This Cedars bar is often labeled a dive bar, but there’s nothing shabby about Mike’s. Here a refreshing cross of swanky and unpretentious collides with a stripper pole and hot dogs. The bar has a pool table and darts; a ciggie machine and management wears suits, which is said to be a nod to how […]
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Well, hello, darlin’. It’s so nice to see you again. Milo Butterfingers recently changed ownership and took a little time for itself to get one of those deep plane face lifts: We’re not sure what was involved or even if we want to know, but damn, it looks fantastic. The original location was one of […]
Fort Worth’s The Moon bar has been the unofficial hub of Fort Worth’s music community for years. The sound system is big enough to fill a room 10 times its size, but the bar’s intimate feel is what keeps it abuzz during weekend performances from Fort Worth’s biggest local acts. That also might explain why […]
Although bathed in color-changing neon lights, Muddy Waters’ interior is still so dim you can hardly find your way to the pool tables. With a cross section of various ages and races, Muddy Waters caters to crowds of working-class people rushing to get in on the bar’s cheap weekly specials, including Monday’s dollar drafts and […]
Named for a 19th-century painting of a Rubenesque nude, the reborn Nana at the tip of the Wyndham Anatole Hotel tower has peeled back its eyelids, offering diners a wider swallow of what was already a stunning view of the Dallas skyline. Nana also has priceless pieces from Trammell and Margaret Crow’s Asian art collection […]
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The poor building on the corner of Elm and Malcolm X in Deep Ellum goes through owners like its patrons go through bottles of whiskey. But it’s got new management and a new name: The Nightmare, and with its Elm Street address, the pun is definitely intended. The freshly painted all-black interior looks clean and […]
The Lizard Lounge’s sister venue, Red Light, was reborn in 2016 as The Nines.WIth a new layout and sound, lights and video equipment, The Nines shot into the scene with a grand opening jam-packed with live music and aerial performances. What used to be a dance club for EDM-focused DJs turned into a mecca for […]
If you’re in West Texas and you hear someone talking about a nodding donkey, it’s probably just an oil-worker talking about oil well pumpjacks. Around Dallas, however, if you overhear some talk of The Nodding Donkey, the folks mean a certain neighborhood saloon located in Uptown across Thomas Avenue from Londoner. Opened fall 2010, the […]
The diner on West Davis Street has been a bustling favorite of Oak Cliff residents since 2010. It’s so casual that it feels like a relief from the rest of the restaurant world. Honestly, isn’t it nice to eat at a place where the employees aren’t told to wear uniforms?
This brick-walled pool hall pumps music into the night from a lonely shopping strip, featuring local bands and solo performers all week long. Pool is free on service industry night, Mondays from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Wednesdays are open mic night and Thursdays bring a Beatles tribute band to the stage. For other entertainment, […]
Around the back of this brewery in the Tyler Station and situated over the Elmwood Branch of Cedar Creek, this garden has picnic tables, shade trees and an old snow-cone trailer full of beer kegs. A taco trailer has taken up residence, too, which means that if you want to have a few pints on […]
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Alumni at Denton’s University of North Texas often hang around long after graduation, which means they need places a little more grown-up than the average college bar. Oak Street Draft House, a beer bar built into an old house, seeks to meet that need. They don’t do the typical college-bar drink deals that can be […]
It all started as a hipster wet dream: a semi-quiet spot in Deep Ellum to browse through vinyl records while drinking beer – exposed brick walls included. But record shop + bar Off the Record became a line-down-the-block, the-doorman-doesn’t-know-you hotspot thanks to a constant nightly rotation of Dallas’ best DJs. The small space found new […]
The humble Old Crow is wholly unpretentious, and it’s just the kind of dive bar that you’d make a beeline for directly after getting dumped. No, it’s not the fanciest club in all of Dallas, but it’s still got a certain je ne sais quoi that keeps patrons coming back week after week. Want to […]
The Old Monk on opened in 1998 along Henderson Avenue and has been a Dallas staple since. Generations have given this place their days, sipping dark beer through the night, followed by brunch behind big sunglasses in the morning. Their fish and chips are tops in the city. The bar has draft beers from around […]
Does the thought of going to a place with “nostalgia” in its name make you quiver as you imagine wait staff pretending to be celebrities from a bygone era and music so old that they don’t even play it in nursing homes? Fear not. One Nostalgia Place celebrates a different kind of memory. It’s a […]
It’s not hard to find The Owners Box in Dallas’ Omni Convention Center Hotel. Just look for the giant neon building on the downtown Dallas skyline – then quickly, for your retinas’ sake, look away. The interior of The Owner’s Box, the bar located on the ground floor, isn’t much different as far as sensory […]
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Ozona Bar and Grill is named after the tiny, unincorporated West Texas town of Ozona. A town that happens to be the one-and-only town in all of the vast expanse that is Crockett County, and whose motto happens to be “The Biggest Little Town in the World.” So Ozona’s a fitting name for a bar […]
Stepping inside Parliament is like traveling back in time to the barrooms and clubs of the early 1900s. With one of the best happy hours in town, Parliament sports a sophisticated selection of craft cocktails, like the Ramos Gin Fizz and over 100 others. Nestled in the State Thomas Historical District, this Uptown spot is […]
There is a good bit of history preserved in Denton’s upper-room Paschall Bar. The five members of the band Midlake, who own the Paschall, have a penchant for Denton history. The place is named after the building’s original builder and owner B.F. Paschall, who’s pictured in a photograph on display as you traverse the stairwell […]
When Joe Morales opened this bar in November 2019, he called it his retirement bar, – the kind of place he wants to find a stool to call home later down the road. Many locals and regulars are already doing that. The bar food here is superior; you might not find a better late-night burger […]