Co-Founder of Arizona Cocktail Week to Open New Bar at Downtown's Luhrs Building This Fall
Downtowners looking for a new place to imbibe should start counting their empty martini glasses until the opening of Bitter & Twisted, the new cocktail parlor coming this fall to downtown's Luhrs Building courtesy of mixologist and co-founder of Arizona Cocktail Week, Ross Simon.![]()
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Simon, who worked in restaurants and pubs in Scotland and England before coming to Arizona in 2006 to do the same, will open Bitter & Twisted as its general manager and lead bartender in September or October of this year. He'll be joined by partners Rajan Hansji, a hotel developer whose company, Hansji Corporation, owns the Luhrs City Center, and executive chef Bob Tam, former corporate chef for PF Chang's and part of the leadership team at Gertrude's at the Desert Botanical Garden.
Here's what cocktail fans can expect:
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