Burgers, Brews and ‘Cues at Lucky Break

What a great burger and an awesome selection! So yummy and such a generous portion! Some people I was sitting with changed it up and got chicken instead and salads too! I got a yummy burger plus 4 drink cards. I got a peach beer and sangria, so good. i didn’t drink all four drinks so generous tho! The event was so much fun, with Unilocal elites. It was my first no plus one event. Thanks for the free glasses for peeks! The pool was fun and the place was amazing just a little to far for me. Super spacious and clean! Burger was amazing with the unique sweet potatoes fires. There were so many burger choices too, I will be back if I’m ever in tempe. Also got a buy one get one free burger certificate. So much fun thanks Lindsey for setting up this great event. I liked that there were both high top tables and booths. Also the dessert was this peanut butter thing so awesome so yummy by the time i left i was in a total food coma. Will be back!

This was a very small and intimate event which was really neat! The staff was extremely attentive the whole time and treated us like royalty. I ordered the smoke jumper which was delish! And though this place is known for their beer I ordered a martini and was was perfect. I had to order a burger to go for my husband to try. Wee also been back since then as well. Thank you again Lindsey for an awesome night!

Alright, I’m a little late to the party reviewing this wonderful event… but I think I may have actually enjoyed it the most! I mean, what’s not to like? Awesome beers from Four Peaks Brewery (Hop Knot is the king of all beers!). Amazing burgers from Lucky Break. I had the one with a peppercorn crust, and it was outstanding. Great company to be around – an intimate gathering of elite-​only Unilocalers. And, there were even pool tables open for us too. A really fun time! Thank you so much Lindsey, Unilocal,Lucky Break, and Four Peaks!

Lindsey and Unilocal thanks for the lucky invite, I didn’t know what to expect. The staff was wonderful and so friendly. And the FOOD! I had the Mean Green– green chiles, jalopenos, guac, onions, tomato, cheddar and added bacon provided by Kate. It was so good and I almost ate it all. The sweet potato tots with a marshmallow sauce, awesome! Nice to meet some of the elites at my table too! I was too full to play cues, but will go back.

Fantastic Job once again, Lindsey! Four drink tastings, a delicious Cobb burger, sweet potato tatter tots and even a killer dessert. There’s not a better way to spend a Wednesday night! From the Pale Ale beer to some Bubbly pink drinks, I feel so fortunate to have tasted some unique drinks. Thanks to my awesome table for some interesting and eye-​opening conversation starters. Who needs TV when I’ve got the inside scoop on Paradise Valley’s rich and famous!
One thing I will have to come back for is the dessert. It was mind-​blowing sinful. Peanut butter ice cream & brownie dessert was hands down my favorite at the place. Three detectable bites and I was in heaven. If I am lucky enough to win the group for 10 lottery, I will definitely come back and order drinks with my friends. The place is another hidden gem, and I am glad I got to experience it firsthand! =)

So this wasn’t your run of the mill Unilocal event. This felt like a cross between a Unilocal event and going out to eat with some good friends for a birthday celebration or something. It was smaller than usual, which was nice because you got the chance to sit with a small group of Unilocalers and chat and really get to know them and vise-​versa, on a very relaxed level, while you enjoyed some really good food. I had the Smoke jumper. Which had bacon, caramelized onions, poblano peppers, and smoked Gouda. It was great and the portions were HUGE! I also got the regular tots, and tried one of my friends sweet potato tots with the marshmellow sauce– very interesting but also surprisingly good! The cocktails were amazing as well. So amazing I can’t remember any of their names to tell you which ones I liked the best. oops! Every one was very friendly and attentive and never did I have to wait long to get a drink or ask for anything for my meal. Even the owner was coming around to ask how we were enjoying everything. I liked that they had four peaks there as well to talk about the local beers and share them with us. Very cool event guys! I had a lot of fun.

