A Bar Named On Premise Is Coming to Deep Ellum, Like Your Liver Needs That

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Fifty bucks says they ditch the table cloths.
Lemongrass, the Deep Ellum Vietnamese restaurant that survived for years at 2711 Elm despite no one you know ever eating there, is closing. It will be replaced by a bar with the last remaining clever bar name, On Premise. All future bars will simply be numbered ("Bar 1," "Bar 2," etc.), like New York public schools and firehouses. Wait, no: Firehouse 37 is actually a cool name for a firehouse-themed bar with flaming cocktails and fire hoses for bar taps and a pole behind the bar for the bar backs. Someone do that, then we'll start numbering them.

Anyway, On Premise. It's brought to you by the guys behind The Mitchell, which is a cleverly named bar taking over the former home of The Chesterfield, which was a cleverly named bar downtown. One of the On Premisers, Chris Beardon, also owns Truth & Alibi, a cleverly named nightclub that looks like a cleverly named candy shop.

Not many details thus far for On Premise. Beardon's business partner, Adam Salazar, told the Dallas Morning News that it would be "more of a bar," and presumably "less of a GameStop," though he didn't specify. There will be share plates, and there will be food on them to share, and there will be many, many cocktails.

It's expected to open before year's end. UberX drivers: Prepare to linger.

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bushwood.smithie
bushwood.smithie

Joe, if no one you know eats at Lemongrass you need a better class of friend.


Twinwillow, they're opening a new place in Northpark mall. I don't know about the name.


becoolerifyoudid
becoolerifyoudid

This is the uptownification of Deep Ellum. 


Hopefully I am wrong (which is known to happen with some frequency).

mdunlap1
mdunlap1

Truth & Alibi is "cleverly named"? You spelled juvenilely wrong. And, ugh, it's a terrible place. Sticks out in Deep Ellum like a sore thumb. Can't wait for all three of these places to fail miserably.

Twinwillow
Twinwillow

What I want to know, is Lemongrass opening elsewhere?

I loved that place.

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