Events around food trucks and trailers are slowing down as the temperature drops. Hopefully, the food trucks have been storing their nuts, as they should expect their revenue to drop 50% to 75% with the colder temps.
The Wednesday and Friday pop-up events at Sigels/Greenville will continue to take place.
The Thursday Gourmet Eatz at Preston/Beltline is dead after complaints from nearby bricks’n’mortar operations.
Saturday evening, several trucks will be in Frisco for a “Christmas in the Square” event. Several food trucks will be at Addison’s Vitruvian Square.
One of Denton’s long time food trucks, The Angry Friar, reported on it’s Facebook page that it is shutting up operations.
Here is your schedule for the week. Especially with risk of ice, always check Facebook and Twitter feeds. Jump for it.
| NAME | CARD STYLE | BAR STYLE | NEIGHBORHOOD | HALL OF FAME | THE VIBE | GO | YOU'RE DRINKING | HERE COMES A REGULAR | ANOTHER ROUND | TIP JAR | HEY MR. DJ | CONTENT | READ MORE CONTENT | BYLINE | IMAGE CREDIT | IMAGE URL | LINK URL |
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| Adair's | Bar Card | Dive Bars | Deep Ellum | X | A honkytonk dive covered in a few layers of graffiti and stickers with a killer C&W jukebox | Anytime you need a reminder you live in Texas or a really great burger | An ice-cold beer out of a plastic mug next to a shot of well whiskey | “Anybody and everybody in Texas country has played at Adair’s.” —Mitchy Mitch | SOHO Story | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/adairs-saloon-soho-story.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/adairs-saloon-2/#loc32.7826034 | ||||||
| Always Eat at the Bar | Content Card | There are times when you should actually not eat at the bar—a romantic anniversary date, say, or a meal with six people—but those times are, like, 4 percent of the total times. For the other 96 percent of times, you should sit at the bar. | Always. When you are flying solo for lunch: eat at the bar. When you are meeting your bestie for brunch: eat at the bar. For a weeknight date with your spouse or an après-golf bite with your child, whether you’re eating at CraftWay Kitchen or Al Biernat’s, the bar is always the best way to go. Bartenders are better and faster. They know how to foster camaraderie. You’ll never make a new friend at a table. And if you want to revel in aloneness, that state is only heightened by sitting silently next to a stranger. You know who eats at the bar? Divorcé(e)s and business travelers. If that sounds like a bad thing, then by all means, eat at a table. Or just do takeout. | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Eat-at-the-bar.png | |||||||||||||
| Ampelos Wines | Bar Card | Wine Bars | Bishop Arts | Friendly try-before-you-buy wine store | As part of your Bishop Arts drink-and-shop afternoon | Whatever glass the friendly employees recommend | “I send people over to Ampelos after they drink a glass here. I believe in little wine shops. If you want a $20 bottle, go to a little wine shop, because that person has found the best $20 bottle. That’s what they did for you.” —Emily Mitchell, Oddfellows | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ampelos.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/ampelos-wines/ | ||||||||
| Apothecary | Bar Card | Cocktail Bars | Greenville | If the Mad Hatter threw his tea party late at night | For some of the wildest, weirdest cocktails in Dallas. Makes a great cocktail bar crawl partner with neighbor Hide. | The aptly named Better Than Expected (featuring Scotch and garlic) | Any time you visit in 2024 while wearing a pair of Apothecary’s limited-edition custom sneakers, the staff will buy a round of shots for your entire party. | Samantha Marie | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Apothecary-Samantha-Marie.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/apothecary/#loc32.8135611 | |||||||
| Ayahuasca Cantina | Bar Card | Cocktail Bars | Oak Cliff | You snuck into a coffee warehouse in Mexico City at midnight to drink mezcal in the basement with the owner’s son | To impress your date | Charanda Highball | “They come in for a neat spirit or a classic beer. Honestly, it’s going to sound weird, but we get soccer players, especially Mexican soccer players. There’s one from Club América, one of my favorite teams. Henry Martín—nobody knew who he was other than me.” —Tony Leija, Bartender | Elizabeth Lavin | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Xaman-Cafe-and-Ayahuasca-Cantina-elizabeth-lavin.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/ayahuasca-cantina/ | |||||||
| Barbara's Pavilion | Bar Card | Dive Bars, Gay Bars | Oak Cliff | A welcoming, quirky gay bar made even warmer by its clientele and bartenders | When Wheel of Fortune is on, or for karaoke on Thursday and Saturday nights. | Nothing snooty | “It doesn’t matter who you are or what you’re doing; you’re at a gay dive bar, so do your thing. This is a place that everyone goes and throws it all behind them and proceeds with their drinks and their day. You talk about life and form lifelong friendships. It’s a small community inside of a small community inside of a big city.” —Danielle Chambliss | Savannah Hubbard | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/barbaras-pavillion-Savannah-Hubbard.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/barbaras-pavillion/ | |||||||
| Bavette Grill | Bar Card | Patio Bars, Restaurant Bars | Plano | The patio is home to an outdoor fireplace surrounded by a chef’s garden featuring 36 varieties of herbs and vegetables grown in hydroponic towers. | When you want to be surrounded by a chef's garden | A glass of Tieffenbrunner Pinot Grigio | iStock | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/iStock-539199982-bar-generic.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/bavette-grill/ | ||||||||
