Kathy Tran
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We love parsing through the data that the Texas Comptroller’s Mixed Beverage Gross Receipts serves up: each month, every restaurant and bar in the state is required to report booze sales. From that, we can see what’s hot and what’s not. And how much money we’re collectively spending on booze, yet closing schools. Noooo … just joking (not really). One has nothing to do with the other. (But doesn’t it?)
For the end of the year, we asked TABS to pull a report looking at the past 12 months of sales: November 2024 through October 2025, the latest month available at the time.
We pull out hotels and music venues, although that gets sticky because some bars have live music, so it’s hard to draw a line. Either way, below is a look at restaurants and bars that pulled in more than $500,000 on average per month (in just alcohol, food isn’t included), then the remaining 30 or so, followed by what’s on trend for next year’s top-selling spots.
The $500K Club
Seven bars and restaurants in Dallas cleared on average more than $500,000 per month over the past 12 months.
Restaurant/Bar: total liquor sales past 12 months (Nov. ’24-Oct. ’25), six-month average
- Baby Dolls: $9,731,571; $810,964
- Katy Trail Ice House: $9,651,772; $804,314
- Cowboys Red River: $6,996,102; $583,009
- Javier’s: $6,395,261; $532,938
- Nick and Sam’s: $6,385,540; $532,128
- Al Biernat’s – Oak Lawn: $6,134,201; $511,183
- Round Up Saloon: $6,008,522; $500,710
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The Rest of the Best
The following are the next top-selling bars and restaurants in Dallas (about 30), again taking out hotels and venues. But hold tight, because next we’re going to look at October 2025 to see which spots will likely be a top-selling bar in the next year.
Notably, despite closing in early August, Rodeo Dallas remains in the top 10 of bars in Dallas. Although – oddly – it reported half a million in sales in October, a time in which it was very absolutely closed during the entire month. We asked TABS about it and they confirmed the data. Bail money maybe?
Also, newcomer CATCH has caught on, hitting almost $500,000 a month in liquor sales (remember: these numbers do not include any food items). Absent from the list of top-sellers? Nuri. This Uptown steakhouse spent $20 million on design and we’d expect it to be up there with CATCH. And look at lil’ Ill Bracco pulling up the rear, making the Park Cities set proud (Muchacho Tex-Mex also).
Restaurant/Bar: total liquor sales past 12 months (Nov. ’24-Oct. ’25), 6-month average
- The Skellig: $5,933,953; $494,496
- Monarch: $5,917,957; $493,163
- Rodeo Dallas: $5,879,090; $489,924
- Green Light Social: $5,783,554; $481,963
- True Kitchen and Kocktails: $5,783,018; $481,918
- CATCH: $5,722,623; $476,885
- Happiest Hour: $5,514,621; $459,552
- Gilley’s Dallas: $5,198,498; $433,208
- Chelsea Corner: $5,089,563; $424,130
- Las Plamas: $4,950,355; $412,530
- Sidecar Social Belt Line: $4,801,226; $400,102
- Ojos Locos DFW Turnpike: $4,779,436; $398,286
- The Henry: $4,657,841; $388,153
- The Mexican: $4,654,228; $387,852
- HG Sply Co.: $4,501,002; $375,084
- Carbone: $4,454,009; $371,167
- Ojo Locos Technology Drive: $4,368,084; $364,007
- Komodo: $4,320,217; $360,018
- Al Biernat’s, Spring Valley: $4,126,072; $343,839
- Moxie’s: $4,124,593; $343,716
- Kanvas Sports Social: $4,067,888; $338,991
- Cool River Cafe: $4,054,914; $337,910
- Escapade: $3,966,585; $330,549
- Milo Butterfinger’s: $3,914,141; $326,178
- Truck Yard: $3,910,445; $325,870
- Goodwins: $3,834,446; $319,537
- Hillstone: $3,832,691; $319,391
- The Old Monk: $3,730,892; $310,908
- Muchacho Tex Mex: $3,660,158; $305,013
- Il Bracco: $3,486,783; $290,565
- Pappas Bros.: $3,479,078; $289,923
Trending for 2026
We also took a peek at mixed beverage receipts for just October 2025 to get some insight into new places that are trending. The restaurant real-estate market in Dallas is one fire, with many big-name spots (CATCH, Avra, Carbone) from other top 10 cities like New York City expanding locally. The following are new spots popping:
Restaurant/Bar: October 2025 liquor sales
- Avra: $581,912
- Allan Weiss (The Village, includes Meridian): $569,102
- Palomino Ranch/The Backyard: $550,899
- Mas Chingon: $550,536
- Bar W (Maple Avenue): $498,475
- Hendy’s on Henderson: $471,948
- Evelyn: $393,407
- Lawnie’s: $342,615
- Mamani: $298,524
