ThirdSpace

Friendly staff, fun atmosphere, and good food. I had «The Count,» a hot turkey sandwich with strawberry jam and powdered sugar. I look forward to eating it again!

Remember that feeling you’d get when you could step into a Central Phoenix bar your friends hadn’t heard of yet? Remember how cool it felt to have a pint in a hip place that’s NOT surrounded by luxury condos? If so, you’re like me and already feeling nostalgic for late 2000s, when the middle of town was quirky, kitsch, and best of all – accessible.
That magic isn’t dead yet. You can recreate it at ThirdSpace.
Begin at the stylish bar, with its groovy menu and its local, affordable draught selection. Wander into several incorporated businesses of your choice. Want to grab yourself a nice curio? You don’t even know what that is, but I promise it’s cool. There’s also a tattoo parlor, barber, and… coffee? Yes, coffee. Why leave?
It’s like Desoto Market for people who don’t want to ruin Phoenix
It’s like piece of Roosevelt Row that didn’t sell out.
It’s everything you want… you just have to brave the wrong side of the tracks. Totally worth.

I’m never eating here again! Food is by no means abominable, sometimes it’s even \quite\ good [soups especially], but the service is just not there. I am tired of being made to feel like I’m inconveniencing people whose job it is to provide a service.
This might be my most frustrated Unilocal review ever.
I like the people but constantly feel like customer service is the last priority here. Today was the last straw. Last time I was there [before today], I ordered a BBQ sandwich and the bottom bun was so soaked through and drippy that there was no eating it as a sandwich. I raised this complaint to the barkeep, who registered that I’d spoken words, but did nothing further to acknowledge the situation. Literally imagine «Um, this isn’t quite right, the bottom is completely soaked through» met with a half interested «Oh?» and then nothing. Moved on. …Ok.
So today I finally got over my frustration f to check out their «WTF Wednesday» special, a muffuletta. I asked whether it was grilled, told it wasn’t, I asked that it be grilled [my preference being for some crusty bread to go with all that mush in the middle].
Barkeep heard and confirmed my ask. Sandwich is ready, and given my past experiences here, I check the food before leaving [I’m so not that person usually]… and the bread is plain and dry, not grilled, not toasted [despite the cook claiming it was].
I ask «Was it not possible to grill the bread?» to the barkeep.
So here’s what kills me and why I wont be back [for food]: Rather than being asked how the problem can be fixed, I get an explanation from the cook about how what I wanted was wrong.
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I’m paying money for food. That means it has to be better than something I can make myself. And, it has to be to my liking. That’s just a fact of the market; if you’re in a service industry, the food has to be UNGODLY good to be the ‘no modifications/​substitutions’ type of place. This is not that place. So being told how things ‘should be’ in the face of twice expressing an unmet preference is just shitty shitty shitty service. Especially when I’m asking for something as simple as grilling a sandwich. It’s not busy, I’m the only one in the place… yet I’m being told why I shouldn’t want what I want, rather than being asked how things can be fixed.
Terrible service instincts abide at this place and it will prevent me from recommending it to people, especially when there are so many superior options in the surrounding area.
As I mentioned, I do genuinely like the people at this spot; they’re overall nice and I support their success. But I feel like every time I raise a concern I am met with indifference, so why bother raising concerns if they fall on deaf ears? Sincerely hope a focus on service can turn things around here; it’s a great space with some positive attributes and I hope it thrives. I just wont support it like I normally would prefer because I don’t send my friends to places with bad service.

While the atmosphere was fun I specifically asked what I could eat being gluten free and what didn’t have wheat. I was told to have one of their salads. I ordered a salad and while I was eating It realized that the dressing tasted like it had soy sauce in it. When I asked the person I had previously questioned what I could eat without wheat she said yes it had soy sauce. Thanks for exposing me to my allergy. I won’t be visiting your establishment again.

Great food… the green chili pork tostada & chicken tortilla soup were delicious and just the right size for lunch! Nice work chef!!!

