Murphy's Law Irish Pub -- Chandler, AZ

Kenny and Sarah Love decided to take a break from the busy grind of life on that Saturday, December 7th, and pay a visit to downtown Chandler for a pretzel tasting. There we embraced the fact that every town, suburb, and city has a story to tell, and the history of Chandler is one we would like to share with you.

In the year 1891, Dr. Alexander Chandler, the first veterinary surgeon for the Arizona territory, had purchased land in the Salt River Valley near Phoenix. At the time, Dr. Chandler was interested in and studied irrigation engineering techniques. This knowledge helped him to establish a system of early canals in the area; obviously, imperative for life in a parched desert! On what was originally an 18,000 acre property, he began planning to develop a townsite which became known as Chandler Ranch. The townsite office opened on May 16th, 1912, which is the official birthday of Chandler, Arizona. Over the years the city has grown and evolved to the fourth most populous municipality in Arizona and hosts some amazing eateries, breweries, and great times for all. Because of Dr. Alexander Chandler's contributions to the southwest we discovered Murphy's Law Irish Pub and thoroughly enjoyed our experience. If you wish to read a more comprehensive summary please reference below.*

Murphy's Law Irish Pub -- Downtown Chandler, AZ

12/07/2024

"Pub Pretzels"

Menu Description: Murphy’s Bavarian Style Pub Pretzel served with Grain Mustard and Murphy’s Cheese Sauce.

Hot out of the kitchen came our pretzels which resembled the shape of hot dogs or brats. The color varied a bit for each delicious looking treat but would be considered a dark to moderate deep brown overall. A buttery coating resulted in a slight shine which had caught our eye... while the salt distribution was not accounted for on each individual pretzel stick as some had more than others.

Biting into the savory snack gave way to a nice legitimate crunch with a light buttery taste. The accompanying sides were cheese dipping sauce and mustard. The thick fondue tasted like American cheese. Where the mustard was slightly sweet with a sharp zing, having a grainy texture.

These pretzels are ranked higher amongst our tastings and we were most definitely pleased.

4.75/5.00

Sincerely,

Kenny Muzzey & Sarah Love

*History of Chandler, Ariz.

**This post is also available on Wix.

Graveyard Post III -- Arizona and Nevada

08/25/2024 - 11/23/2024

Per the previous posts, Sarah Love's phone had been lost along with all the pretzel data from May 2024 through December 2024. Hence, everything in this Graveyard Post is solely based off pictures and memories. 08/25/2024 BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse -- Goodyear, AZ "Big Twist Pretzel with Beer Cheese" Menu Description: Pizza-oven-baked pretzel | pretzel salt | side of BJ's Brewhouse Blonde beer cheese + honey dijon mustard for dipping BJ's pretzel was very large in size. It came out of the kitchen hanging by a thread, a bit broken, kind of like how Kenny and Sarah Love felt about the pretzel data being lost. The treat was pale, light beige in color and sported an adequate amount of butter and salt.

09/02/2024 Arizona Wilderness DTPHX -- Roosevelt Row, Phoenix, AZ "The Regen Pretzel" Menu Description: Regenerative organic certified pretzel made with white Sonora Wheat from Oatman Farms served w/ Wilderness beer cheese*** and beer mustard ***contains bacon $12.00 Though Kenny and Sarah Love do not recall the actual rating of this pretzel they know they have to go back and do another review. The deep mahogany brown, plentifully salted snack, was delicious. Perhaps it was the bacon beer cheese. From what we remember, the pretzel was pretty darn tasty.

10/06/2024 The Beast -- Las Vegas, NV "Bavarian Pretzel" Menu Description: Salted Bavarian Pretzel, Served with Nacho Cheese and Creamy Grain Mustard $15.00 Kenny and Sarah Love had the pleasure of welcoming a very good friend to join us on this pretzel tasting. We had the opportunity to visit her home town of Vegas and during our adventuring we happened upon a pretzel to continue our tasting tradition. This snack was also served hanging on a rack. It was extremely large in size, providing an ample amount of appetizer to adequately feed three. The color was brown and the baked pretzel was coated in an abundant amount of salt.

11/23/2024 Papago Brewing Company -- Phoenix, AZ "2 Rustic Soft Pretzels" Menu Description: with deli mustard; add cactus valley beer cheese $10.90 (beer cheese +$3.00) Fortunately, Kenny and Sarah Love had the chance to visit Papago prior to them being permanently closed. Their pretzels were absurdly triangle in shape, nothing like we have seen before. There was a light sprinkling of salt decorating the medium brown, baked good.

Thank you for sticking with Kenny and Sarah Love over these last three posts, lovingly known as the Graveyard Trilogy. We will be returning to our normally scheduled program starting next month! Sincerely,

Kenny Muzzey & Sarah Love