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Sunset Lounge In Full On Tiki Swing

DSC05217by Steven Doyle

The Sunset Lounge is now humming along at peak performance. We stopped in for a few cocktails during the grand opening Wednesday evening where everything was $3 making for a rather light bar tab even with a few food items thrown in for good measure. Sad you missed that deal? Fret not my fellow bar hound, everything is $3 during happy hour each day, so enjoy that if you will.

The cocktails are magnificent. Many are throw backs to your father’s generation where they sipped large and in charge cocktails that were stuffed with giant rasps of fruit and cute umbrellas. I love a good retro drink, and the zombie is well worth the order. Cautionary tale: you are only allowed two of these babies and they are deceivingly delicious and full of 151 proof rum.      Continue reading

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Celebrate Sunset’s Grand Opening Tonight

tikiby Steven Doyle

The Sunset Lounge celebrates their grand opening tonight with a few specials that should entice most any thirsty scallywag. Stop in any time tonight and you will be charged just three dollars regardless what you order. That is three bucks for any cocktail, three bucks for any of the food items.  Continue reading

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Elbow Room To Re-Open Mid January

DSC01868by Steven Doyle

Back in September I reported that the Elbow Room had shuttered. Today I am told that the Elbow Room will re-open with new owners and most likely look and feel exactly the same. Many of the same bartenders and waitresses will join the team. In the past weeks I have run into a few of the alumni working at various bars across Dallas and they loved and miss the venue.   Continue reading

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Pour House Dallas Opens In Oak Cliff Tomorrow

by Crave Staff

Oak Cliff’s newest sports bar – PhD –opens for dinner at 5 p.m. Wednesday, September 19 offering good food, great prices and the best seats in Oak Cliff to catch a game.

“After realizing that Oak Cliff was missing a solid sports bar, I thought I should bring Pour House to Dallas,” says PhD and Fort Worth’s Pour House owner Eric Tschetter. “I’m looking forward to PhD becoming the neighborhood sports bar in Oak Cliff.”    Continue reading

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Gold Standard Opens In FW With A Food Truck Park Of Its Very Own

by Steven Doyle

Last night we checked out the latest bar owned by Brad Hensarling, Gold Standard which just opened two days ago. Hensarling is most famous for his killer good bar, The Usual. You may also know Brad from his stint at Campo in Oak Cliff where he created the first cocktail list to pair up with Matt McCallister’s opening dishes. Hensarling also owns the Chat Room which is located within walking distance from The Usual on West Magnolia.            Continue reading

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FW Pour House Opening Oak Cliff Location

by Steven Doyle

Look for a new bar to open in Oak Cliff at 1300 West Davis St. which is the former location of Oak Cliff Smokehouse and the befuddled Luckie’s Smokehouse. The location was originally a gas station.         Continue reading

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