| Bodega Wine Bar | Bar Card | Wine Bars | East Dallas | A hidden wine cave with nooks and couches | To make an afternoon slide into evening without noticing | A good glass of California red | On some Saturdays, the Bodega “wine fair” features samples of 12 wines for $25. If you can handle it, an even bigger reserve flight is available, too. | Matthew Shelley | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bodega-wine-bar-matthew-shelley.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/bodega-wine-bar/ | |||||||
| Bowen House | Bar Card | Cocktail Bars | Uptown | A break from the Uptown buzz in a historic home | When you want to put yourself in a bartender's hands | Our favorite concoction, the Prairie Dog | WJN Photos | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Bowen-House-WJN-Photos.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/bowen-house/#loc32.7979709 | ||||||||
| Casked and Answered | Content Card | Everything you need to know about natural wine. | Q. What does “natural wine” mean, anyway? A. It’s a big, shaggy category of wines, because the term is not regulated. But the natural wine movement started as a backlash against mass-produced grocery-store wines, which are industrial products designed to conform to specific flavor profiles. Many mass-market wines use artificial ingredients, additives, and fancy tech. Natural wine producers are more like the grape-stomping myth of old. They let the grapes decide what they’ll taste like, with minimal intervention. This year’s vintage might be totally different from last year’s. Q. I’ve heard that natural wines are funky and weird and gross. Is that true? A. If you’re used to an engineered fruit bomb of a wine, the flavors and aromas of unfiltered organic grapes can come as a pleasant surprise. But if a natural wine tastes weird and gross, it might just be a bad wine. Q. Is this a hippie thing? A. Sort of. But the wines often taste lighter and brighter, pair well with food, and come in vivid colors. They’re frequently lower in alcohol. Plus, natural wine fans report fewer headaches and other side effects. | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/casked-and-answered.png | |||||||||||||
| Celestial Beerworks | Bar Card | Breweries | Medical District | A zero-judgment zone built from candy-colored picnic tables situated underneath the occasional whoosh of a DART train | When it is one of the weekly trivia nights or happy hour days for dogs | A Proton stout (but watch out—it's 15-percent ABV) | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/celestial-beerworks-bret-redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/celestial-beerworks/ | ||||||||
| Charlie's Star Lounge | Bar Card | Dive Bars | Deep Ellum | You’re in a heist movie, and everything is about to go to hell | You want somewhere off the beaten path, but not that far off | Cherry Lime- Yay! (a frozen cherry limeade laced with vodka) | “Exactly what a dive bar should be. Good beer, great atmosphere, and good vibes. It’s the only bar in Dallas that knows my order exactly when I walk in: a tequila shot with a Modelo. The bartenders are your homies. The place feels like home away from home.” —Mike Cuevas, AKA Mutemor | Courtsey | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Charlies-Star-Lounge-courtsey.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/charlies-star-lounge/ | |||||||
| City Tavern | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Downtown | A worn-in shotgun bar that came off the shelf | To hang out and have one too many in downtown Dallas | Dirty Dusty (shot of Jack, PBR chaser, $4) | “Downtown Dallas is a very small town trapped in a big city. Everyone knows everyone, and everyone knows everyone else’s business, especially at City Tavern. It’s a haunt for locals owned by locals.” —Jonathan | Jason Janik | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/city-tavern-jason-janik.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/city-tavern/#loc32.7803692 | |||||||
| Cold Beer Company | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Deep Ellum | A real trashcan- punch mix of bikers (both kinds), bands waiting to play somewhere else, neighbors, bartenders from other bars, and so on | You want to go to Deep Ellum but not like Deep Ellum Deep Ellum | Peticolas Golden Opportunity on draft | A great place to start (and end) a Deep Ellum pub crawl, with good parking and a top-tier patio. | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cold_beer_company_bret-redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/cold-beer-company/ | |||||||
| Cosmo's | Bar Card | Dive Bars | East Dallas | X | You’re home for the holidays at the townie bar in 1974 and/or you also want Vietnamese | When you’re tired of going to the Landing | Whatever you can yell-order over the sound of the well-stocked jukebox | No kidding, some of the best pho in the city can be found here. | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cosmos.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/cosmos/ | |||||||
| Coupes | Bar Card | Wine Bars | Oak Lawn | Old-school glamour centered on a circular bar | For a happy-hour glass of Champagne and some gougères | Champagne— maybe domestic bubbly, if you’re on a budget | Coupes’ overflowing bubbles and small snacks make it the perfect place to go before or after a dinner elsewhere on Oak Lawn. | Heather Nicole | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Coupes-champagne-bar-heather-nicole.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/coupes/ | |||||||
| Desert Racer | Bar Card | Patio Bars | Greenville | A wonderland of excess with a patio that is reminiscent of a playground (for adults, of course) | When you haven't been to Palm Springs in a minute | A frozen margarita or two | Elizabeth Lavin | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/desert-racer-elizabeth-lavin.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/desert-racer/#loc32.80978679999999 | ||||||||
