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Bikini Lounge

1502 Grand Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85007

602-252-0472

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Category: Bars/Clubs, Music Venues

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Despite its name, the Bikini Lounge is not the place to gawk at busty bartenders in swim wear. Instead, Bikini Lounge is blend of every personality on the downtown spectrum. Friendly, long-term bartenders serve drinks to the business crowd, Trunk Space art venue hipster overflow and, ahem, more regular joes who have been visting the bar for years. The bar first opened its doors way back in 1946, making it the oldest watering hole in Phoenix. It maintains its '40s appeal, only making basic repairs throughout the years, while updating its overall vibe with professional DJs spinning six days a week, including 602'sdays and Bikini-a-Go-Go, where local favorites blast a mastered mix of music genres for packed crowds.

  • 602’sdays feat. Djentrification

    602’sdays feat. Djentrification

    Every week Tuesday, 9:30pm

    As glass towers and luxury lofts continue rising in downtown Phoenix, there’s been a shindig for the past half-decade that’s truly rem...

  • 2011 | Best Bartender

    It's hard to imagine all the insane things Wesley "Wes" Nieto has seen over the 23 years she's worked at Bikini Lounge, one of downtown's most cherished dives. Naturally, Nieto is one tough lady, never one to mince words, and more than apt to... More >

  • 2010 | Best Underground Dance Night

    Six years ago, longtime downtowners Bradford and Andy McPants started a weekly underground DJ night at Bikini Lounge. They had no way of knowing the beast they were creating. After various incarnations and resident DJs, today's artsy dance party... More >

  • 2007 | BEST FEMALE STARTENDER

    Wes, as she's known to friends and regulars, is from the old school. Not the fancy spinning-shaker-of-death-thru-fire bartender, but the give-it-to-me-straight school of bartending. We couldn't be happier about that.It's true that Wes doesn't... More >

  • 2007 | BEST HUMAN JUKEBOX

    This fast-paced world of today? We are not entirely down with it. Take last year, when Bikini's jukebox was replaced by some digitized interwebby thing mere days before its (perhaps no longer deserved) Best Jukebox award went to press. But this... More >

  • 2006 | BEST JUKEBOX

    We know what makes a jukebox good: selection, selection, selection. Take Election Night, 2004. We stumble into the Bikini, where the beer and cable TV are flowing. Before long, we realize some things won't be resolved that night — things abou... More >

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Phoenix New Times Reviews and News

  • Cart Toon Network

    By Benjamin Leatherman | Thu, February 02, 2012

    As great works of literature and pop culture have taught us, forces of good will always have a vile and villainous nemesis to oppose them. And as anyone who’s seen Anchorman can attest, the (marginally) heroic Channel 4 News Team’s eternal enemi... More >

  • Phoenix Idiotarod Takes Place in February, But Smack-Talking Starts Now

    By Benjamin Leatherman | Mon, January 9, 2012

    The average shopping cart found at your neighborhood grocery store is a fairly sturdy beast. It can not only withstand the ordinary bumps and scrapes of the supermarket aisle, but also the collisions More >

  • Hooves Share New Song, "Gallows"

    By Jason P. Woodbury | Tue, August 16, 2011

    Back in May, Hooves frontman Andrew Krissberg explained to me before the band took the floor at Bikini Lounge that the band's decision to move to Washington was one step in a grand plan. The band's More >

  • Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

    By | Thu, April 15, 2010

    THURSDAY 15 27th Avenue Bar: Ladies Night with DJ Moy, & DJ Jared Paul (Top 40, hip-hop, Latin) Afterlife: Filthy Thursdays (dubstep, breakbeats) AZ88: Mr. P-Body & Friends (classic and old-school grooves) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (jazz... More >

  • Booze Makes It Better

    By Lilia Menconi | Thu, February 22, 2007

    If getting obliterated only two nights a week just isn't enough to fill whatever emotional void you've got going on, Club Candids has found the perfect place to make an early-week pit stop to fill your empty vessel with the glorious numbing power ... More >

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  • jeanettemaehoeg

    jeanettemaehoeg

    | Thu, September 02, 2010

    This is a great place to go in Downtown Phoenix. They have a chill vibe and great drinks. I love to go here during First Fridays but be prepared for it to be packed.

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  • nicki.escudero

    nicki.escudero

    | Wed, June 09, 2010

    I have to admit--this bar is pretty dirty and dingy, but for some reason, I always enjoy going because there's an eclectic crowd, a downloadable jukebox, a pool table, and really cheap beer--especially if mini-pitchers of PBR are your thing. And The Trunk Space is right next door, so it's a great place to grab a drink before a show.

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  • JessicaHill

    JessicaHill

    | Tue, May 11, 2010

    This dive bar has some clout in the Phoenix scene - if you haven't been here at least once, then don't pretend like you know Downtown. Bikini is decked out in island decor, has a couple pool table, a pretty awesome jukebox for tunes and cheap pitchers of beer. It's conveniently located just down from Trunk Space so if you need a drink during the show you can pop over for one.

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  • JennaM

    JennaM

    | Wed, August 05, 2009

    This is a true dive bar but the downtown community is totally into it. Its a mix of old bikers and young hipsters. It has everything you'd expect in a "dive bar" : small, dirty, best thing is $3 pitches of PBR! It's "tiki" decor has never been redecorated since it's opening in 1946.

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  • Megan398

    Megan398

    | Sun, May 31, 2009

    ATiki lounge with Good music & cheap beer!

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