Stop · Downtown Phoenix

Van Buren/Central Ave

Live music + late drinks.

Editor's note

Crescent Ballroom territory. Come for the show, stay for the bar menu — the chilaquiles at 11pm are legitimate. Ride the A Line back downtown and you've got a full evening without a designated driver.

Plan a day from here →Ask the concierge

4 places

Breakfast · American

Matt's Big Breakfast

5 min walk · 5-10 min

Longtime downtown favorite for griddled hash browns, thick-cut bacon, and the ‘chop & chick’.

Cocktail Bar · Music

Valley Bar

1 min walk

Subterranean cocktail bar + music venue tucked under Monroe St. Dark, bookish, and a Phoenix treasure.

Music Venue · Bar

Crescent Ballroom

3 min walk

Cornerstone downtown live music venue with a food-forward bar. 500-cap room that books national indie acts and local legends alike.

Pizza · Italian

Pizzeria Bianco

$$$

8 min walk · 5-10 min

James Beard Award-winning wood-fired pizza in a converted 1929 brick building at Heritage Square.