| Don't Bring Your Kids to the Bar | Content Card | Bars used to be safe havens for adults. All bars—dives, pubs, taverns, saloons, cocktail dens. Big, small, pricy, or plebeian, any time of day or night. Didn’t matter. You walked through the door and you knew you would be among fellow grownups. No minding your language. No having to power through whining or crying or any adjacent sound. No rescuing some knee-high daredevil who wandered away from his parent’s watch and is about to knock a pint glass onto his pint-size head. But now you can’t be so sure you won’t encounter someone still using a sippy cup. | As some of us get older, we go out less, or at least we go out earlier. We shouldn’t have to cede territory. Maybe we’re having A Day at work and ask a friend to meet us for a happy-hour drink to help shake it off. Maybe we just need a moment to decompress, to ease the transition from office to home. Maybe mind your business. Point is, having an adult beverage is an adult matter and it requires an adults-only environment. You can’t get a sitter? Sorry, we’ll see you next time. Bring your kid to brunch. We prefer breakfast anyway. | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/dont-bring-kids.png | |||||||||||||
| Dot's Hop House & Cocktail Courtyard | Bar Card | Patio Bars | Deep Ellum | The glittering chandelier that adorns the massive patio, carved out from century-old, brick-faced industrial buildings, does all the heavy lifting | You want to go to Deep Ellum but not to more than one location | One of the 99 beers on the wall | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/dots-hop-house-and-cocktail-courtyard-bret-redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/dots-hop-house-and-cocktail-courtyard/ | ||||||||
| Double D's | Bar Card | Dive Bars | Design District | A “five-star dive bar” with a mix-and-match decor (and clientele) | When you want to keep the night going after an art opening or just in general | A Cold Fashioned, a carbonated on-draft take on the classic | Make sure you check out the peacock felt on the pool table. | Elizabeth Lavin | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/double-ds-elizabeth-lavin.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/double-ds/ | |||||||
| Double Wide | Bar Card | Dive Bars | Deep Ellum | X | Where someone who lives in the titular dwelling would feel at home (respectfully) | When you’re ready for your last stop of the night | “Well, I love their Yoo-hoo YeeHaws— insanely yummy stuff. The place is quirky and cute, too.” —Susy Martinez | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/double-wide-bret-redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/double-wide/ | |||||||
| Dubliner | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Greenville | X | What if an entire bar were made out of the area around the dartboard? | When your football team (not the Cowboys, or anything American, actually) has let you down again | Shot of Jameson and then a Harp | If you can’t make it to Greenville, check out Lochland’s, their sister pub a bit farther east, off Northwest Highway. | Jonathan Zizzo | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Dubliner-jonathan-zizzo.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/the-dubliner/#loc32.823601 | ||||||
| Eight 11 Place | Bar Card | Wine Bars | Frisco | An intimate neighborhood hangout housed in an old Craftsman bungalow in Frisco’s overlooked historic center | The next time someone tells you Frisco doesn't have anything cool | A wine flight with a side of pizza and live music. | Jeremy Sharp | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/eight-11-jeremy-sharp.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/eight-11/ | ||||||||
| Ferris Wheelers | Bar Card | Patio Bars | Design District | The glow of the decorative (i.e., non-working) 50-foot, 12-gondola vintage wheel does all the heavy lifting | For a cold beer and good barbecue | Waxahachie Hooch, kind of a margarita with pink lemonade and Sprite | Jill Broussard | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Ferris-Wheelers-jill-broussard.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/ferris-wheelers-backyard-bbq/ | ||||||||
| French Room Bar | Bar Card | Hotel Bars | Downtown | The remodeled French Room Bar is like an Orientalist boudoir, enigmatic and lush in textures, with blue velvet banquettes flanking a red lacquer chinoiserie mantel. It seems an appropriate place to wear a silk dressing gown and sip a $75 tableside-assembled martini that comes with accoutrements: a spoonful of caviar, sea beans, and lemon juice turned into a pearl by means of molecular gastronomy. | Cody Ulrich | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/adolphus-french-room-salon-and-bar-cody-ulrich.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/the-french-room-bar/ | ||||||||||
| Goodfriend Beer Garden & Burger House | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Far East Dallas | What if they made an entire place out of the corner of the bar where the regulars are hanging out and having fun? | When you have some time on your hands—you're not leaving anytime soon | A Big German | Elizabeth Lavin | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/goodfriend-elizabeth-lavin.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/goodfriend-beer-garden-and-burger-house/ | ||||||||
| Grapevine | Content Link | Dive Bars | Medical District | The beloved Grapevine pulled off a nearly impossible task: moving to a new location while bringing three decades of history with it. | By Nataly Keomoungkhoun | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/the-grapevine-1.jpg | https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2024/february/how-the-grapevine-moved-its-dive-bar-attitude-to-the-medical-district/ | ||||||||||
