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College, Barred
Last CallWhoever thinks a college-area bar must cater to of-age students to be successful needs to take a lesson from Tiff & Andi’s Place. The Bluebonnet Circle, near-TCU joint recently celebrated its first birthday, and you ...
Do You Wanna Know Club Secrets?
Last CallAs the old, as in biblical, saying goes: Judge not lest you be judged.
TABC: Texans Against Booze Chumps
Last CallFirst off: TABC personnel say they are fully committed to maintaining a loose interpretation of Ordinance 49.02 of the Texas Penal Code. (“A person commits an offense if the person appears in a public place while intoxica...
The TABC and You
Last CallLast week, undercover agents for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission went into 36 bars in a Dallas suburb and arrested 30 people for public intoxication. Let me repeat: 30 people were arrested for allegedly being drunk R...
October Skies
Last CallWhoever said bar bosses don’t work hard should meet October Pennington. She spent years busting her butt at the Poop Deck Lounge, a salty Southside karaoke den; the whole time she pinched pennies and wooed investors in th...
Nice Impresarios Finish First
Last CallI think I’ve figured out the key to success as a club owner here.
Night Moves
Last CallThere may be Irish people who don’t go to bars, but I don’t know any of them. The best thing about my Emerald-Isle pals is that they are to a man/woman the drinkingest folks I know. They definitely don’t care ...
The Champagne of Breweries
Last CallTo a professional drinker like Last Call, certain occasions call for certain libations. Smoking cigars while togging JC Penney’s latest line of formal business attire? Gotta have cognac. Sitting down to a fancy dinner dat...
Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy
Last CallCall topless bar magnate Walt Duncan anything you want – just don’t accuse him of being a pimp.
You and Me, Cassidy’s
Last CallLet’s face it: Sooner or later, you’re gonna find yourself near Meacham Airport looking to party. (Don’t worry: It happens to the best of us.) But don’t sweat it. Last week, I found myself out in the mid...