Summer 2017 Drinking Guide

Five Dallas Beers to Sip This Summer

Four Tiki Cocktails to Sip This Week in Dallas

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Dallas Bar Patios You Can Actually Enjoy on a Sweltering Summer Day

By Susie Oszustowicz
Jun 16, 2017

We've got your back this summer with our favorite Dallas area patios that make it possible to log some alfresco time.
Sip, Dip, Repeat: Fat Rabbit's Buster Baxter is the Perfect Poolside Sipper

By Susie Oszustowicz
Jun 15, 2017

Slake your summer thirst with Fat Rabbit's summery cocktail, The Buster Baxter
In Landlocked Dallas, Tiki Cocktail Culture is on the Rise

By Beth Rankin
Jun 15, 2017

Welcome to the 2017 Dallas Summer Drinking Guide, your blueprint to the best summer ever. Hang with us and we'll lead you to the city's best summer drinks, parties and hotspots. For a long time, tiki cocktails felt like a Dallas bartender secret, an off-menu playground where bar talent quietly...
The Best Frozen Cocktails in Dallas

By Alyson Sheppard
Jun 14, 2017

Havana claims the mojito. San Juan, the piña colada. And Dallas? Dallas is the birthplace of the frozen margarita machine. Hometown hero Mariano Martinez came up with the frozen margarita machine in 1971, the year he opened Mariano’s Mexican Cuisine y Cantina on Greenville Avenue. The restaurant was the first...
We're Calling It: Rosé Margaritas Are the Official Drink of Summer 2017

By Alyson Sheppard
Jun 14, 2017

Welcome to the 2017 Dallas Summer Drinking Guide, your blueprint to the best summer ever. Hang with us and we'll lead you to the city's best summer drinks, parties and hotspots. In Dallas, margaritas have never been trendy. They are part of our drinking culture and our heritage, and they...
The Secret Life of Dallas Bars in Summer

By Beth Rankin
Jun 13, 2017

Welcome to the 2017 Dallas Summer Drinking Guide, your blueprint to the best summer ever. Hang with us and we'll lead you to the city's best summer drinks, parties and hotspots. If ever there was a time to skip out of work early and post up at a bar, sipping...
This Summer's Biggest Dallas Drink Trend: Cocktails Made With Booze-Filled Ice Pops

By Susie Oszustowicz
Jun 13, 2017

Get boozy and cool down with one of Dallas's cocktails featuring boozy popsicles.
How to Sip Cocktails By the Pool This Summer in Dallas

By Beth Rankin
Jun 13, 2017

Welcome to the 2017 Dallas Summer Drinking Guide, your blueprint to the best summer ever. Hang with us and we'll lead you to the city's best summer drinks, parties and hotspots. In a city that gets as hot as Dallas, it’s cruel that our region is so short on easily...

Summer 2017 Drinking Guide

Five Dallas Beers to Sip This Summer

Four Tiki Cocktails to Sip This Week in Dallas

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