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Welcome to Fort Worth, Steeler Nation
Last CallWell, no one threw me a party when I first came to Texas from Pittsburgh, but I’m not even a little upset that Fort Worth is going out of its way to welcome the Pittsburgh Steelers and Steeler Nation –– the AFC representa...
Toasting at Mavericks Sports Grill
Last CallI recently attended the memorial service for Judge Tom Vandergriff along with the judge’s friends, a handful of famous people, and a thousand or so plainfolk who had been touched by the man who was rightfully called “Mr. Ar...
Durty Crow Gleams
Last CallOne of the downsides of writing for a newspaper is that if you say something good, everybody forgets, but if you say something bad, nobody forgets. Case in point: In 950 B.C., we wrote something somewhat critical about Durty Mu...
BoomerJack’s Arlington Thrives
Last CallOn the afternoon of New Year’s Eve, I found an Arlington sports bar that offers the alcoholic equivalent of the lost treasure of El Dorado: happy hour … all day … every day. We went to BoomerJack’s Grill and Bar for a l...
Happy St. Stephen’s Day!
Last CallLast year, my favorite boozy companion, Emily, led a group of women in revelry celebrating St. Stephen’s Day. Em, who has more than a bit of Irish in her, told us that in the British isles, Dec. 26 is a day of drinking at eve...
Girls’ Night Gets the O
Last CallMy South Arlington neighborhood is a little short on happy places for happy hour. That’s why I usually end up somewhere in Fort Worth. But on a tip from a buddy, I recently wandered into Little O’s Patio Grill. She lives ne...
T&P Tavern Delivers
Last CallThe last time I went drinking at the T&P Tavern downtown in the historic T&P Railway Station was a little more than a year ago. While the bar was cool, so was the night air –– the tavern sat in an open-air lobby, pr...
Where House Piranha Bear
Last CallThere are a lot of certifiably “cool” places in the 817. Lola’s Saloon attracts some of the hippest bands in the world, 1919 Hemphill is, by all accounts, the oldest DIY space in Texas (going on nine years now), and Angel...
Añejo Rocks
Last CallAñejo, roughly translated, means “serious hangover.” OK, not really. Añejo is the kind of tequila that’s aged the longest –– at least a year, maybe two or three. Añejo is supposed to be the best tequila, the kind y...
Ridglea Villains
Last CallThe Ridglea Theater got a stay of execution in October when Bank of America gave up on plans to overtake and remodel the building, and this development is a relief to hordes of local musicians and music fans. The downstairs roo...