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Dark rooms: A number of vacant nightspots in Dallas deserve another shot at success
Vodka cocktails go beyond the cosmo
Vodka cocktails go beyond the cosmo
The new lounge at the Joule hotel downtown features high-octane mixologists and a retro-rock look and sound.
Parliament lounge makes the pitch for absinthe, but its generous happy hour is much more of a draw.
Want to strike a pose or sip in silence? These Dallas nightspots can take you there
McKinney Avenue is the main circuit cable, running from downtown to the brink of the Park Cities, with bars of every description, but especially strong on cocktail lounges.
Music and cocktails have been major contributors to the rehabilitation of the once sorely neglected neighborhood.
The night life here is supersized, glossy and blithely middle-brow, with the Shops at Legacy positioed as the Vatican City of aspirational consumption.
This is quite a polyglot arena for fun, in parts sketchy, spendy and, in general, quirky. The two main drags, Oak Lawn and Lemmon, reflect the changing demographics.
Knox-Henderson, especially the long, winding, congested stretch of Henderson east of North Central Expressway, has exploded as a night-life destination in the last decade. It’s taken the place of Lower Greenville in the affections of the young and frivolous.
Many boutique whiskeys were tailored at the same mega-distillery. Nolet’s Gin makes a pleasantly different martini.
Bartenders and their craft are the focus of attention at the new Parliament lounge in Uptown
Top local bartenders are part of the draw here.
In this land of Balloon Smugglers and Shirt Guys, there are places where you can get a well-made cocktail.
The lineup includes the Monks Finale, perfect for “the first quiet drink of the evening in a quiet bar”
Scotch and Sausage, new to Oak Lawn Avenue, provides a meaty recovery for late-night revelers
Truth & Alibi, the Deep Ellum speakeasy behind a candy-store facade, offers the usual suspects a touch of intrigue.
Table 13 in Addison takes 1960s Las Vegas nostalgia to heart with classic cocktails and sturdy pours
The idiosyncratic bar on Preston Road gives Texas spirits pride of place and offers booze and beer combos such as the Kir Royal Ale.
The new restaurant on Ross Avenue highlights South American spirits piso and cachaça in a sour and the caipirinha, respectively.
The new steakhouse reclaims some hoary cocktails from infamy, including the Amaretto Sour and Long Island Iced Tea.
Water works: As the weather warms up, the pool patios at Hotel ZaZa and Nylo Dallas South Side will prove irresistible to Dallas night-lifers. Here’s a quick refresher on both.
New seasonal cocktails at the Fairmont’s Pyramid benefit from herbs grown on the hotel’s roof.
The pizza place with a loungy feel is just settling into the former Primo’s space on McKinney Avenue
Two newish upscale restaurants, Mexican Sugar in Plano and Mesero Miguel on Henderson Avenue, stand far apart geographically and culturally, but offer similarly satisfying tippling.Mexican Sugar, in the...
Mescal and chartreuse make a good showing in fresh cocktails for spring
Eight competitors use Cook Hall’s cocktail kit to create a blackboard-worthy libation at the W hotel restaurant.
The mixology movement means obscure liquors are getting pride of place on bar shelves around town.
Offbeat takes on classic cocktails go wrong at Dee Lincoln’s burger bar and the Henderson Tap House.
Frivolity is priced to sell at this Greenville Avenue spot that offers spiked milkshakes and Four Dollar Ritas.
The lounge on McKinney Avenue features a wide range of ryes, bourbons and scotches and a “nickel shot” (with purchase of a Texas draft beer).
The new whiskey, honoring the legendary TV character, debuted with a screening and cocktail party at Highland Park Village.
The veteran of Houston’s busy Anvil Bar has created a distinguished cocktail list for the restaurant group.
Tipplers seeking a break from holiday home and hearth can cozy up to a steakhouse lounge or a hotel bar.
Tipplers seeking a break from holiday home and hearth can cozy up to a steakhouse lounge or a hotel bar.
Seasonal additions to the cocktail menu were revealed last week. They include two unalloyed delights and one historical curiosity.
One pilgrim’s progress from sweet and cheap to austere and pricey followed a familiar path.
Winstons Supperclub re-engineers its patio as a separate OMG lounge that opens early on midweek evenings.
A cocktail competition thrown by the blended scotch brand demonstrates you really can have too much of a good thing.
The serious whiskey bar is also a frothy meet market. Jägermeister Spice makes for delightful cocktails.
Mixology continues to boom, with Parliament, Bowen House and Mirth & Refuge due this fall or beyond.
Cocktail lounges continue to boom, with Parliament, Bowen House and Mirth & Refuge due this fall or beyond.
Labor Day weekend will feature visiting DJs at Sísu and Ku De Ta and the 12inch Pimps at the W hotel.
A commitment to cocktails accompanies the comings and going at Asador, Gossip Bar and the Second Floor.
New owners completely redid TABC, while the Chesterfield got a different name, Prohibition, and a shorter cocktail list.
A Lounge 31 infested with portly men in shorts and flip-flops leaves one observer pining for “dress for success” days.
The relaxed nightspot on McKinney Avenue plays off the Big Easy connection with a Hurricane, a Sazerac and more.
The queen of summer cocktails shows its stuff at Luna de Noche, Mi Cocina, Boca Chica and elsewhere.
Pool clubs of the moment include Sísu Uptown Resort, which missed the last sunning season.
“An Illustrated Guide to Cocktails” is brief but witty, while “The Book of Gin” is scholarly but fun.
A British pub and a homey wine bar provide mild diversions in a retail-restaurant complex where 8.0 once roared.