Mathers Social Gathering

This is a dressed-up speakeasy-style lounge, not a bar you stumble into — think brass, old books, mismatched vintage seating, and a menu of proper classics (Manhattans, Old Fashioneds) that run $12 to $18. It suits date night, a nightcap with people who actually want to hear each other talk, or the drink before or after the jazz downstairs. If you're after a dance floor, cheap pitchers, or a rowdy sports crowd, keep walking; this place is trading on atmosphere and cocktail craft, and it knows it.

Wednesday or Thursday during happy hour, 4 to 7 p.m. — discounted drinks and enough elbow room to actually enjoy the vintage-lounge feel before the weekend crowd fills the seats.

Order the Prohibition Milk and Cookies ($14) — warm cookies with spiked milk — and time your visit so you can drift down to the Phoenix Jazz Club on a Thursday through Saturday for live music.

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