TEMPE, Ariz. (Sept. 11, 2015) – Riot Hospitality Group (RHG) alongside Grammy Award-winning country music superstar Dierks Bentley will debut the new Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row in Tempe on Sept. 24, 2015. The second of the Whiskey Row restaurant concepts is located in the heart of Tempe’s Mill Avenue District at 6th Street and Mill Avenue, neighboring RHG’s El Hefe Super Macho Taqueria.
RHG will celebrate the debut of Whiskey Row Tempe with a grand opening event on Thurs., Sept. 24 featuring a live concert performance by Nashville-based country rockers, Parmalee. The event will kick off at 5:00 p.m. and is open to the public.
“I couldn’t be happier about opening our second Whiskey Row location in Tempe,” shares Bentley. “I grew up going to a lot of great bars and restaurants on Mill Avenue and I’m really excited about bringing my own concept to the area. With our unique country music culture and awesome food and drinks, the Tempe Whiskey Row location will be something very special.”
Featuring American gastropub fare with a modern twist, Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row’s Tempe menu will showcase some of the restaurant’s original favorites with daring new additions from Chef Samantha Roberts. Standout menu items include the Kale & Quinoa Salad, Mac & Cheese Burger, Southern Fries, Salmon BLT, Turkey Pretzel Melt and brunch offerings like the Fall Harvest Pancakes, Breakfast Burger and Maple Ice Cream French Toast, among others.
Taking a modern approach to the traditional country music restaurant bar, Whiskey Row Tempe will serve up more than 50 beers on tap and a unique selection of signature “cocktails on tap,” craft cocktails from the tap that are then customized with a mixer of the guest’s choice. The restaurant bar will feature Happy Hour from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
“We’ve experienced tremendous success with the original Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row in Scottsdale and we’re looking forward to expanding our concept to an entirely new entertainment destination like Mill Avenue,” said Ryan Hibbert, CEO of Riot Hospitality Group. “Not unlike our Scottsdale restaurant, Whiskey Row Tempe will be a place for the local community to connect and celebrate the cornerstones of our restaurant culture – unparalleled food and drinks, design, service and entertainment.”
Whiskey Row Tempe will embody what RHG has coined a “first-of-its-kind” culture and experience in which guests come for the incredible food, custom cocktails and more than 50 beer taps, but stay for the interactive entertainment complete with live music, country DJs and a back-porch style playground featuring corn hole, ping pong, foosball, shuffleboard, 55 televisions and more.
One of country music’s most-respected and most-unpredictable careers, award-winning singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley continues to grow, as “his career skyrocketed to greater heights with the release of his seventh album, RISER” (San Jose Mercury News). After spawning three consecutive No. one hits with “I Hold On,” “Drunk On A Plane” and “Say You Do,” he follows with the moving ballad “Riser” as the record’s latest release. Bentley’s six previous studio albums have sold more than five million copies, notched 13 chart-topping singles, earned 12 GRAMMY nominations, countless CMA, ACM and CMT nominations and membership at the Grand Ole Opry. Bentley is currently on the road selling out arenas and amphitheaters with his 2015 SOUND OF SUMMER TOUR. For more information, visit www.dierks.com.
About Riot Hospitality Group
Founded in 2010, Riot Hospitality Group (RHG) is a Scottsdale-based restaurant management company which operates multiple nightclubs and restaurant/bars in Arizona and select U.S. markets. Ryan Hibbert, Mike Troyan, and Jon Wright form the partnership team of RHG. RHG currently owns and operates five successful bar + restaurant concepts: Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row (Tempe and Scottsdale, Ariz.) and El Hefe Super Macho Taqueria (Tempe , Ariz., Scottsdale, Ariz. and Chicago, Ill.) RHG’s newest concept, Farm and Craft, is slated to open February 2016 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Riot Hospitality Group’s plan is to continue its steady growth by setting itself and its unique restaurant + bar concepts apart from the competition. For more information, visit www.riothg.com.