| Hide | Bar Card | Cocktail Bars | Greenville | George Jetson opened a bar and now he has a bottle-hoarding problem | As part of a Greenville crawl—or for a drinking lunch | Ms. Dallas (tequila, lime, jalapeño, and cherry) | The bar’s oddball cocktails are sorted into categories like “Refreshing” and “Brave” so you can order based on your mood. | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hide-Bret-Redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/hide/#loc32.7845814 | |||||||
| Inwood Tavern | Bar Card | Dive Bars, Neighborhood Bars | Park Cities | X | The kind of place where regulars give you the once over when you walk in but treat you like you're one of them by the third round | Sunday Funday—it's happy hour all day long | Chelsea Scratch Margarita | Nathaniel Chadwick | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Inwood-tavern-nathaniel-chadwick.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/inwood-tavern/#loc32.850088 | |||||||
| Jettison | Bar Card | Cocktail Bars | West Dallas | A sleek yet lcasual cocktail den creates a warm and inviting atmosphere amid its dark woods, black curtains, and flickering candles | On date night | One of their intricately crafted cocktails | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/jettison-Bret-Redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/jettison/ | ||||||||
| José | Bar Card | Restaurant Bars | Park Cities | Like you're spiriitually wearing a crisp, flowy linen shirt, matching pants, and no shoes | To enjoy a top-shelf frozen margarita on the cactus-lined patio | One of their cocktails that softens tequila or mezcal with a bit of added sweetness | Elizabeth Lavin | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/jose-elizabeth-lavin.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/jose/ | ||||||||
| Katy Trail Ice House | Bar Card | Patio Bars, Beer Bars | Uptown | X | You and your friends are starring in a Michelob Ultra commercial (said with the absolute utmost respect) | To meet a big group—it's got long tables, wide-open spaces, and everyone can walk on the Katy Trail to get there | One of the Texas beers on draft (Lone Star, Shiner, Jester King, and more) or one of the vodkas—they are Texan, too. | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Katy-Trail-Ice-House-Bret-Redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/katy-trail-ice-house/#loc33.0269129 | |||||||
| Ladylove Lounge | Bar Card | Cocktail Bars, Bars with Music | Bishop Arts | Depends on who is in the DJ booth | When you want to dance and maybe make a bad decision or two | A Sad Girl R&B with Libelula tequila and limoncello | “It’s nice to feel somebody put a lot into it. They want to make a space that they’re excited about.” —Will Rhoten, AKA DJ Sober | Oscar Lozada | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lady-lovelounge-oscar-lozada.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/ladylove-lounge-sound/ | |||||||
| Lakewood Growler | Bar Card | Beer Bars | Lakewood | A tiny beer bar with a 270-square-foot outdoor patio with just enough space for you and your pint | To experience a mixed-bag crowd of regulars | From a selection of 36 beers on tap | Tim Rogers | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lakewood-Growler-tim-rogers.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/lakewood-growler/ | ||||||||
| Lakewood Landing | Bar Card | Dive Bars | East Dallas | You’re home for the holidays in a rom-com and go to the townie bar | When you’re tired of going to Cosmo’s | A cocktail with no more than two ingredients or a beer that has appeared in a country song | Stick around for the midnight corn dogs. (Seriously, they’re only available after midnight.) | Catherine Downes | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lakewood-landing-catherine-downes.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/lakewood-landing/ | |||||||
| Las Almas Rotas | Bar Card | Cocktail Bars | Deep Ellum | The upbeat “Shrine to the Spirits of Mexico” of husband-and-wife owners Shad Kvetko and Taylor Samuels’ dreams | When you want a onenight staycation | Tamarindo Montenegro, with Rey Campero mezcal, tamarind, lime, and Montenegro Amaro | “I’d much prefer a fermented agave-based education to the latest fad in cocktail whimsy. Add an order of tacos—and/ or chicharrones—and set me up by the open windows or squinting high up at the wall of enticing labels just behind the bar.” —Brandon Kennedy | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Las-Almas-Rotas-bret-redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/las-almas-rotas/ | |||||||
| Lee Harvey's | Bar Card | Dive Bars | The Cedars | A bar that has been there for 60 years but somehow just opened that night | When it’s cool enough for an outdoor fire but not too cold to stand by it | At least three beers | “To me, it’s like the perfect bar where everyone is family— even if you don’t know them. It’s always the same, yet every visit is different. Not sure, with the original Grapevine now gone, that anyone could duplicate it.” —David Burrows | Sam Solomon | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lee_harveys_dallas_bar-sam-solomon.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/lee-harveys/ | |||||||
| Libertine | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Greenville | A very specific part of Chicago | On a Saturday afternoon at 5:47, and, no, we are not going to explain why | One of the rotators on draft (or, wait, an Old-Fashioned) | The corndog-eating contest comes but once a year, but, spiritually, is around every other day. | Courtesy | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/libertine-courtesy.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/the-libertine-bar-2/#loc32.8148556 | |||||||