This entire event was extremely impressive! Lucky Break and Four Peaks definitely went all out to impress us! I was surprised Lucky Break offered a full meal with the event, which I felt was really generous. They had a great selection of burgers we could select, and after much debate I went with the Smoke Jumper. Similar to all the other reviews, the burger was fantastic and I wanted to eat more but was too full to finish the entire thing (but I did come close!). If you read my other reviews and quick tips… you know I am a sweet potato fan and the tots were also outrageously good and served up with the marshmallow dipping sauce. I only order them if you can get honey, and you can; however, this marshmallow dipping sauce comes in at a very close 2^nd! The service was very attentive and pleasant. Finally the deserts –AWESOME! I was so impressed with the business and service; I added an additional post on my facebook page about the great food and service to help drive business here.
FOUR PEAKS BEER = PERFECT REFRESHMENT! What goes better with burgers, but awesome beer! Having the sales and brewing team present definitely added to the experience. I tried two other beers I would not have tried if I just was on my own — the Peach and the Hop Knot, both were great. The Peach was refreshing and light; however, I have found a new love with the Hop Knot and wish I was drinking one right now.
Finally, hats off to Lindsey for creating and organizing another awesome event!

Holy moly, what a burger!
Four beer tickets, Elite Unilocalers, yummy food, and pool… it was the perfect setting for hanging out. Lucky Break has 6 great looking pool tables, a full length shuffleboard table, numerous huge tvs, and old school video games, including Ms. Pac Man. Shady parking lot? Good looking everything else!
After finding an empty seat at a high top table, I tasted my way to my new favorite Four Peaks beer (Peach!) and chatted with my tablemates. When my Cobb Burger (complete with bacon, bleu cheese, avocado, and fried egg) and steak fries came out, they looked postively mouthwatering. The owner made a few rounds and made sure everything came out right, which was a nice touch.
After getting my fill, I hung out with John, one of the brewers, and played a very lopsided game of pool. I’m pretty sure it’s written somewhere that if you work with beer in any sense, then you’re a natual pool player. Even still, I ended up walking out with a Four Peaks pint glass, bottle opener, and hat. A good night indeed!
Thanks again to Lindsey, Unilocal,and Lucky Break!

Thank you to AJ and the Staff of Lucky Break, and our community sweetheart for organizing this event. I had no idea this wonderful venue existed (and I live a mile away), and likely would have remained clueless, had it not been for Unilocal!
This event was not the usual milling about and swiping bites as they are passed… this was sit down and get to know your fellow elites, order a burger of your choice off the menu, and try to consume 80oz of beer in a two hour period.
We were presented with a list of burgers and four beers at the table. Our goal was to select the best beer pairing with our burger.
I started with the Az Peach Ale, courtesy of local brewery Four Peaks. Perfect summer brew, and a big hit at our table.
Other Four Peaks beer featured (and sampled) at the table was their Sunbru (kolsch style ale), Hop Knot (India pale ale), and Kilt Lifter (Scottish style ale).
Burgers on the list, and I am literally listing them all to do their offerings justice:
1)*Cowboy chili (onion strings, bacon, chorizo chili, and cheddar cheese). Recommended pairing: kilt lifter
–This was the burger I selected, completely stepping out of my box. It was so behemoth that I had to eat it with a knife and fork. Cooked to perfection, the onion strings added a nice texture and flavor to the chorizo chili, which was not too overpowering. Down to the sizeable bacon strips, and the side of bleu cheese I added to my order, it was in Burger Heaven.
2) Cobb (bacon, blue cheese, avocado and fried egg)
3) Smoke jumper (bacon, caramel used onions, poblano peppers, and smoked Gouda)
4) Mean green (came recommended by our server Samantha, with green chilies, avocado, jalapeño, and pepper jack
5) Killer B’s (buttons, baby Bella’s, bacon, and Brie
6) Caliente (sautéed serranos, poblanos, and jalapeño with quest fresco and adobo ranch
7) Serious as a heart attack (double bacon and double cheddar cheese «for the purest»)
The burgers came with our choice of steak fries, sweet potato tots, and regular tater tots. Everyone at the table ordered the Sweet potato tots after hearing that they come with marshmallow dip!!! And it truly was blissfully creamy and sweet and filled with sugar and spice and everything nice — and the Sea Salt on the tots made this a dynamite salty/​sweet combo!
Our server, Samantha, was super sweet, attentive, and very knowledgeable about the menu. She even told us how much she enjoys her job. Those are the types of sentiments that make you want to return to a restaurant time and again.
AJ, the owner/manager/“bathroom attendant” stopped by to talk concept, introduce us to their fantastic HH menu, with all apps half price, and personally welcomed us to his restaurant.
John from Four Peaks stopped by to talk beer, a former brewer who now is involved in sales — and also invited the table to join in a game of pool against the Brewmaster.
This was such a wonderful experience, from the engaging staff to the food.
Thank you, AJ, for hosting this and for your generosity.
We look forward to coming back!

