3 Nations’ Horchata Beer Is the Best of Both Delicious Worlds

Perhaps the most common question one can overhear from another table when visiting one of the dozens of local brewery taprooms is “Ooh, now what’s that I’m tasting here?” Thanks to the ever-expanding number of craft breweries in North Texas, each with its own ever-expanding list of selections both permanent…

And Downtown Dallas Drinkers Rejoiced: City Tavern Is Back

For people who live and work in downtown Dallas, City Tavern was the ideal neighborhood bar. After City Tavern opened in 2004, its cheap drinks, no-frills bar food and cozy dive bar ambiance made it the neighborhood’s favorite hang spot, a real-life Cheers where bartenders set your usual on the…

Plano Mall Now Lets You Sip Beer and Wine While Shopping

We’ve always been fans of grocery stores where you can sip beer and wine while you shop — buying vegetables just feels less humdrum while nursing a glass of rosé. Now, a Plano mall is letting visitors sip booze while shopping, which is about to make that bathing suit-buying experience…

Federal Shutdown Could Kill This Dallas Family’s Dream of Opening a Brewpub

Veronica and Craig Bradley mortgaged their future to open the brewpub Vector Brewing in Lake Highlands. In December, they signed a lease for the 10,000-square foot brewery. Just 14 days later, the federal government shutdown started, and now, the Bradleys’ future — and Vector Brewing — is in terrifying (and expensive) limbo.