Bars & Breweries

We were excited to see that Street’s Fine Chicken threw some Limoncello in one of their new cocktails, Sissy’s Julep.

This year’s Dallas Observer BrewFest, in its eighth year, takes over the Dallas Farmers Market from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 with more than 70 breweries each sampling several of their beers. Some beers are brewed just a few blocks away, but you’ll spot national and international breweries,…

Midnight Rambler pays homage to the watermelon with their 1000W Thumper.

Out of Obscurity, a cocktail on Knife’s new menu, brings together the aloe liqueur, coconut, elderflower, and a bitter element, Aperol.

These days we lose the pies and have a bit more fun with rhubarb—in cocktails. Five Sixty’s new set of cocktails all have “house-made syrups and infusions prepared by Executive Chef Jacob Williamson,” including one with some house-made rhubarb bitters.

A tiki paradise complete with straw umbrellas, tiki mugs, and even a grotto is waiting for you in Arlington.

Dallas visitors on a budget have something to look forward to. Deep Ellum Hostel, an independently-owned hostel in our favorite funky neighborhood opened recently accommodating up to 72 travelers a night. It’s Dallas’s answer to the Freehand Hotel, complete with a unique lobby bar, Izkina.

Our friends at Pappas Bros. decided that the original Pimm’s Cup was a fantastic place to start; so, the summer riff on the traditional tipple brings in a bit of watermelon.

Dallas brewery Four Corners has been acquired by Constellation Brands, the beer behemoth that owns brands such as Corona Modelo Especial, Modelo, Pacifico and, more recently, craft breweries Ballast Point and Funky Buddha. Four Corners opened in West Dallas — adjacent to Trinity Groves — in 2012 but later moved…

September will be here before you know it, and that means one thing: BrewFest. The Dallas Observer’s annual beer festival — which packs more than 500 local, national and international craft beers into the Dallas Farmers Market every year — is going down Sept. 8. If you don’t have tickets…

Balance is important—in yoga, Jenga, and in cocktails. That’s why the Por Signore cocktail at the Bishop Arts District’s newest restaurant, Macellaio, is so perfect. With sweetness from the two different brandies and the Dubonnet (a sweet wine-based aperitif) is offset by the bitterness of an amaro and Angostura.

In the ever-expanding city of Frisco, it’s not hard to find a spot to grab a bite and a cocktail. But there’s only one that allows patrons to take a step back in time with its Prohibition-era atmosphere and cocktails. While it is a relatively new spot, Bottled in Bond…

We’ve seen some good frosés crop up across Dallas over the last year and a half, but we’re delighted to finally see one that’s a bit elevated—both in ingredients and ABV. Pie Tap decided that some frozen summer water wasn’t going to cut it, so they took it up a notch by adding Hendrick’s gin and Aperol to the usually (relatively) innocent cocktail. The result? A frosé that will bump up your brunch game. And at just $2 a pop (clink, fizz), you may find yourself calling it “pink drank”.

Summer in Texas can get expensive. Between the $300 electric bills and the cost of posting up at the FOE pool every weekend, heat-related expenses start to add up. One of our biggest summer expenditures: Topo Chico. Sure, every Texan sips this popular Mexican sparkling mineral water year-round. But when the…

It’s getting to be beer weather in Texas. OK, yes, it’s always beer weather, but the summer heat calls for something refreshing, light and well made, a beer that will make me tolerate the outdoors, a beer that’s cool consolation for the face-melting misery of the Dallas sun. Luckily, a…

Want somewhere to enjoy a meal without having to excuse yourself to change your shirt in the middle of a meal? We’ve got your (dry) back with a list of our favorite air conditioned patios around town.

In February, Amazon launched two-hour grocery delivery service in Dallas, giving us one less reason to drive across town for eggs and grass-fed beef. The grocery delivery included alcohol, but now the online retail behemoth is upping the ante with “superfast” beer and wine delivery in DFW. “Prime members can…

The cocktail menu at Lowest Greenville darling, Gung Ho, is a behemoth. Created by veteran barman Matt Ragan (of Victor Tango fame), each drink is unique and imaginative. From tiki-inspired cocktails to classics, their menu has a decidedly Far East flare.

So much can change in a year, especially in Dallas. And since Dallas loves a good rooftop patio, we thought we’d breathe some new life to last year’s article about the new rooftop patios for boozing, schmoozing, and viewing that popped up in the last year. And since we never second guess ourselves, we’re doubling down with the full list of badass rooftops from last year’s article. Happy patio season, y’all.

Enjoy this whiskey and beer cocktail at Brooklyn Brewry’s Beer Mansion this weekend.

Wanna spend an evening at Dallas Farmers Market sampling from a selection of more than 500 local, national and international craft beers? Of course you do, which is why it’s time to start planning for the eighth annual Dallas Observer BrewFest, taking over the market on Sept. 8. General admission…

Try El Fenix’s Centennial Margarita and enjoy the chance to win free food for a year.