To say that I enjoy Lucky Break would be a bit of an understatement. I’ve been there… a few times. They know me. I mean come on, first review and I’m still going there? Yeah. So naturally when I found out there was an Elite event here I was a little bit excited.
This event was everything I could have expected and much more! For me, it was an opportunity to try a new burger I hadn’t had yet, which ended up being Peppercorn. As always here, I was far from disappointed. Except by the fact that I couldn’t finish the whole thing. (I had to save room for more beer!) Add to that the Four Peaks brewers walking around, talking about their beers and even recommending pairings with the burgers (Kiltlifter with my burger; very well paired). Then throw in all the great Elites who were there, stir vigorously and you’ve got one great event.
Kudos to Lindsey, the staff of Lucky Break and the brewers of Four Peaks for putting together a brilliant evening!
And if any of this doesn’t make sense, I apologize; I’m still recovering a bit. The morning arrived far too early after such a great event!

How silly of me to think I could attend an Elite event, a beer tasting one at that, without drinking more than my fair share? One of our awesome servers, Ryan, offered me a smaller sampling glass, at my request… which I quickly upgraded to pint glass refills of SunBru and Peach Ale. What can I say? I love me some Four Peaks!
I had the Smoked Jumper burger and regular tator tots. Gouda, peppers and grilled onions on top of a huge patty — yum! I’m a certifiably bad vegetarian when I say this, but dang this burger was delicious! I took half home to serve as my dinner this evening and it will more than suffice as another HUGE meal.
To top off the over-​indulgence, Lindsey hooked us up with some crazy rich brownies with cappuccino ice cream and whipped cream! Let’s just say SOMEONE needs to exercise tonight!
I loved the setting (also clean bathrooms FYI — very important for this gal!) and the opportunity to mingle with Elites without +1s, and of course being able to chat about beer and learn more about the Four Peaks bottling/​canning operation. Did you know they do it all on-​site in Tempe? If you’re there during the day, listen for the clinks and clanks of the bottles going down the line.
I’m not typically a bar games kind of person, but they have pool AND shuffleboard — for very reasonable hourly rates. When I come back (soon!) I’ll definitely be tearing it up on the shuffleboard table.
Thanks again to Lucky Break, Four Peaks, and Unilocal (Lindsey F and Kyle J) for taking care of us once again!
Random food combination alert: Maybe it was the beer talking, but I sampled some sweet potato tots with marshmallow crème AND guacamole and this was a winning combination. :)

Gluttony at IT’S BEST!!! Seriously check out their sliders menu!!! This was the perfect Unilocal event in my opinion because:
A. I got to check out a new place that I love and will be back to soon. This is a high-​end pool hall (beautiful wood floors and really beautiful fancy pool tables). Unfortunately I am at my best pool-​wise when I am loaded so I passed up on the pool since I had to drive back to central Phoenix. The servers were AWESOME and really helped make this event great!
B. TOO much good food and drinks. They have an orgasmic selection of beer on tap (I am recruiting sober drivers for my next visi) My Cobb Burger was served up medium rare with Bleu Cheese, Bacon, Avocado AND FRIED EGG… JUST like they serve it in Australia (all that was missing was VB and some Tim Tams). It was a messy good time that forced me to deal my OCD about handling messy food… no way I was tackling this goodness with a knife and fork. This was accompanied by some righteous Four Peaks brews (could not get enough of the Sun Bru and Hop Knot!!) As if this wasn’t enough, we got to sample two desserts: The Peanut Butter Thing, which was peanut buttery ice cream/​whipped cream chocolately goodness, as well as the mocha cappucino brownie which was also tasty.
C. Once again I got to hang out with and chat with some really cool Unilocalers. Shout out to Joey, Aileen, Laura and Marsella (GO LANCERS!!!).
Hats off (AGAIN) to Lindsey for another great event!
Thanks!!! Now off to down some more Sun Bru!!!

