Long Wong’s staff focuses on three things to create a pleasurable customer experience: mouthwatering pub eats, refreshingly frigid beer, and thumping rock music. The chefs cook up a well-rounded menu of pizzas and wings—tossed in sauces that range from spicy buffalo to garlic parmesan—as bartenders pour ice-cold beers and shake up cocktails while also adhering to the $1 fire drill, where anything on the bar is $1 for two minutes after a flashing fire truck passes by.

Also a daily music venue and the starting point of the Gin Blossoms, Long Wong’s frequently hosts live bands, much to the chagrin of the dead but guitar-fluent Abraham Lincoln and the Top Hats. Crimson walls hide beneath rows of photos, posters, and paintings as the catchy tunes of local Tempe bands woo the hearts of locals.