Stephanie Schumacher

After Three Years, LaGrange Closes Its Doors

News came early this morning via LaGrange's Facebook page that the Deep Ellum club will be closing, and all scheduled shows, including tonight's David Ramirez show, will be moved: It's a sad day! After a long 3 year journey, we are closing our Deep Ellum doors. We can't thank everyone enough for yo ... More >>

Longtime Deep Ellum Talent Buyer Scott Beggs Officially Teams Up With La Grange

​Turns out the announcement last month that Deep Ellum venue La Grange was going up for sale isn't the new only development at the bar/venue/restaurant: Today, the owners of the room, Rob and Stephanie Schumacher, have announced that they've officially brought area promoter and talent buyer Scott ... More >>

La Grange Has A New Taco Menu, For Now

​Deep Ellum has always been a music hub; what's been missing is good food. Lemongrass and Local have been producing decent eats for some time, and Uncle Uber's Sammich Shop is a welcome addition to the 'hood, but for the most part Elm, Commerce and Main streets have catered to folks who put th ... More >>

Almost Two Years After Opening, Deep Ellum Venue and Restaurant La Grange Is Up For Sale

Mike BrooksA scene from the Nekromantix show at La Grange three weeks ago. Hey, the place sure seems to be doing OK in this picture...​Stephanie Schumacher balks a little when admitting that, yes, she is putting La Grange up for sale less than two years after opening her Deep Ellum music venue, re ... More >>

Kirby Schlegel Lives In a Freaking Ridiculous House And Other Super Tales

Photo by Andrea GrimesThe view from Kirby Schlegel's house is considerably better than that from, say, the Bud Light Hotel.​I gotta quit showing up to places where members of the Schlegel family live. It's bad for my morale. It makes me question whether my hard-working, up-by-their-bootstraps pare ... More >>

Deep Thoughts On Deep Ellum in 2011 with La Grange's Stephanie Schumacher

Photo by Andrea GrimesRemember the tunnel? Ah, those were the days.​For the last eight months, I've lived within earshot of La Grange, this year's Observer winner for Best Bar 2010, and have come to know owners Rob and Stephanie Schumacher through the drunkest of times and the soberest of times. T ... More >>

La Grange Lunch es la Delicioso

Red wine braised chicken legs. On the bone. But barely.​Falling. Off. The. Bone.OFF. THE. BONE.That is what the red-wine braised chicken I ate for lunch was doing. The bone it was on, it was falling off of that bone. So tender. So braised. So totally what you would expect from ex-Libertine chef Ro ... More >>

Deep Ellum Is Kinda, Sorta, Maybe Back on Top! (Maybe.)