While we were in Hooligan's Pub, The Hippie suggested we go off Whiskey Row to one of his favorite bars that is just a block over. Lyzzard's Lounge is located on 120 N. Cortez St. in Prescott. Located in a building built in 1905, Lyzzard's is a really cool place.
Lyzzard's boasts to have one of the oldest back bars in the Southwest. I believe it because the workmanship is absolutely fantastic. Not only does it date back to the 1880's, but it is one of Brunswick's finest bars. This bar was built in Chicago and painstakingly shipped down the Mississippi River, around the horn and then up to San Francisco where it was then put on a wagon and pulled through the desert to Prescott, AZ. 
The backbar was then delivered to it's current location in 1905. After taking a long look, the bar really takes on a life of it's own. It holds more liquor than any other bar I have ever seen in a bar. Now, if you are a beer drinker or a tequila drinker, Lyzzard's has you covered. They serve a wide variety of tequila and imported beer that once you are there, you really don't need to venture far.
As you can see to the right, the liquor cabinet is jammed with libations of every kind!
There is a small spot to play darts if you like but in a place like this, it is more about the entertainment. Below is an original picture of the bar that dates back to the early 1900's.
Lyzzard's fully supports local acts as well as some national acts. The Supersuckers, a band that opened for Social Distortion here in Cleveland Ohio at the House of Blues, played at Lyzzard's recently.
If you just want to come in early in the afternoon, have a drink and play some pool, this is a nice relaxing place to take that all in. The Hippie was right, his favorite place could become my favorite place in no time. Wish I still lived in Arizona because Lizzard's would be one of my favorite watering holes!
The last stop on our tour of Whiskey Row and Prescott AZ was Coyote Joe's Bar and Grill. This was a great historical ending to our crawl. Let me tell you, I was crawling! Housed in what used to be the Arizona Hotel in the late 1880's, this is the first location of the brothels established in Arizona. 
Once you walk through the door, you realize there are two options. Drink at the bar and or enjoy a game of pool in the game room or go straight out back to the patio where you are greeted by another bar and an outdoor stage to enjoy the sounds of many local bands.
One of the interesting things about Coyote Joe's is that many believe it is haunted, mostly by the many prostitutes from back in the late 1800's. Everyone from the patrons and employees to the owners have heard or seen things that would make most peoples skin crawl, but the ghostly activity seems to be friendly. Underneath the building and throughout Whiskey Row are underground tunnels beneath the bars which used to house the many opium dens and laundry routs run by the Asian immigrants.
For me and the Hippie, we enjoyed the patio where the evening was just about to descend and cooler temps were coming. We had spent a long but very fine day in Prescott and Whiskey Row and a beer on the patio let us reflect on the day.
If there is a place anywhere in the country to just enjoy a drink and relax, Coyote Joe's was that place.
Once you walk through the door, you realize there are two options. Drink at the bar and or enjoy a game of pool in the game room or go straight out back to the patio where you are greeted by another bar and an outdoor stage to enjoy the sounds of many local bands. One of the interesting things about Coyote Joe's is that many believe it is haunted, mostly by the many prostitutes from back in the late 1800's. Everyone from the patrons and employees to the owners have heard or seen things that would make most peoples skin crawl, but the ghostly activity seems to be friendly. Underneath the building and throughout Whiskey Row are underground tunnels beneath the bars which used to house the many opium dens and laundry routs run by the Asian immigrants.
For me and the Hippie, we enjoyed the patio where the evening was just about to descend and cooler temps were coming. We had spent a long but very fine day in Prescott and Whiskey Row and a beer on the patio let us reflect on the day. 
If there is a place anywhere in the country to just enjoy a drink and relax, Coyote Joe's was that place. 
2 comments:
This looks like the Shed in Mississippi. I must say your pictures are simply beautiful! As I view each one it makes me know why we exsist on this planet. Great work my friend!
My husband is from Prescott and he took me there once on a Christmas week vacation. There is a halfway house in town called the Haddon House, which is named after his father Haddon Peterson, Sr. We love Prescott. Thanks for sharing such wonderful pictures.
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