Shyboy Hi-Fi has been open for two months and it’s already doing something Dallas nightlife hasn’t seen before. The venue sits underground at 1313 Main Street in the former bank vaults of The Drakestone — nine-foot OJAS speakers, acoustics tuned by the same specialist who worked on installations at the San Francisco MoMA, cocktails starting at $13, soft-serve ice cream at the bar. The idea came from Tokyo’s postwar jazz kissas, the intimate cafés where people gathered to sit down, close their eyes, and actually listen. Headington Companies built their version of that beneath downtown Dallas and May is when the calendar really opens up.
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