I actually was disappointed. Ordered the Grand Melt with tomatoes and bacon jam with the pesto potato salad. Sandwich was ok. Little on the sweet side. Potato salad was excellent! Waitress was very attentive and friendly.

Grilled Cheese with Bacon Jam. Don’t forget to say CHEESE IT! A layer of cheese burnt to the outside of the bread. Yum! Just go check this place out!

We were in the area looking at mattresses and was trying to figure out something close by, so of course we pull out Unilocal for advice. When we got there it wasn’t busy, I think we may have just avoided the lunch crowd. But we were pleasantly surprised when we got there. Surrounding the restaurant were these cottage like looking stores, which I find out later that they once housed POWs during WWII. It’s pretty neat to see historical buildings re-​purposed since we don’t get to see that very often in Phoenix. Their sandwiches were AH– MAZING. I also noticed on their event calendar that they have comedy and karaōke night. I hope to make more visits in the future!

Love the patio. Nice hip little spot on Grand. The grilled cheese was excellent as was the soup and pesto patato salad. Would like to see a few more craft brews on tap, but had some SanTan Brews that totally sufficed.

Neat little place, with delicious, scratch-​made food. Bartender/​server was super friendly and attentive. Nice bar atmosphere — I think this would be an awesome live music venue. Not necessarily where I’d take a client for a business lunch, but just fine to go with a co-​worker or a friend.
I had the Count and my friend had the turkey pesto sandwich. Both were excellent sandwiches. I had the pesto potato salad which was terrific as well. My friend had a ham and lentil soup that had more ham in it that most ham sandwiches.
All-​in-​all I think ThirdSpace is a nice place for a very casual bite to eat of a drink. When it’s cooler, looks like a good place to sit and relax on the patio also.

Wow. Just wow. So we land at Phoenix airport and rent a car to drive up to the Grand Canyon. We need to stop for lunch somewhere and this place shows up on Unilocal as a nearby spot with many stars. Not being familiar with the area, we end up at this hole in the wall single building in an industrial area. We walk in and see that it’s a bar with some tables and we’re completely out of place. There are no other customers there and when we ask if it’s open for lunch someone grunts yes.
BUT – the waitress appears and flashes a big smile and a hearty welcome. We sit down and proceed to have one of the most delicious, freshest lunches of our trip. The food is organic and high quality and well prepared. I mean, we were really impressed. I wish I could eat this for lunch every day.
After a very satisfying meal and not too many dollars later, we hit the road for the GC, sated and plotting a stopover on our way back to the airport.

I’m giving ThirdSpace five stars even though I have never yet consumed food here. Never yet does not = never will. In fact, I have been to ThirdSpace a number of times in the past (first for coffee, once for a photo shoot, another time for drinks) and fully intend to continue visiting.
ThirdSpace is truly unique in that it’s a total community. A miniature community, but a community nonetheless. You’ve got your main hub (the bar) encircled by a bunch of cool little «huts», each one with its own featured attraction.
One of the huts is a coffee shop. One of the huts is a tattoo parlor. One of the huts is a hair salon of some sort. It’s just super diverse and the spirit is super cooperative. It’s everything you’d expect from a Grand Ave. establishment.
You’ve also got the added pleasure of regular events at the main bar. Plenty of interesting (live) music and DJs, plenty of seating indoors and out, and plenty of intriguing local art covering the interior walls.
Service has always been great. Even my first visit, which featured a very confused barista who couldn’t even seem to locate the coffee beans was a positive one by simple virtue of the girl’s positive attitude and general state of kindness despite the confusion!
(For the record, I’ve heard really good things about their coffee; I think I just managed to catch a poor newbie barista alone in the wild without appropriate supervision. I’ll definitely be going back for a second attempt soon!)
ThirdSpace does a wonderful job of incorporating all the most positive and powerful elements of the Grand Avenue experience within its little community «walls». If you haven’t been by for a visit, you should definitely go.
Choose a night where you’re feeling unrushed, then go and relax for a while. You won’t be disappointed. Very highly recommended.

