The Parlor on Commerce, a low-key Deep Ellum bar known for its laid-back atmosphere and incredible patty melt, has closed, owner Seth Byars confirms. “We closed up shop, and it was kinda a sweet release for me, personally, cause I was working 17 hours a day, seven days a week,”…
The Dani’s Garden cocktail at Up on Knox is a beautiful cocktail simply built cocktail with complex elements.
Memorial Day weekend is pretty hectic for most bars, but this weekend was particularly so for Old East Dallas craft beer bar Strangeways. “They couldn’t wait for us to open,” Strangeways owners joked on Facebook when posting a photo of the Oldsmobile Bravada that crashed through the wall and into…
Stop into Whiskey Ranch to check out their new seasonal cocktail menu.
Dallas Tiki Week is coming up, and they want you to join them for their annual fête, the Bermuda Triangle.
The surface of the sun seems to have descended on Dallas early this year, which means it’s time to transition to summer drinking mode. After all, nobody wants to drink a pitcher of Brandy Alexanders when it’s 95 degrees outside. Chill out this weekend with one of these summery Dallas…
While there’s really no such thing as a healthy cocktail, one that offers a vegan workaround for egg white and the promise of detoxifying activated charcoal is about as good as it’s going to get. But you better believe we’re excited to see aquafaba on more cocktail menus.
To celebrate the frozen margarita, and all thing margarita, for that matter, Visit Dallas set out to make the “ultimate margarita bucket list” for visitors and residents alike, the Margarita Mile, a free app that leads “players” on a veritable margarita scavenger hunt to discover Dallas’s best margaritas.
If you’ve spent much time in the Dallas cocktail scene, you’ve come across Nico Martini. (Yes, that’s really his name.) This week, the local cocktail personality launched his latest venture, Texas Cocktails, a new book celebrating the cocktails intrinsically tied to Texas culture and cuisine. Martini’s history with Dallas cocktails…
Midnight Rambler’s new menu is inspired by the Pagan Rites of Spring and boasts nine intriguing cocktails, each with painstaking ingredients.
New Lowest Greenville spot asked patrons for funding and will finally opens its doors mid-May with prohibition-style cocktails and a laid-back, lounge vibe.
Low ABV cocktails, clear elements, and rotating bar themes are some of the trends coming to our bars this spring and summer.
My mother never encouraged the use of straws — they cause wrinkles, she says. That’s bad enough, but there are also serious consequences to the environment that have caused bars and restaurants to turn away from disposable plastic straws altogether. “There’s already been a conversation going on within our industry,…
Our favorite Derby/Cinco mix-up we’ve heard about so far is the Fresa Patrón Julep at Jalisco Norte made with strawberry and pepper-infused tequila with a jammy French liqueur. Just different enough to pique our interest, just familiar enough to celebrate the best two minutes in sports.
For a man who just walked away from a high-profile full-time gig at one of the largest, most profitable breweries in Dallas-Fort Worth, Barrett Tillman seems particularly zen — especially considering that he didn’t leave his gig at Deep Ellum Brewing Co. for another job. At least not in the…
The Bushido Cocktail at Smithy brings together three boozy elements from Japan and adds complexity with a unique syrup dubbed “bushido syrup”.
The West End’s newest restaurant, 3Eleven Kitchen & Cocktails, offers drinks with historically-intriguing names.
One of Deep Ellum’s newest spots created a cocktail in honor of the Boxer Bowtie Club, the Boxers in Bowties, to celebrate what they’re doing with their organization. While it’s a wildly spirit forward cocktail, it’s ridiculously delicious.
One of the newest additions to their seasonal cocktail menu, Tommy’s Shine Box, brings together a beautifully aged Madiera with notes of fig and a full-bodied golden rum to make a drink that is the perfect end to any meal.
If you can’t get enough of the aesthetics of the Statler, you now have another excuse to stand in that beautiful elevator lobby. Waterproof, a casual lounge with cocktails, is open, offering a nice view of downtown from the 19th floor. On the inside, tiny lights cover the dark ceiling, creating a…
We’re starting to realize that half the reason people love beach vacations is that they finally can (without being judged harshly) order frozen daiquiris. There’s just something that feels right with one beside a pool or on a cruise or, frankly, when you’re in any other city. Alice, one of…
For those who just can’t get enough Peeps or Easter spirit, there’s a beer for you. And maybe for others, if you like sweet marshmallows and glitter in your drinks. The Collective Brewing Project is partnering with Taps and Caps, and they’re promising this brew will be more than just…
