Commoner & Co

We intended to have dinner but their small plates menu was so impressive that we ordered ALL of them. The empanadas are generously stuffed, the crust delicately delicious. And the Mediterranean tacos are inspired! Also inspired is their cocktail menu. Thoroughly enjoyed the sweet kick of "The Lady is Always Right." Staff works fluidly to keep water glasses filled and food coming. Made our happy hour realllly happpeeee!

Great hang for happy hour if you live in the Ventana/Sabino area. While you're sipping on one of their tasty cocktails, count the number of BMW's, Mercedes, Porches, etc., in the parking lot and count your blessings: Life is good in the bubble. Happy Hour runs 4-6 pm. They do half-price on bottles of wine on Monday and offer a yummy fried chicken dinner on Tuesdays. I've only recently rediscovered Commoner after many years (2016?), and the service is great. Bar staff friendly and helpful and Marcus (I think that's the manager's name) is the best.

The food is excellent! We got the fried chicken sandwich and burger and were both impressed. We got the butter cake for dessert, which was surprisingly good! Our food was excellent boosting an otherwise 4 star review to a 5. The restaurant was absolutely freezing, and the seats aren’t particularly comfortable. The service was okay, nothing great.

Good food. Got the artichoke dip (fairly large and a good deal during happy hour) and the sambal braised beef. Both were great, the dip was probably the best artichoke dip I've had, and was served with some nice toast. The sambal beef was slightly too salty in my opinion, but otherwise very delicious (served with collard greens and goat cheese polenta). The restaurant interior is nice, but the tables were a little too close together. Would come back! The food is definitely a great deal for the price, so long as you're not ordering a steak, anyway!