It’s Negroni Week, which is a lot like Christmas if Christmas were a week-long celebration of aperitifs. Basically, you drink a lot of them and, for each negroni purchased at participating bars, the bar will donate $1 to their chosen charity. That means every bar from Mesquite to Saginaw will…
Bacon. Brisket. Butter. Avocados. Pork belly. Fatty things are better things — even when it comes to booze. Bars across DFW are putting that theory to the test with fat-washed cocktails. Sounds scary, no? Have no fear, it just means that they’re infusing a liquid with fatty flavor using oils…
Dallas does a boozy brunch pretty well. It’s basically a way of life around here. Who was it that said “a brunch without alcohol is just a sad, late breakfast”? An omniscient Sunday bruncher, that’s who. When Houston transplant Max’s Wine Dive opened its brunch-friendly, chicken-fried doors in West Village without…
Woodshed Smokehouse, chef Tim Love’s rustic restaurant complete with an expansive patio, is the perfect respite for us “city folk” when we visit our friends to the west. The barbecue is on point, the cocktails follow suit and the location overlooking the Trinity River will let you hit “refresh” without having…
On the first day, God made … what was it again? Well on the last day, he made bacon. And the day after that, he made bourbon. Nickel and Rye put them together and made something heavenly. Nickel and Rye’s Maple Bacon Manhattan is an incredibly simple yet flavorful way…
Patio season is upon us … blah blah blah. That line’s been the intro for every article/blog post/Instagram caption for the last month and a half, but in Dallas, patio season is fleeting; great cocktails are not. I stopped into Y.O. Ranch Steakhouse in the West End for a quick…
We all have a little pain in our lives. Some of us have physical pain (stupid plantar fasciitis), some of us have broken hearts (stupid Bumble date), and some of us just have to deal with a pain in the ass neck at work (stupid Judy in accounting and her expense reports)…
It’s Cinco de Mayo, one of the holidays we all wish was acceptable to skip entirely but social norms (and your amiga, Stacy) would label us “weak sauce” if at least one margarita or tequila shot wasn’t consumed to celebrate … something. (What is it Cinco de Mayo celebrates, again?…
One of Plano’s newest eateries, Hash House A Go Go, bills itself as “twisted farm food,” but the only thing twisted about this place is anyone who would choose not to experience happy hour. Let us paint a picture: inexpensive drinks every day of the week alongside buckets — actual…
From garnishes to liqueurs, flowers are springing up everywhere in cocktails bars around Dallas this season. There has always been a passive element of florals behind the bar thanks to spirits like St-Germain, Orgeat and crème de violette — along with cheesy edible flowers — but lately, it seems our favorite…
Spring in Dallas means storm season, hookup season and strawberry season. Paul Martin’s American Grill mixed up their own perfect storm with this pick from their new cocktail menu, the Corralejo Strawberry Splash. Using 100 percent blue agave tequila and fresh, muddled strawberries, this bright, fruity cocktail is a perfectly…
Pear cocktails get a bad rap. Grey Goose Le Poire and Absolut Pear started a sick trend in which the poor fruit can’t win, because let’s face it, most drinks are doing it wrong. They use too much pear and not enough something else. Luckily Matt Tanner, Pappas Bros. beverage…
One of the original Henderson Avenue cocktail spots, Capitol Pub, recently came out with a slew of new cocktails to add to their beer-heavy offerings. Among them is the Psycho Killer. Delightfully simple and light, this little cocktail could be your best friend during those relentlessly smoldering summer months. Whip…
Those who can’t do, teach … right? Well, those who don’t have a head for wine can try it on top of their cocktails. Remedy, the remixed, refined soda bar on Lower Greenville has, with veteran barman Máté Hartai at the helm, released a new cocktail menu. One concoction caught…