| Lochland's | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Lake Highlands | A charming spot with a crushed granite hideaway in the back | You want a little taste of the Dubliner closer to home | Traditional Irish Coffee | Danny Hurley | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lochlands-food-and-spirits-Danny-Hurley.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/lochlands/ | ||||||||
| Lockwood Distilling Company | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Richardson | A Christmas-light-lit grotto that helps you forget where you are | For a northern escape | A couple of Hibiscus Basil Lemonades | Matthew Shelley | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lockwood-distilling-company-matthew-shelley.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/lockwood-distilling-company/ | ||||||||
| Louie's | Bar Card | Dive Bars | Greenville | X | An interactive exhibition in a Dallas media museum that stopped collecting around 1998 | You're feeling nastolgic | Dallas Blonde in a can with a side of thincrust pizza | Founder Louie Canelakes passed away in 2013, but his presence still hovers over everything. | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Louies.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/louies-2/ | |||||||
| Midnight Rambler | Bar Card | Cocktail Bars | Downtown | A subterranean cocktail den as cool as the musicians and artists that inspire many of the drinks | To stretch happy hour into tomorrow | Something off the inventive and ever-changing menu—but we suggest saying “surprise me” | “It’s intimate and cozy and has a private event space in the back that can be opened up to the whole bar. They have award-winning bartender Haley Merritt. And I’ve been lucky enough to help set the sound of the space with my residency.” —Sterling Hasley, AKA boyblk | Catherine Downes | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Midnight-Rambler-catherine-downes.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/midnight-rambler/#loc32.78057 | |||||||
| Mike's Gemini Twin Lounge | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Downtown | We cannot do better than their own deadpan description: “We are a bar with a pool table, a dart board, and no windows.” | For an elite weeknight bar | A Godfather and maybe later wolfing down a hot dog | “Affordable drinks, kitschy atmosphere. It’s a Cedars neighborhood favorite, intimate but with plenty of seating. Chase and Walter are excellent bartenders. As an added bonus, if you’re into hot dogs, this is the bar for you.” —Sarah Crain | Matthew Shelley | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mikes-gemini-twin-matthew-shelley.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/mikes-gemini-twin/ | |||||||
| Neighborhood Cellar | Bar Card | Wine Bars | Bishop Arts | Like Ampelos (but on Davis) | To pair the side patio with the terrific rosé selection | Jolie Laide’s California gems, with cool label artwork and affordable prices | Join the shop’s club and, for as little as $25 a month, the staff will pick bottles curated to your tastes. | Elizabeth Lavin | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Neighborhood-Cellar-elizabeth-lavin.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/neighborhood-cellar/ | |||||||
| New O'Malley's Club | Bar Card | Dive Bars | Oak Cliff | Name suggests Irish pub, but the interior is all Midwest basement bar | When you’ve had enough of Bishop Arts—or Tuesdays, for bingo night | A domestic longneck and one of bartender Kim Nutting’s homemade Jell-O shots; if available, try the Cherry Coke | “It’s a neighborhood bar, but for the regulars it’s a family. We spend holidays and birthdays together, and any other special event. It’s a place full of characters, but everyone is welcoming. It also doesn’t hurt that it’s one of the most affordable bars in town.” —Justin Dibernardo | iStock | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/iStock-539199982-bar-generic.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/new-omalleys-club/ | |||||||
| Nova | Bar Card | Restaurant Bars | Oak Cliff | Your neighbors turned their garage into an Atomic Age-style hang | Your kids are too young to be left on their own | A martini, hold the vermouth and the olive brine—really just supericy vodka in a Bauhaus glass | “I always tell people that if you don’t know anyone, just go in and sit at the horseshoe and you will know everyone by the time you leave. It is a comfy, safe place with good drinks and good food. They make you feel welcomed there.” —Kathi Kibbel | Kevin Marple | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Nova-kevin-marple.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/nova/ | |||||||
| Oak Cliff Brewing Company | Bar Card | Breweries | Oak Cliff | It’s always Sunday afternoon | Sunday afternoon, or in between errands | A Lee Hazy Oswald | “Every time I enter the brewery, there is someone to chat with, either a staffer or an Elmwood local. It feels like home, and I know others feel the same.” —Cat Rigdon | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/best-new-bars-oak-cliff-brewing-bret-redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/oak-cliff-brewing-co/ | |||||||
| One Eyed Penguin | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Downtown | Locals and wild-lifeseeking visitors | You work downtown and you’re waiting out traffic or you’re at loose ends after the team-building group dinner | A shot with the dumbest name you can think of | “I like the friendly bartenders and neighborhood community feel mixed with tourist strangers in town for whatever convention, staying at one of the nearby downtown hotels. Oh, and some rowdy karaoke on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.” —Anton Schlesinger | Jerry McClure | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/one-eyedpenguine-jerry-mcclure.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/oe-penguin/#loc32.78025 | |||||||
