Inform Your Buddies, a newly opened underground cocktail and reside music lounge in North Scottsdale, goals to raise town’s upscale nightlife scene with a Gatsby-era ambiance that includes wealthy maroon velvet drapes, mirrored partitions, and fanciful lighting.
Open Thursday to Sunday, the lounge hosts nightly reside performances by vocalists and musicians mixing traditional sounds with a contemporary twist. Situated beneath The Americano and accessed by way of a nondescript aspect door, the venue’s secretive attract is enhanced by its underground location with 16-foot ceilings, a rarity in Scottsdale. With a comfortable 52-seat capability, Inform Your Buddies provides an unique and private expertise, making certain attentive service that makes every visitor really feel like a VIP.
A collaboration between Creation and Clive Collective, Inform Your Buddies was impressed by a niche within the North Scottsdale market, aiming to fulfill the excessive expectations of its demographic, in response to Mikis Troyan, co-founder and managing companion of Clive Collective. Chef Beau MacMillan’s upscale small bites menu, together with dishes like TYF Korean Fried Hen and Caviar D’Aquitaine Ossetra, enhances a cocktail menu curated by award-winning bartender Keifer Gilbert.
The menu options roughly 20 distinctive drinks, mixing proprietary cocktails with classics, reflecting the venue’s Gatsby-esque ambiance. A couple of signatures embrace Buddies with Advantages ($25), whiskey, bitters, sugar – bottled and cured in beeswax; One Time Factor ($26), cognac, banana, Montenegro, sherry, bitters; Hops to the Beat ($24), tequila, citra hops, serrano, pineapple, lime, salt; Cash, Child! ($20), whiskey, strawberry, coriander, lemon, ginger beer; Flapper Fizz ($24), vodka, apple, vanilla, amaro, lemon, champagne; and Within the Temper for Love ($22), gin, raspberry, pink bell pepper, Genepy, lemon. Traditional cocktails (all priced at $20) spherical out the menu with favorites like an Previous Original, Manhattan, Sazerac, Bitter Bee, Negroni and French 75 amongst them.
Stay music is integral to the expertise at Inform Your Buddies, that includes among the Valley’s prime artists performing nightly. Justin Massei, co-founder and working companion of Clive Collective, emphasizes the venue’s dedication to providing a dynamic musical expertise, from three-piece to four-piece bands, with leisure going till 2 a.m.
Instant targets for Inform Your Buddies embrace changing into famend for the perfect service, vibes, and drinks within the Valley, perfecting their choices, and changing into a group staple. The venue will ultimately develop their hours to supply late-night drinks and leisure, launch a strong champagne menu, and improve the meals menu with champagne and caviar choices.