Great choice Lindsey! This is my kinda place!
The staff at Lucky Break could not have been more welcoming or accommodating to our rowdy Unilocal group. I walked in and within a few minutes I had a flight of Four Peak’s best brews, a menu of really unique burgers that I was allowed to customize to my heart’s content, and two servers waiting on me hand and foot. What more could I want?
Well, I’ll tell you what I wanted — FOOTBALL! And they had it (Superbowl XLV, but I’ll take anything at this point) on several of the large TVs behind the bar and on the walls all around the restaurant. I spoke with the manager about their plans for college football in the fall, and he told me they have 3 separate sound systems, so in different areas of the bar so you can hear different games. S — C — O — R — E!!!
Do you know how tired I am of going to sports bars (cough*UpperDeck*cough) and being forced to listen to whatever tired Big10 game the owner wants while trying to pay attention to the USC game on some 36in TV? Well, TIRED fo sho!
So… back to the food — fantastic! I had a burger with a chicken breast and 3 different kinds of peppers, it was the Caliente I think. The heat of the peppers really went well with the sweet potato tots and my Sunbru washed it all down. Ahhhh… I also saw they had a Wing Wednesday deal, Kid’s meals for $ 1 on Saturdays, and I think a pulled pork special on Thursdays? Yum! And did I mention the multiple pool tables, shuffleboard, and even Golden Tee?!
Thanks to Lindsey for discovering this place less than 15 min from my home! Unilocal rules!

Hats off to Unilocal and to the staff of Lucky Break for such a wonderful event!
While I did not participate in the «cues» aspect of the event, I did partake in the «burgers and brews» part. Specifically, the goodness that was called Smoked Jumper (bacon, poblano peppers, caramelized onions, and smoked gouda)
and a Four Peaks sampler of three brews (Sunbru, Kiltlifter, and Hopknot).
I am totally NOT a fan of beer, though I have liked the few sips of Blue Moon I’ve tried in the past. So much so, I still have three bottles left of a six pack I bought last summer. (Beer isn’t the first thing I’d reach for– not when I’ve got a few bottles of vino, pure mango juice, and water to choose from.) While I’ve tried the Peach Ale on my first visit to the Tempe Four Peaks, I didn’t really think «this is so good, I’ve got to look for it at the store,» such as I did tonight. Perhaps it was the combination of the heat outside and the icy-​cold temperature of the beer that just made it taste so good! Don S., I really did try to love your favorite, the Hopknot (sp?), but out of the first three samplers I tried, I preferred the Kiltlifter, followed by the Sunbru, and lastly the Hopknot– it reminded me of bitter grapefruit, and I go for more of the sweet ruby red grapefruit, y’know? That is, until I flagged server Sam to bring me a sampler of the Peach Ale. After that SECOND first sip, I was hooked! It and the tasty Smoked Jumper (and the lovely and perfectly salted sweet pot tots) truly made the best pairing for me.
Last, but certainly not least, the desserts. Oh, the desserts! If you love Reese’s peanut butter cups, well, you simply MUST order the «Peanut Butter Thing.»
Comprised of vanilla ice cream, peanut butter, and Reese’s pb cups, mixed and then frozen together, then rolled in crushed Oreos, drizzled with chocolate sauce, and THEN garnished with whip cream and powdered sugar*, this sweet treat is on the «Better Than Sex» list, which, honestly, is a growing list– I don’t know if I should be happy that there are so many great alternatives for me, or if I should be worried and possibly be looking for some professional help. ;) Ah, but I digress… The Mocha Cappuccino Brownie
really didn’t have a chance, what with that Peanut Butter Thing grabbing all of the limelight, but I would have to say that it was a very good and solid contender, but then again, I am a lover of coffee… The brownie had a deep, dark, almost sinister, semisweet and smoky flavor to it, which cut the sweetness of the ice cream and gave the confection a complexity worth serious attention. Yes, I wouldn’t hesitate to order it again.
Thanks again to the staff at Lucky Break– I will be back, and I’m bringing friends!
*Now this I will have to have a heart-​to-​heart talk to my server about powdered sugar the next time I go. ;)
p. s. Another thank you for the lovely Four Peaks tumbler (and jelly key ring) each of us were able to take home. Silly me for turning down cutie Unilocal intern Kyle J.‘s offer to take his… My tumbler looks lonely by itself… :(

