The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, and Sixty Vines in Uptown is treating it accordingly. On Saturday, June 27, the restaurant at 500 Crescent Court is running an all-day Summer Solstice Brunch — starting when the doors open and running until the day runs out, which on the longest day of the year gives you a reasonable amount of runway.
Reyka Vodka will be on-site with specialty drink tastings, and the frozen espresso martinis — served in souvenir martini tumblers you take home — are the centerpiece of a cocktail program designed to match the energy of a June Saturday in Dallas.
The DJ is set up early, which means the afternoon has a soundtrack from the start rather than something that kicks in after dinner. For the wine drinkers, Sixty Vines is running a Belle Glos x Sixty Vines Bottle Dipping Collab at $45 — a hands-on wax-dipping experience where you customize your own Belle Glos bottle to take home. It’s a participation moment in a room full of them, and the result is a keepsake that doubles as a pretty good conversation piece.
Beyond the drinks, the afternoon includes branded charcuterie boards built for sharing and local pop-up vendors throughout the space — the sort of programming that turns a brunch reservation into something worth staying for well past the two-hour mark. Sixty Vines already does this format well in its regular form: sixty wines on a sustainable tap system, wood-fired pizzas, shared plates, a room in Crescent Court that knows how to handle a crowd. The solstice version layers on the music, the activations, and the extra-long hours.
Reservations are at sixtyvines.com/reservations. Saturday, June 27. The longest day of the year. Plan accordingly.
