BrewFest Was a Cool Break on a Hot Weekend

It seems like people all over social media spent Labor Day weekend posting about the end of summer. Dallasites know better. Summer isn’t over yet. That’s why when this past Saturday hit 102 degrees, a cold beer was nearly mandatory. BrewFest made that easy with hundreds of beers for people…

North Texas Celebrates Beer to Go

On Sunday around North Texas, a celebratory, almost holiday-like vibe of fuzzy feel-goods accompanied many brewery staffs as they switched their lights on for the day. It was a clear, sunny day on what was indeed a holiday weekend, but Sept. 1 marked the first day Texas craft production breweries…

How to Take the Michelada Home in Dallas

We know the Dallas Observer has a broad and diverse audience of readers, thanks in part to our alt-weekly status. So we also know when we write a piece on micheladas, some of our readers will say, “Mmm, my favorite cruda drink,” while other readers will think to themselves, “What…

Get Obliviated at the Whip’s Pop-Up, The Leaky Cauldron

The Whip is at it again with its second kitschy pop-up, and this time they’ve gone full-tilt into the wizarding world. The facade will have you saying “alohomora” thanks to the refreshed paint job that took it from the Drunken Clam to the rickety doors of The Leaky Cauldron, a…

Deep Ellum Distillery’s Vodka Master Takes His Show on the Road

A Dallasite who helped launch Deep Ellum Distillery is leaving our city, state and region — and he’s taking his skills with him. Reade Huddleston, 27, is leaving this weekend to be the head of production at Headframe Spirits in Butte, Montana. A graduate of St. Mark’s School of Texas,…

Eddie Campbell Brings the Big Band to Dallas in the Clover Club

Eddie Campbell, the popular bartender known as “Lucky” to many, is bringing Uptown the Clover Club, a “supper club experience” with big-band music setting the atmosphere at the Cedar Springs Road location. Brad Woy, Campbell’s business partner, is helping bring the Clover Club to life. The two own Standard Pour…