Highlights

Phoenix Magazine's 2026 Summer Cocktail Camp, a 12-week rotating event series pairing guests with the Valley's working bar teams, opens June 7 at Tell Your Friends and runs through September 13 at a Flagstaff speakeasy, with two Scottsdale stops, a Paradise Valley anchor, and a preview of two not-yet-open concepts woven into the calendar.

The series, reported by Phoenix Magazine contributor Asonta Benetti, is structured as ticketed, capacity-limited evenings at each venue. The Scottsdale and Paradise Valley stops carry the most weight for the Signal's audience.

Tell Your Friends. June 7. The speakeasy at 17797 N. Scottsdale Rd. sits beneath The Americano, the Modern-Italian steakhouse opened in early 2020 by Stefano Fabbri. Bar director Cassy Sandow has built a summer menu described in the source as "playful and crushable," with two cocktails created specifically for Camp. Sandow told Phoenix Magazine the pair each "showcase an infusion, fat-washing and funky flavor profiles across different spirits", one using smoked butter-infused bourbon, the other built around a sustainable technique that reuses the fruits and herbs from the cocktail's creation in the final product.

INDIBAR. August 9. The Paradise Valley bar at 6208 N. Scottsdale Rd. is a James Beard Award semifinalist. Its Camp menu draws from the existing program: the Mango' Lore (mezcal, black lime, orange, coconut, mango), the Nutkhat (coconut rum, pandan, lime, coconut foam), and the Coorg Confidential (espresso vodka, kaapi, Earl Grey, chocolate-driven liqueurs).

Society Swan. July 26. Sam Fox's brasserie concept at 7014 E. Camelback Rd. in Scottsdale Fashion Square will serve four Fox originals for Camp, including the S.S. Skinny margarita (tequila reposado, monk fruit), the Southern Sophisticate (gin, vodka, elderflower, strawberry, mint), the Ciao Brooklyn (rye, toasted pecan, bitter cacao, vermouth trio), and a classic Dirty Martini with house brine and cured olive.

The Mission Kierland at 7122 E. Greenway Pkwy. takes the July 19 slot. Chef Matt Carter's Modern Latin restaurant will open with the Primarita, its version of a skinny margarita, before moving through the Maybe Mexico (green chile vodka, escabeche shrub, mango), the Lazy Maize (mezcal, elote liqueur, harissa syrup, lime), and the La Familia, a stirred cocktail with Arizona rye, house-made Oaxacan hot honey, Aperol, and apricot liqueur.

Two stops preview concepts not yet open. The July 12 Camp at Pa'La Downtown (132 E. Washington St., Phoenix) is framed as a preview of Magdaleña, a wood-fire Latin American concept slated to open in Goodyear this summer, with director of operations Gilles Kolakowski and mixologist Mikaela Yacknin leading the program. The August 16 stop at The Vault at Bond (3200 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix) is a speakeasy below restaurant One Sixth, both from chef Christopher Collins and his Common Ground Culinary team; beverage director Katelyn Stoichkov's program includes the Negroni-inspired Paradiso, a clarified Clear Skies with Mi Campo blanco tequila and grapefruit liqueur, and the Director's Cut with caramel-corn-infused Buffalo Trace.

The series closes September 13 at Little Rich Girl (101 N. Leroux St., Flagstaff), a basement speakeasy from James Beard Award-nominated chef Rochelle Daniel, set beneath her bakery-bistro concept Pompette and next door to her restaurant Atria. Bar chief Michael Hopper's opening menu will lean on Arizona citrus.

Tickets for the INDIBAR date are available at phoenixmag.com; the series is 21-plus with limited capacity at each venue.

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