| R.L.'s Blues Palace No. 2 | Bar Card | Bars with Music | Fair Park | X | A real juke joint run by a legendary entertainer, the bluesman and namesake R.L. Griffin | Only once you turn 25, the age minimum here. | Whatever makes you feel like shaking a tail feather | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Blues-Palace-bret-redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/r-l-s-blues-palace-no-2/ | |||||||
| Revelers Hall | Bar Card | Bars with Music, Neighborhood Bars | Bishop Arts | Permanently Fat Tuesday | You’re not really looking to have a conversation; you wanna drink a little and dance a lot | A house cocktail, maybe one with Heaven’s Door Ascension whiskey infused with Cracker Jacks | “One, the live music is always excellent, and two, the bartenders there make me feel safe as a single woman out alone. They have absolutely run off unwanted attention that they have noticed come my way.” —Erica Stephens | Matthew Shelley | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/revelers-hall-matthew-shelley.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/revelers-hall/#loc32.7486545 | |||||||
| Rodeo Bar | Bar Card | Hotel Bars | Downtown | Somehow a hotel bar and a dive and a theme bar without leaning too hard in any direction | You have out-of-town guests | A Lone Star and maybe a shot of mezcal with the bartender | Formerly owned by Dallas Cowboys running back and legit a ctual cowboy Walt Garrison, who died late last year. | Steven Visneau | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Rodeo-Bar-Steven-Visneau.jpg | https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2022/01/yeehaw-rodeo-bar-struts-back-into-downtown/ | |||||||
| Rodeo Goat | Bar Card | Restaurant Bars | Rockwall | Ultimate lake party. Owner Shannon Wynne says the Plano patio is the prettiest of the lot, but our fave is in Rockwall, which overlooks Lake Ray Hubbard. Four of its tables offer bench swings suspended on chains. | For the waterfront views | A beer, something Mexican preferably. No need to complicate things. | There are also locations in the Design District and the Casa Linda development in Far East Dallas. | Courtesy | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/rodeo-goat-courtesy.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/rodeo-goat/ | |||||||
| Round-Up Saloon | Bar Card | Gay Bars, Dance Bars | Oak Lawn | X | One of the best country & western dance halls in town is also one of the best gay bars around, which makes it maybe the best gay country & western dance halls in the countrh | To close out the night with some sweat | A Lone Star | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Round-up-Saloon-bret-redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/round-up-saloon/#loc32.810948 | |||||||
| Ruins | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Deep Ellum | The best cantina in the world (outside of Mexico City) | If you won’t be able to make it to CDMX for a minute | The frozen Sin Penas No Hay Paraiso, with mezcal, mango, papaya, and a chamoy swirl | With an active calendar of DJs and live music and an adventurous menu, Ruins is a onestop shop on the right night. | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ruins-bret-redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/ruins/#loc32.7833423 | |||||||
| Saint Valentine | Content Link | Neighborhood Bars | East Dallas | Ryan Payne (Tiny Victories) and Gabe Sanchez (Black Swan Saloon) talk about teaming up to create your new “home base.” | As told to Brian Reinhart | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/saint-valentines-1.jpg | https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2023/11/two-star-bartenders-team-up-for-a-casual-east-dallas-cocktail-joint/ | ||||||||||
| Ships Lounge | Bar Card | Dive Bars | Greenville | X | A (slightly) modernized version of the long-running, briefly closed, take-no-shit dive that notoriously took that literally—no cursing! | When your shift is over | a PBR | When Ship’s reopened in 2016, after a year-long hiatus and under new management, it started serving liquor and added seating upstairs. Otherwise, it’s the same bar it’s been since 1947. | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ship-lounge-bret-redman.jpg | |||||||
| Single Wide | Bar Card | Dive Bars, Neighborhood Bars | Greenville | The digest version of big-brother bar Double Wide | When you don’t want to deal with Deep Ellum | A Freedom 75, a French 75 made with the “Champagne of beers” (Miller High Life) | The DW menu is also served here, including the iconic Yoo-hoo YeeHaw, a sort of frozen White Russian made with the titular chocolate drink. | Elizabeth Lavin | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/the-single-wide-josh-blaylock.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/the-single-wide/ | |||||||
| Stan's Blue Note | Bar Card | Sports Bars | Greenville | Maybe the best sports bar or maybe just the most sports bar | When the game is on, no matter which game you’re referring to | Something you can have several of | An additional honorific: it is Dallas’ oldest sport bar, opening in 1952. | iStock | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/iStock-539199982-bar-generic.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/stans-blue-note/#loc32.8241528 | |||||||
| Stoneleigh P | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Uptown | X | A shapeshifter that can break bad or clean up good depending on the time of the day and the crowd. But somehow always feels vaguely familial. | For the history—the P has been around for 50 years, and just signed a lease at a new spot for 10 more | Texas Ale Project's Fire Ant Funeral | Matt Goodman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/stonleigh-matt-goodman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/stoneleigh-p-2/#loc32.798038 | |||||||
