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It’s an exciting time to be a bottle of booze in Dallas. While we have our own Dallas bar guide, we love to dig into the Texas comptroller’s mixed beverage gross receipts tax report each month. Basically, it’s a look at which restaurants and bars are selling the most liquor each month.
Dallas is a complicated and growing city, so this month we stretched our maps to include Frisco and McKinney as well. What are they up to?
For this report, we extracted large hotels, large concert venues and convention centers because those aren’t a pure look at where the locals are going, which is the aim here.
This data set is based on February 2026 and is only for wine, liquor and beer, not food. February is a good gauge despite being the shortest month: Dry January drinkers are back, plus two holidays (Valentine’s Day and Fat Tuesday) boost things a bit.
Dallas’ Top-Selling Restaurants, Bars and Small Venues
The 20 top-selling restaurants and bars in Dallas for February 2026 collectively cleared just over $13.6 million in alcohol sales.
- The Katy Trail Ice House: $898,032
- Baby Dolls: $719,701
- Mas Chingon: $534,448
- Javier’s Restaurant: $503,395
- Cowboy’s Red River: $486,365
- Al Biernat’s: $478,077
- Nick and Sam’s: $468,258
- Hendy’s on Henderson: $453,426
- Kitchen + Kocktails by Kevin Kelley: $447,899
- Gilley’s: $440,418
- Las Palmas: $431,649
- Monarch: $420,973
- Casa Brasa: $413,558
- The Skellig: $413,342
- Chelsea Corner: $406,855
- Roundup Saloon: $402,857
- The Silo: $392,592
- HG SPLY Co: $391,300
- AVRA: $371,882
- Green Light Social: $353,597
Frisco’s Top-Selling Restaurants, Bars and Small Venues
Of the 15 spots below, nine are located at The Star, which is anchored by the Dallas Cowboys corporate offices and practice facilities.
- Sidecar Social: $401,232
- Dee Lincoln Prime: $382,987
- Rollertown: $224,333
- Perry’s Steakhouse and Grill: $212,878
- Hudson House (Preston Road): $197,828
- Mi Cocina (at The Star): $183,252
- Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar: $179,344
- The Common Table: $165,153
- Stonebriar Country Club: $163,259
- La Hacienda Ranch: $161,124
- Lombardi Cucina Italia: $159,086
- Concrete Cowboy: $157,124
- The Glen Restaurant and Bar: $156,265
- Revel Patio Grill: $153,366
- Musume: $129,534
McKinney’s Top-Selling Restaurants, Bars and Small Venues
- Twin Peaks: $173,501
- The Yard: $169,652
- Union Bear: $161,810
- Gloria’s Cuisine: $153,351
- Mi Cocina: $145,777
- The Stix Icehouse: $135,828
- The Celt Irish Pub: $134,076
- Rick’s Chophouse: $121,722
- Delany’s Irish Pub: $121,044
- Chop Shop Bar and Grill: $119,584
- Tupps Brewery: $116,203
- Bob’s Steak and Chophouse: $113,861
- Harvest: $109,867
- Blue Goose Cantina: $106,949
- The Pub McKinney: $91,986