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1015 W. Broadway Road Tempe, AZ 85282

480-968-9221

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Best Place to Get Up Close and Personal with the Band
Award Winner 2010

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining

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Want to know why locals refer to this landmark dive as the "Dirty Verde?" It could be because of all the band stickers and graffiti covering the walls of the men's room, which also features an old-school condom machine. The chain-link fence surrounding the smoking area is another nice touch. Or maybe it's the funky clientele from around the neighborhood who come to start their drinking during the daytime, mixing with a more bohemian evening crowd. The PBR and other cheap booze flow like water here, and a variety of local punk and noise rock bands perform in one corner on the weekend. That's right: There's no stage here.

2010 | Best Place to Get Up Close and Personal with the Band

The beloved PV has long been known by punkers and other scuzz-rock fans as one of the best rocker-friendly drinking dives in the Valley. And when no-BS owner Chuck unplugs the jukebox, pushes the pool table to the back of the tiny bar, sets up a cheap PA, and starts slinging $2 PBRs, the "Dirty Verde" becomes the next best thing to a rock 'n' roll house party. Packed tight and inches away from the band, fans shake along to the music and hold their beers high, while loud-ass amps rattle their... More »
2005 | BEST DIVE BAR

There's no explanation for a place like the Palo Verde. Dude, this place should be on an episode of Ripley's Believe It or Not. By everyone's admission, even the regulars, the PV is a dive. Outside, the junky brick building looks like it might house a meth lab or a massage parlor. Inside, it's bare bones: a jukebox, two pool tables operating at 50 cents a pop, a couple of electronic games in the back, one old-school Playboy pinball machine, and a seedy little bar area. And yet it draws one... More »

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By Benjamin Leatherman | Thu, April 5, 2012

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FoxVag III: Promoters Assures It Ain't Another Breast-Fest

By Serene Dominic | Thu, March 22, 2012

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Vintage Violence: TOAD's Rotten Tide Oozes Analog Menace

By Jason P. Woodbury | Thu, March 01, 2012

It's early on a Friday night, and I'm saddled up at the bar at Palo Verde Lounge in Tempe, waiting for the six members of blackened rock 'n' roll sextet TOAD (it's an acronym: Take Over and Destroy) to show up for an interview. The "Dirty Verde" i... More »
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YahooSerious | Arcadia/phx/scottsdale, AZ | 20 Reviews

| Tue, June 29, 2010

I remember vividly the first time I walked into this bar when i looked down to see a couple loose teeth on the ground. Turns out you can effectively silence a person with a tube sock full of cue balls. no joke! and beers were $2.
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adriane.goetz | Phoenix, AZ | 15 Reviews

| Wed, June 23, 2010

It's filthy, but there are lots of memories. Sometimes they have rad shows.

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Palo Verde Lounge

1015 W. Broadway Road Tempe, AZ 85282

480-968-9221

Description

2010 | Best Place to Get Up Close and Personal with the Band

2005 | BEST DIVE BAR

Up on the Sun: The Podcast Episode 8 with Bill Horist, TwinGiant, and More

By Jason P. Woodbury | Fri, May 18, 2012

Ten Favorite Dive Bars in Greater Phoenix

By Benjamin Leatherman | Thu, April 5, 2012

Ten Favorite Metro Phoenix Jukeboxes

By Jason P. Woodbury | Thu, April 5, 2012

FoxVag III: Promoters Assures It Ain't Another Breast-Fest

By Serene Dominic | Thu, March 22, 2012

Vintage Violence: TOAD's Rotten Tide Oozes Analog Menace

By Jason P. Woodbury | Thu, March 01, 2012

YahooSerious | Arcadia/phx/scottsdale, AZ | 20 Reviews

adriane.goetz | Phoenix, AZ | 15 Reviews

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