road. The bar is rather small inside, and rides off a beach bum theme, you know the bamboo sticks, the surf boards and other trinkets all adorn the walls inside. The place offers about seating for maybe seventy five persons and the service is one of a kind; they really take care of you at Bongos. Perhaps the most interesting part of this place is that they have more than a hundred items on their rather interesting, diverse and unique menu: offering an Americanized, surfer flare, as the interior d
If you ever find yourself on the East Side of the Arizonan Valley, in the beautiful and quiet, serene and well kept city of Chandler, you will realize several things very quickly; well at least you will realize these things if you are a drinker. Chandler is mostly a soccer-mom town, consisting primarily of middle class, median income families, and a large cultural diversity. What this equates to for those who are fond of bars, pubs and clubs, is that basically speaking, there are not many places to go and suck down a few cold beers at night. Most places close early, and the city itself does not play host to many bars. That being said, I find myself, a newer resident of this city, avidly looking for a place to call home for my beer drinking tendencies.
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