Behind the Bar: An Exclusive Conversation with Tina McMahon of The Little Woody

Given that it debuted in 2012, The Little Woody in Arcadia Lite doesn’t pretend to be the true OG of Phoenix dive bars. However, this laidback neighborhood hangout from Genuine Concepts does inhabit a scruffy old building deemed one of oldest continuously operating bar locations in the Valley. Prior to the current tenant, bygone bars Mary’s Place and Trail’s End Tavern both inhabited the building – the latter so named because, at the time, Indian School trailed off into a dirt road at 40th Stree