Staple downtown Phoenix restaurant Cooper’stown closes for good

PHOENIX — Monday marked the end of an era: Cooper’stown, a staple downtown Phoenix restaurant owned by rocker Alice Cooper, closed for good.

The restaurant, formerly located near First and Jackson streets, did not say why it closed in a brief statement.

“After 20 years, we are sad to close Cooper’stown,” the statement read. “Thank you to all the loyal staff and patrons. It was a good run!”

All of the eatery’s social media accounts were deactivated Monday.

Cooper’stown used to be a go-to joint for Arizona Diamondbacks and Phoenix Suns fans, as well as people heading to other events at Chase Field or Talking Stick Resort Arena.

In addition to serving up food — Cooper’stown was known for its 22-inch hot dog called the Big Unit, named after D-backs Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson — the restaurant also hosted events and concerts.

The eatery also had a good amount of sports and music memorabilia. There was no immediate word on if it planned to auction any of it, as several other notable Phoenix-area restaurants have done lately.

The restaurant had a 3.5-star rating on business review site Yelp. People wrote Cooper’stown had a great selection of beers on tap and a dished out some pretty good food.

Related

DUI suspect identified after SUV slams into parked Phoenix police vehicleRain, storms roll into Phoenix area, leaving scattered power outages across ValleyFire crews working to rescue 2 hikers with heat exhaustion from Scottsdale trailIce cream shop moving into historic Tempe home after $500K city restorationMan arrested for alleged homicide of girlfriend in Mesa after reporting her as unresponsiveDeputy among 4 hospitalized from Phoenix collision involving county inmate transport