The Best Drinks in Phoenix Right Now
Where to sip wild ale, horchata latte, and the Valley's most electric drinks
22Bon AppétitFood Criticism2026
The opening
In a place as hot as Phoenix, you just need good drinks. The city's top brewers, mixologists, and baristas have been quietly turning heads for a decade, the best channeling the unique energy and creative spirits of the desert.
A scene
Think: Beer-wine hybrids, sours steeped with spruce tips, wild ales made with yeast culled from across the state.
The simulation is so immersive that windows, shaped like those of a plane, show drifting clouds as the room trembles with faux turbulence.
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