| Strangeways | Bar Card | Beer Bars, Neighborhood Bars | East Dallas | Having a pint in a Smiths fan’s sideroom | Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before: when you want to try something new in a comfortable place | “We never say we’re a beer bar because our Fernet selection is out of this world, and our liquor selection is crazy out of this world,” co-owner Rosie Ildemaro says. | Elizabeth Lavin | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Strangeways_Exterior.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/strangeways/ | ||||||||
| Taco y Vino | Bar Card | Wine Bars, Restaurant Bars | Bishop Arts | A house party with vinyl records and crispy tacos | For brunch, which takes place seven days a week | Take advantage of one of Dallas’ best meal deals: six tacos and a bottle of wine for $45. | Leftovers, a neighborhood cat, visits daily for chicken tinga. Says owner Jimmy Contreras: “I put carnitas out there, carne asada—and he only eats chicken.” | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tacos-y-vinos.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/taco-y-vino/ | ||||||||
| Texas Theatre | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Oak Cliff | X | A bar inside a 1930s art-deco theater that is worth visiting even if you aren’t seeing a movie | At least half an hour before showtime | Whatever makes you feel like Mads Mikkelsen in Another Round | “You’ll see people sitting at the bar, chatting with the bartenders, sitting in the lounge area. You’re immersed in this place that really loves movies and wants to respect them, but you can also just have a drink.” —Austin Zook | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/texas-theatre-bret-redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/texas-theatre/#loc32.74355 | ||||||
| The Goat | Bar Card | Dive Bars | Greenville | X | You are on the set of Miller Lite’s “Tastes Great, Less Filling” commercial series (1973–1991) | On a night when there is karaoke or when you want to blow off work. It opens at 7am. | The beer they’d bring you if you said “Give me a beer” in a movie | “The Goat is just the right amount of scabrous. No hipsters at the Goat, and you can cuss, too. It’s not super wise to mention Joe Biden, though.” —Don Coburn | Jason Janik | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/the-goat-jason-janik.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/the-goat/#loc32.8124074 | ||||||
| The Library Bar | Bar Card | Hotel Bars | Oak Lawn | X | A bar in a library—the one in Clue, not the one across from City Hall | For candlelit tables and sultry tunes | Something classic, like a negroni | Courtsey | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/library-bar-courtesy.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/the-library-bar/#loc32.80908 | |||||||
| The Mansion Bar | Bar Card | Hotel Bars | Uptown | X | A bit more informal than it used to be. But still plenty fancy. | When you want a noise level low enough to encourage conversation | A Phrasemaker, Patrón Silver Tequila, Cointreau, white cranberry, lime, and coconut | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Mansion-Bar.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/the-mansion-bar/#loc32.804367 | ||||||||
| The Nastiest Shot in Dallas | Content Card | Jeppson’s Malört is a liqueur made in Chicago. Their sales honchos confirm that no place in town sells more of it than Goodfriend Beer Garden & Burger House, which is entirely the fault of bar manager Carlos Bell. He sells the stuff hard. Here’s a conversation we overhead between Bell and an uninitiated imbiber: | BELL: “It tastes like you’re standing at the front of the classroom in fifth grade, eating a pencil. First, the sweet oak hits. That’s the yellow paint and the wood of the pencil. Then a bitter graphite slides in, followed by a grapefruit note that grabs you—but not the flesh or the rind. It’s the white, bitter, fibrous pith. And finally a super dry flavor with a hint of bile assaults your mouth. That’s the eraser and metal binder. And where Campari has that dry finish that leaves your palate, Malört lingers too long.” NEWBIE: “Why would I want to drink something so terrible?” BELL: “Have you ever stubbed your toe? To truly appreciate not stubbing your toe, you first have to stub your toe.” | https://dev.dmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/nastiest-shot.png | |||||||||||||
| The Old Monk | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Knox-Henderson | X | A proper Irish local | On the way home from work or on the way out for the night | Guiness | “The Old Monk is the closest thing we have that feels like Dublin. It isn’t just a place to drink; it’s where stories are born, laughter is shared, and the outside world just fades away, until you realize the music is too loud.” —Branton Ellerbee | Kevin Marple | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Old-Monk_Kevin-Marple.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/old-monk/ | ||||||
| The Yard | Bar Card | Patio Bars | McKinney | You feel like you are enjoying a drink in a German beer garden, but nestled under a canopy of old oaks in historic downtown McKinney | If you are searching for a backyard vibe | A UB Mexican Lager from their brewery in Denton, Union Bear | iStock | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/iStock-539199982-bar-generic.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/the-yard/ | ||||||||
| Three Links | Bar Card | Dive Bars, Bars with Music | Deep Ellum | With apologies to Club Dada, the last bastion of Old Deep Ellum | You need to reconnect with your punk-rock past | A Jack and Coke and having, like, one drag off a cigarette | The name is a reference to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; founder Scott Beggs is a member. The three links? Friendship, love, and truth. | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Three-Links-Bret-Redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/three-links/#loc32.7844141 | |||||||
