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Ryan M 11/20/2009 11:11:00 AM
I like to dive into the Outer Marker, was it on the list?
http://www.1revent.com/2009/11/one-revolution-entertainment-christmas.html
http://onerevolutionent.ning.com/
http://www.1revent.com/
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Jeff 11/18/2009 8:05:00 PM
RE: Bill Ford and The Slip Inn.
The Slip In is a wanna be dive. It took over the spot of the greatest dive in Dallas next to Ships, Mitche's. Beer and set ups, decent pool tables and juke box, shuffleborad table and a slate topped dominoes table. When I lived up the block my friends would drink until 2:00, go the The Lakewood Cafe for a late/early breakfast and then be back at Mitche's by the time they opened back up at 4:00 AM.
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muenster 11/18/2009 6:29:00 PM
El Penasco on Maple Ave is an awesome Dive Bar - beer only. I am usually the only non-hispanic there but everyone is super friendly. The security guard even gives me a hug after she pats me down on the way in.
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Eric C 11/16/2009 4:04:00 PM
ADAIR'S SALOON!!!
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JonnyTruant 11/16/2009 7:04:00 AM
This article just wouldn't cut it if it hadn't included Ships. It is the finest dive in all of Dallas, and I spent many a night in it while I lived in Dallas. It's one of the few things I really miss about that town. And it really does have the finest jukebox in all of Dallas, even before the Observer made it official.
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rain39 11/14/2009 6:05:00 PM
You Dallas Folks hardly know dive bars. Growing up in Wisconsin gave us the full trajectory of dive bars. We had one on practically every corner in the state, many residential as well as the usual suspect places. Some catered to families so you could see the little rug-rats scampering around under foot while Mom and/or Dad were bell up to the bar day or night....before mass or after, date night or work night. Mornings or evenings. It still is a tradition to "stop for one" and meet most of your neighbors.
The bars were dark, lit with beer signs, filled with the drunks and the hard working blue collar workers who back in the day made good money and had skilled jobs. They had a permanent smell of beer and whatever food they might serve on the bar, plus a little disinfectant from the bathrooms.
Of course there were bars for other slices of culture too from the country club set to the restaurants but the neighborhood and dive bars were just as busy! Guess how high the alcoholism and cirrhosis rate was/is in Wisconsin?
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scott 11/13/2009 9:31:00 PM
a few that deserve mention:
the lota's goat
one nostalgia place
the D Bar (next to kellers)
Lone Star (on nw hwy and jupiter)
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Louie 11/13/2009 9:05:00 PM
Bocephus, I thought this article sounded really familiar. I kept checking the date to see if I had read it before.
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mikey mike 11/13/2009 8:20:00 PM
Don't forget The Dallasite off Bryan and Fitzhugh. That is the definition of a dive bar. Located in a questionable neighborhood with bars on the windows but on a Friday or Saturday night you will find the most mixed crowd of people in there having a grand time.
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Bocephus 11/13/2009 8:16:00 PM
Nice rip off of John Nova Lomax's recent Houston Press cover story.
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barfly57 11/13/2009 7:08:00 PM
The bar named Coopers is truely a dive bar since they often choose to operate with no water or no electricity and sometimes both. Seems like a health hazzard more than a place that deserve publicity.
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chadwick 11/13/2009 6:59:00 PM
You gotta include the goat on this list...i mean its as divebar as they come, especially with the new 'outdoor smoking patio' in the back alley where literally anything goes...very iffy cougars, blues, mota, coca, cheap beer, extremely eclectic mix of clientele
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josh 11/13/2009 1:10:00 PM
Dude,
you toyally forgot about the one nostalgia and KC`s II
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Bill Ford 11/13/2009 5:03:00 AM
Well, you left out a favorite of many people, the Slip Inn off of Lower Henderson. Cheap drinks, cheap people, characters and one of the most diverse crowds around. C'mon, it's the real thing.
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Goldy 11/13/2009 12:35:00 AM
Does anyone remember Carla's at Ross and Greenville next to Flips? That was the only bar I've ever been to where on Monday nights they would have Matlock on the TV and not Monday Night Football...even when the Cowboys were playing.
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Yepppers 11/12/2009 9:53:00 PM
You have forgotten Keller's on Northwest Highway. Sure its just beer but hell, $1.75 a bottle is pretty good. Why do you think there are so many bikers there? Dare ya to sit on one of the church pews.
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Tommy Wo 11/12/2009 8:14:00 PM
I'm a bit surprised that Milo's on Yale/SMU Blvd. didn't make the list. Even though it's usually loaded with SMU students on Friday and Saturday night, the atmosphere and decor is still that of a dive. The wait staff recognize my friends and I as regulars who come in after our football and softball games and the folks at the front door are friendly and laid-back.
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Tommy Wo 11/12/2009 7:59:00 PM
My fiancee and I pass by Time Out Tavern all the time and finally dropped by after dinner one night. We found it full of 50-60 y/o men decked out in khakis and polos and women equally decked out in cardigans and jewels. TOT may try to look and act like a dive, but it's clearly a neighborhood bar solely for the Park Cities and Preston Hollow money crowd. The bartender seemed familiar and friendly with just about everyone who came in, but we could barely get a word, much less a drink, out of him. The service verged on rudeness if you weren't a regular and we decided to move on after just a couple of drinks.
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Bass Bob 11/12/2009 6:19:00 PM
You missed one of the original dive "Beer" bars in Dallas - Hollands Beer Lounge on S Industrial. The place was established in 1958 and looks pretty much that way. This is your typical locals beer bar (no liquor or wine, but you can bring your own), and you'll see all sorts of people and walks of life. Every other Wednesday Night they have Live music with Mullah Marvin and the Texas Taliband of Blues and Review (sort of a cross between Johnny Cash and the Grateful Dead).
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BadPhil 11/12/2009 1:57:00 PM
Great article, I love the dive bar, but one thing is missing....the VFW or American Legion bars scattered all over the place. My wife and I (late 20's - early 30's) will go to an American Legion in Oak Cliff to see my sister-in-law and have an absolute blast with a guy that looks like Elvis (who hit on my mother-in-law who we drug up there for a birthday party), $1 nachos made in a crock pot brought from home to help a regular who is behind on her light bill, and Karaoke singing that once you hear it you can tell you just lost 5 mins off the end of your life, but you clap at the end, go over and tap the singer on the shoulder and ask him/her what they are singing next!!
God bless the VFW and American Legion "Dives" where you can get drunk on $20 and meet enough characters to fill a library with stories!!
