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When a taproom left Phoenix’s Uptown Plaza, craft beer drinkers were left parched, but only for a matter of weeks. The Sleepy Whale opened on Friday in the shopping center at the northeast corner of Camelback Road and Central Avenue. The tavern replaces Dynamite Beer Co., which closed in June.
“Just being in Uptown is going to be exciting,” Sleepy Whale co-owner Tony Fatica says. “It fits us.”…