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Six DFW Spots Built Around a Great Appetizer and a Great Cocktail

There is a certain type of night that beats dinner every time, and it doesn’t involve an entree at all. It’s the night where you and a friend claim two stools at the bar, order something small and shareable, and let a good cocktail do the rest of the talking. Nobody’s watching the clock. Nobody’s splitting a check three ways over who ordered the extra side. You just eat with your hands, sip something someone actually thought about, and let the evening go wherever it wants to go.

Dallas-Fort Worth has gotten very good at this kind of night lately. Between new openings and old standbys sharpening their bar programs, there’s no shortage of places built for exactly this pace. Here are six worth building a whole evening around, appetizer and cocktail already paired so you don’t have to think too hard about it.

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Best Bar Bites in Dallas Right Now

There’s a specific type of evening that Dallas does well and doesn’t talk about enough. You’re at the bar. There’s a good martini in front of you. The room is the right amount of loud. And instead of committing to a full dinner, you order two or three things to share and make a proper night of it. The restaurants that understand this format — that a great bar bite is its own art form, not a consolation prize for not getting a table — are the ones worth knowing.

Here’s where to go and what to order.

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