What do you get when you put Elite Unilocalers in a room with good food, good beer and good company? A great evening! I definitely got a Lucky Break by being rescued from the wait list!
So many good things to say about this event. The small group (without +1s) enabled us to mix, mingle and meet new people. From brews to burgers to desserts the friendly and welcoming Lucky Break staff took great care of us. As an added bonus, we had the opportunity to chat with the Masterful Brew Magicians of Four Peaks. They obviously love their jobs — wouldn’t you? :)
Lured in by the promise of double bacon and double cheddar cheese, I tried the Serious as a Heart Attack burger, with tater tots. I still can’t decide if the Four Peaks Sunbru or Hop Knot was a better pairing. Why pick just one? Top that off with the Peanut Butter Thing — a dessert that combined so many of my favorite things into each bite — ice cream, chocolate and peanut butter! Everything was fantastic — my arteries may never recover.
A huge THANK YOU to Lindsey, Kyle, Lucky Break and Four Peaks!

One would not expect much from this bar when seeing it from the outside. But inside, it was actually quite nice… and very large.
I tried the Mean Green preparation on a chicken breast, which reminded me of a very similar item at Ted’s Montana Grill that I ordered at least every other visit to Ted’s. Yes, this was an awesome «burger.» I saved half for later, since it was quite large. I also ordered the sweet potato tots, which were so good I gobbled every last one of them up (despite Andrea S. proclaiming she could only eat three since they were so sweet).
I gulped all this deliciousness down with a Hop Knot, my favorite of the Four Peaks brews I tried. But, then, I am an IPA girl all the way.
Lindsey F. surprised us all by ordering us dessert. I had a bite of coffee ice cream/​brownie concoction (thanks Kyle J. for sharing) and a bite of the peanut butter concoction on our table. The peanut butter thing was the winner, even though I am not a big dessert eater.
Four Peaks was on hand to help us pair our beers with our burgers and play a little pool with those more skilled than I.
I love these smaller events where we can mingle and get to know each other better. I made it over to meet quite a few new people, but I didn’t get to meet EVERYONE. When you see me, come say hi! I promise I won’t bite.
Thank you to the generous Lucky Break, Four Peaks and Unilocal for putting on another great event.
I will DEFINITELY be back to Lucky Break for their $ 5 burger specials once football season starts.

Oh hello, burger smothered in mozzarella, caramelised onions, fried jalapeños and ranch dressing. Have you met Four Peak Hop Knot IPA? Oh. You haven’t? Well allow me to introduce you.
:groan of satiated contentedness:
No but really, Lucky Break Hooked. It. Up. Along with Four Peaks Brewery. We got to choose any burger on the menu, could customize to our hearts content with steak fries, tots, SWEET POTATO tots, beef patty, or chicken or turkey burger or what have you. And dang was it good.
I’m still full.
Lindsey! Thanks again for a great event!
We all had a blast just hanging out and getting to know the brewers at Four Peaks. They were all super chill dudes and were a lot of fun to play pool with!
One of their beers, a cold brew German style lager actually won a Gold Medal, beating the Germans at their own game! How awesome. Go Arizona!