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I'm Heading to Phoenix Can Anyone Recommend Anything Cool To Check Out While I'm There?

I’m heading to Phoenix, AZ next week to visit family and I was just curious if any locals would be able to recommend me anything cool to check out. I am already planning on trying to hit the end of spring training but don’t have any other plans. I enjoy good food, art, geeky things like comic and games, and am also a LGBT but im open to any ideas!

janus2 ,
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Desert Botanical Garden is rather lovely

Adulated_Aspersion ,

Ask locals who were present in 1997 about the Phoenix Lights.

HaywardT ,

Frank Lloyd Wright museum and house

gingernate ,

There’s a cool covered outdoor bar with food truck but they are operating out of shipping containers that make up the walls. Its hard to explain, it’s called The Churchill. Freak brothers pizza is there and it’s badass. Even have vegan option that are actually good. maps.app.goo.gl/VGPyLLAHVNBSR1Bt6

runner_g ,

Definitely check out the japanese friendship garden!

Holyginz ,

The temperature

Globeparasite ,

if you are lucky, there’s a big, perpetual, gigantic thermonuclear explosion in the sky

Sanctus ,
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Castles and Coasters. As well as tilt arcade.

Deconceptualist ,

GO. TO. THE MIM! it’s the Musical Instrument Museum. It’s huge, it’s incredibly well organized and informative, and it’s fun for anybody (unless you kick puppies and have no soul).

Their collection is crazy impressive and spans the whole world and pretty much all time. I never knew how many cultures had bagpipes and accordions. Or how many weird types of horns were even possible.

Globeparasite ,

This museum is worryingly close to be named “MEME”

ReiRose ,

www.cornishpastyco.com/locations/

Omnomnomnom nommy nom

Dhrystone ,
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Used to love them but they’ve absolutely priced themselves out of a semi-regular customer lately. Those pasties are worth $10-12 at most. Not $18.

Mr_Blott ,

A pastie is like four quid mate what?

JimboDHimbo ,

That’s equivalent to $5.10 US. An “American Cornish Pastie” apparently costs over 3x more.

Dhrystone ,
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https://infosec.pub/pictrs/image/feaf37a5-b09f-4789-b274-2839ce973bef.jpeg

Edit: and they’re just a little larger than the size of a fist.

Mr_Blott ,

$18 FOR A CORNISH PASTIE ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE

😂

LemmyKnowsBest ,

Indoor rock climbing gym

and the Anytime Fitness near Indian School Road is a really great gym

Impromptu2599 ,

There are a ton of great restaurants like everyone has pointed out. Phoenix is huge and your experience is going to vary greatly in which areas you are in and you’re access to transportation. The mass transit is getting better but still not great. You can take Waymo (self-driving cars) to many places but it is better just to have your own car here. Check out Arizona Highways magazine for some outdoor stuff. There is a killer airplane museum in Tucson and a Titan missile solo you can go tour. Tons of car shows all over the place. I personally like catching the one at the Pavilions in Scottsdale. It is a great time of year to visit though and I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.

XeroxCool ,

I was just there 2 weeks ago. I’m not sure about your time, transportation, or proximity to it, but if you’ve never seen it, the grand canyon. I always thought it’d be touristy and not worth the hype, but it’s insane. 7,000ft up on a massively flat area and there’s just this massive hole in ground that’s 4x as wide as you are higher than sea level. I spent an hour hiking down south Kaibab (and 90+ mins coming back up) and didn’t even exit the white top portion of the canyon (down to ooh ahh point). It’s like 3 hours to drive but totally worth tagging onto my trip from across the country. It’s also a dark sky park. Yes, most of AZ is dark, but there’s something to be said for being in a designated stargazing area in the middle of the night. The other distant places I went to were the Meteor Crater, petrified Forest, Montezuma Castle, Sedona, and Lowell Observatory (flagstaff) where I touched the pluto discovery telescope and hung out for amazing telescope viewing from modern devices from 8-10p. Beware, north gets cold fast.

As for Phoenix, I didn’t have a car while I was actually staying there for a few days, so my travels were all walked from the Hilton resort against the Phoenix mountain reserve. I wondered if I could chuck it up that mountain and, sure enough, I could. I walked 45 mins to get there and 45 mins up to the peaks (mostly flat bike paths until the peaks) and had a gorgeous view of the city at sunset. I enjoyed the variety at 1227 Taproom with 25 beers on tap, several ciders and meads, and some seltzers as well as nearly-expired $4 mystery beer cans. The two mexican/taco joints there were cool too, but every other one I went to was cool too except for alibertos (chain) lol. For having such great winter weather, I did not get the feeling it was walk friendly. Maybe just the wrong section. Coming from a region known to be fast and rude, phx seemed so relaxed. I flew out of 30°F at home and was happy to just be outside in the 70s. Other suggestions here are probably better but it’s just amusing I was just there for the first time

Dustwin ,

The aquarium is amazing, wish we had budgeted more time for it. The facility it is at has a whole days worth of activity there. The Olive Mill is a pretty good pace to check out as well, specially if you like olive oil. I wanted to go, but didn’t have time to visit Heard Museum.

janus2 ,
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The aquarium also has a butterfly garden. I’m scared of butterflies and had a horrible time which I think means it’s awesome for normal people

jackal ,
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Well, shit. Here you go. When I lived in Phoenix, I came up with this list of activities to do with a friend when they would visit.


<span style="color:#323232;">• Mexican food (it’s everywhere and it’s better than where you live unless that’s LA or Mexico)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• South Mountain is fun to drive and see at night
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Zoo is a good one especially when the heat isn’t bad
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Renaissance Festival is going on but it’s a drive out there
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Spring Training is likely going on
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Ostrich Festival is sometime in March (Chandler)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Soleri Bridge
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Hole in the Rock
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Love sculpture 
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Goldfield ghost town
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Wildlife World Zoo
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Tovrea Castle tour
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Bed of Nails (AZ Science Center)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Rosson House
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Biltmore (hotel)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Japanese Friendship Garden
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Four Peaks Brewery
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Durant’s 
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Carolinas
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Schnepf Farms (May)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Cerreta Candy Co
</span><span style="color:#323232;">• Compass Arizona Grill (restaurant, get a window table 30 min before sunset)
</span>

Some of these are specific to the part of town I was in. Hopefully this helps give a couple ideas.

Impromptu2599 ,

Fyi, Ostrich festive ends this weekend

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