The Palo Verde Lounge isn’t just another Tempe dive bar. It’s a Valley institution. A gloriously grimy watering hole where graffiti covers every inch of the bathrooms and generations of locals have ...

I have a million Palo Verde Lounge stories. Many of them involve the bar’s owner, Charles Marthaler, known to all as Chuck. One of the first times I stepped foot in the place was about 13 years ago. I ...