The Dash Inn has been closed since 1994, but the iconic Tempe hangout is making a comeback of sorts.
Valley restaurateur Dave Andrea, who briefly owned The Dash Inn before its closure, has converted a room at his Brat Haus in Old Town Scottsdale into an homage to the Mexican restaurant and bar.
It features a limited menu of Dash dishes and its ‘‘secret recipe ’’ margaritas. Photos from the original location decorate the walls. A big-screen TV shows vintage MTV videos.
‘‘Luckily, I had kept all of the old recipes and plenty of pictures to help replicate the details of design, smallware and furniture,’’ Andrea says.
‘‘The Dash played an important role in thousands of peoples happy memories of a simpler time and college life in the ’70s and ’80s. It’s been so much fun listening to all their stories as we bring it back.”
Dee and Hash Nelson opened The Dash Inn – combining their first names – near the southwest corner of Apache and Rural in 1967.
With its inexpensive food and cheap beer, it quickly became a popular destination with ASU students, who coined the phrase, ‘‘Dash Inn, stumble out.’’
The Dash Inn at Brat Haus is open 4 p.m.-close Wednesday-Friday and 11 a.m.-close Saturday-Sunday. The room is available for private parties on Mondays and Tuesdays.