| Time Out Tavern | Bar Card | Sports Bars | Park Cities | X | A coin-op pool, shuffleboard, a handful of TVs, and an archaelogical-dig level of sports ephemera | When you’re ditching a fancy dinner nearby | Beer and a shot | Melissa Oporto | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Time-Out-Tavern-Melissa-Oporto.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/time-out-tavern/#loc32.851503 | |||||||
| Tina's Continental | Bar Card | Cocktail Bars | Deep Ellum | You’ve been let in on a secret. | When you have a coveted dinner reservation at Tatsu or you want to hear an off-duty bartender gossip about the industry | One of the many available martinis | It is known for its martinis, but do not sleep on the other cocktails, all expertly made but unfussy. | Manny Rodriguez | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tinas-continental-manny-rodriguez.jpg | https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2023/04/tinas-continental-is-a-tiny-martini-bar-in-deep-ellum-with-funky-and-classic-drinks/ | |||||||
| Truck Yard | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Greenville | Your weird neighbor with an unidentified source of wealth is having a backyard blowout. | On a weekend afternoon | A pitcher of one of the beers from their own Second Rodeo Brewing | The sign out front regularly goes viral with its amusing messages. Recent fave: “Even the daylight got saved and I’m just out here lost AF.” | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/truck-yard-bret-redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/the-truck-yard/#loc32.8143331 | |||||||
| Twilite Lounge | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Deep Ellum | You crashed a private party in the French Quarter | To warm up for a night in Deep Ellum or to cool down | Frozen Irish Coffee | “It’s my little go-to spot, like super low key, but it has a lot of character. Deep Ellum is pretty chaotic, so it's a nice little safe space and ducked off.” —Leon Bridges to GQ | Jeremy Sharp | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/twilite_lounge-jeremy-sharp.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/the-twilite-lounge/#loc32.7841949 | |||||||
| Uptown Pub | Bar Card | Neighborhood Bars | Uptown | X | An assembly line for creating regulars housed in a place that works in every season and situation | To enjoy the patio when it's summer and the cozy booths during the brief time when it isn't | Ranch water | Savannah Hubbard | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/uptown-pub-savannah-hubbard.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/uptown-pub/#loc32.807414 | |||||||
| Wriggly Tin | Content Link | Neighborhood Bars, Beer Bars | Fair Park | Aaron Garcia, co-owner and brewmaster, describes the journey from Small Brewpub, which closed at the end of 2019, to his new spot in a Quonset hut in Fair Park. | Elizabeth Lavin | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/wriggly-tin-elizabeth-lavin.jpg | https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2023/11/wriggly-tin-south-dallas-small-beerworks-pizza/ | ||||||||||
| Whippersnapper | Bar Card | Greenville | If a box of Entertainment Weeklys served drinks | When they’re doing one of their themed pop-ups— they turned into a Barbie dream house last summer | Something that looks good on IG | They’ve also had pop-ups dedicated to Friends, Game of Thrones, and the Austin Powers and Harry Potter series. | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/the-whippersnapper.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/the-whippersnapper/ | |||||||||
| Whiskeys | Bar Card | Cocktail Bars | Deep Ellum | You’ve died and gone to whiskey heaven and it’s in Expo Park | When you want to expand your palate. They have hundreds of whiskeys to try. | Um, whiskey. That is the only spirit on hand. | Time your visit so you can hit Soul Jazz Thursdays at Sandaga 813, which has the same ownership. | iStock | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/iStock-539199982-bar-generic.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/whiskeys/ | |||||||
| White Rock Alehouse & Brewery | Bar Card | Beer Bars | Lake Highlands | The building that once housed a YMCA is now home to a huge open-air space out back, with rows of patio tables and pastel chairs under string lights. | For a weekend brunch with a side of beer | One of over 30 beers on the menu | Bret Redman | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/White-Rock-Alehouse-Bret-Redman.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/restaurants/white-rock-alehouse-brewery/ | ||||||||
| Wine Therapist | Bar Card | Wine Bars | East Dallas | A visit to your cool aunt who brings the good booze to Thanksgiving | If you want the mellowest possible wine bar experience | At least two glasses | This is just about the quietest, most discreet wine bar in town—unless you go on a live music night. | Savannah Hubbard | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/the-wine-therapist-savannah-hubbard.jpg | https://directory.dmagazine.com/bars-and-clubs/the-wine-therapist/ | |||||||
| Ye Olde Scarlet Pumpernickel | Bar Card | Dive Bars | Downtown | Way more basic than the name, no offense— like someone opened a pop-up in the husk of a dead bar | When you miss the old City Tavern or you want to take over a bar with a group of friends | Miller High Life in a pony bottle or one of their many American whiskeys | During inventory week, they clear space in the coolers with $3 random draws. The Big Bossman prime rib, $40 for 21 ounces, is a bargain every day. | Brian Reinhart | https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ye-olde-scarlet-pumpernickel-tavern-brian-reinhart.jpg |
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