Good staff. Good food. Decent prices. So those are the «pros».
The «con» that would cause us to look elsewhere for lunch was the music: so loud in the restaurant we had to shout. Wound up sitting outside in a light rain.
Maybe it’s not always like that but if you want the downtown business lunch crowd, turn the flippin’ music down. It’s not rocket science.

Such a cute and tasty spot with friendly service! Went for lunch and had the curry cauliflower soup to start, it was beyond DELICIOUS! Then had the turkey sandwich with homemade strawberry jam, wow! Ended my meal with a lemon bar, it was the perfect touch. Not too «lemony» but absolutely perfect. Everything was fresh and homemade. I was in need for a meal like this. So happy I was able to check third space out. I will definitely be dining here again when I’m in Phoenix!

We had a great moment there for lunch time! I order «The Count» served with homemade pickles and a choice of 1 side. I recommend the house Pesto potatoes salad was yummy! The patio is pet frendly (my dog love it) and super cute! We will be back!

TOTAL FAN!!! It is a hidden gem. Love the vibe, food, and staff! Got angry orchard, the basic, and the lemon chicken soup. Just recently discovered my love for hard ciders… YUM! The basic is the mother of all grilled cheese sandwiches (melted cheese top — what, what?). The soup of the day was lemon chicken with rice, so GOOD not too sour. Loved it, inhaled in! Also got the side of the pesto potato salad (come there just to try it), it was a little disappointing since the hyped was all there. it needed more pesto in the flavor but it was good.

Really nice place, we had lunch there.
Great staff, «take it easy» style, I loved it!
The food was tasty, house made pesto potato salad, we took the Mex hot sandwich, nice as well.
Great atmosphere and music.

I initially stopped here because I liked the name and the idea that this wasn’t home or work, but an actual Third Space. Really cool concept!
I stopped in on a weekday afternoon for lunch. It wasn’t crowded but there were still people hanging out or lingering around. It was a nice day so I took a seat outside. Ted, one of the servers helped me out almost immediately. I went with, «The Veg,» sandwich with the pesto potato salad. The sandwich was awesome! Goat cheese, olive tapanade and spinach between two slices of grilled bread. So good. But the pesto potato salad. OMG. This was divine! (If you know me, I usually dislike potato salads or anything of the same consistency. It’s just usually not my thing.) But the pesto potato salad at ThirdSpace, don’t miss out!
After eating, I walked around to check out the shops and cool little artist things they had. I’ve highlighted this before in other posts, but I REALLY REALLY love the shared/​collaborative space here. There’s a salon, art gallery, coffee roaster, coffee shop, restaurant and bar all in one space. It even looks as if its set up to have live performance. PHOENIX NEEDS MORE OF THIS! So thank you, ThirdSpace.
All in all, I love it! Everyone was super friendly, prices were great, and the food was incredible. ThirdSpace will probably soon be my actual third space!

Cowboy caviar yummy!
Street tacos yum
Music fun
Comedy show– fun
This is a huge asset to grand. Keep it going guys

Blink and you might miss ThirdSpace. A cool (beer-​wine only) bar on the corner of Grand Ave and 11^th Avenue, I’ve driven past it every day but hadn’t stopped in until this past weekend.
A warm welcome awaits from the friendly bartender through a window that serves the outside patio. The weather was co-​operating so we sat outside in the early evening and enjoyed the surroundings. The outside area, surrounded by quaint little shops and trees give it a New Orleans courtyard kind of feel. Citronella candles had been placed to deter the blood-​sucking insects, and that was most appreciated.
The beer selection was impressive, recited filibuster-​style by the bartender. They even had $ 2 PBRs and High Life to cater to the Hipsters. Didn’t have an opportunity to try the food, but it gets good reviews here, so I’ll come back for that soon.
As we were leaving a band was setting up for the evening, kinda looked like Wilson Phillips, but I didn’t «Hold On» to hear them…