Formerly: International Saloon · Broad Street Social Club · Blackie's
Globe, Arizona · Founded 1980 · Building: 1902
A working Globe saloon in a 1902 adobe commercial building on North Broad Street.
The Drift Inn Saloon operates at 636 N. Broad St. in Globe. The building dates to 1902, while local history identifies the Drift Inn name as being in use since 1980 after earlier saloon businesses occupied the central section of the property.
Pasquale Nebro reportedly built the 6,000-square-foot adobe commercial building on North Broad Street. A local historical feature says the ground floor included a café, a central saloon, and Western Cash.
Source: Globe-Miami Times, "DRIFT INN: A Saloon success story."
According to the Globe-Miami Times, the building's central space first operated as the International Saloon, later becoming the Broad Street Social Club and Blackie's.
Source: Globe-Miami Times, "DRIFT INN: A Saloon success story."
The central saloon space became the Drift Inn, according to the Globe-Miami Times.
Source: Globe-Miami Times, "DRIFT INN: A Saloon success story."
Lisa Brazil and Eileen Townsend were reported as co-owners by 1998. Sources vary slightly: Brazil's public profile lists an October 1997 start, while later reporting says the pair took over in 1998.
Source: Phoenix New Times, "Putting Globe on the Map" (1998); azcentral, "Belly up to the bar: Arizona's best historic saloons" (2014); Lisa Brazil public professional profile.
A Drift Inn business-page post announced the departure of Lisa Brazil and Eileen Townsend and welcomed Josh and Megan. Their full identities, ownership roles, and present status were not established in this review.
Source: Drift Inn Saloon Facebook business-page post (September 2018).
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A detailed local Globe-Miami Times historical feature identifies Nebro as builder of the 1902 adobe commercial building. Primary property, permit, tax, or preservation-inventory records were not located in this review.
The Globe-Miami Times reports that the building was the largest adobe building in Arizona at the time it was built. The reviewed material does not include independent statewide architectural evidence sufficient to confirm the superlative.
A local historical account says the central section remained a saloon through several names, but the review did not locate a complete record of licenses, closures, ownership transitions, or interruptions sufficient to establish continuous operation.
The Drift Inn Saloon itself has operated under that name since 1902.
The building and a central saloon space date to 1902 according to local history, but the same source says the business has been called the Drift Inn only since 1980.
Source: Globe-Miami Times, "DRIFT INN: A Saloon success story."
Lisa Brazil and Eileen Townsend bought the Drift Inn in 2001.
Contemporaneous reporting identified Brazil and Townsend as co-owners by 1998; other reporting says they took over in 1998, while Brazil's public profile lists an October 1997 start.
Source: Phoenix New Times, "Putting Globe on the Map" (1998); azcentral, "Belly up to the bar: Arizona's best historic saloons" (2014); Lisa Brazil public professional profile.
The Drift Inn building is Arizona's largest adobe commercial structure.
The local historical account says the building was Arizona's largest adobe building at the time of its 1902 construction. It does not establish a present-day or independently verified statewide commercial-building superlative.
Source: Globe-Miami Times, "DRIFT INN: A Saloon success story."
The Drift Inn continues to operate in Globe's historic downtown in a building that has housed a central saloon space under several names for more than a century.
A Globe-Miami Times historical feature says the central saloon space became the Drift Inn in 1980, after operating under earlier names including International Saloon, Broad Street Social Club, and Blackie's.
A local historical feature identifies the building as a 1902 adobe commercial structure built by Pasquale Nebro. A primary property or preservation record would provide stronger confirmation.
The local historical account says the central portion of the building remained a saloon under changing names, but the reviewed evidence does not establish a complete uninterrupted operating record.
Current ownership is unresolved in the reviewed evidence. A 2018 business-page post announced that former co-owners Lisa Brazil and Eileen Townsend were leaving and welcomed Josh and Megan, but it did not identify their full names or establish present ownership.
636 N Broad St, Globe, AZ 85501
(928) 425-9573
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Current business-page information lists daily service, generally from late morning through 2 a.m. Confirm current hours directly before visiting.