Well seems I have to chime in here to level the playing field.\n\nThis is a trendy place. Trendy atmosphere, trendy drinks, trendy food, trendy people. Set in a trendy boutique-mall. The food was pretty good, the drinks were outstanding, the service was impeccable. Pricey? A little, but it goes with the territory. Outrageous? No, but you can check out the menu for yourself on their website and make your own judgment. Good wine list and a GREAT beer selection - 10 or 12 excellently chosen micro brews. If you've scraped together your nickels for a pint of PBR, this isn't your place.\n\nYou get the idea from the other reviews that if you hate \"Scottsdale\" on principle, you're not going to like Canal. I feel sorry for anyone that is so weak-willed and easily intimidated. I also find it funny and rather hypocritical how these smug, sanctimonious types call Scottsdale pretentious - who's the one being elitist?\n\nIt's sad, really, when you get so hung up on labels that you can't enjoy a place for what it is. When I want to go to a dive bar, I don't shower or shave for a few days, I throw on a hoody and ratty jeans, hide my greasy hair under a cap, and venture into Phoenix. And I enjoy myself, even though I stand out like a sore thumb with my Mercedes, bulging muscles, and fake tan. I don't mope around and bemoan the freakshow clientele and the cheap terrible food and booze, I embrace it. Trust me, it's ok for you to do the same - take a shower, groom yourself, put on some nice clothes, come into Scottsdale, and chill at a place like Canal with some good friends. And you too can enjoy yourself. . .all the while laughing at a freakshow of a different kind.
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