The Grotto’s Swan Song
Most social beings have a regular bar haunt. This is where you grab a stool at the biggest moments of life to celebrate or...
Trapping Tourists at Texas Live!
After much anticipation across North Texas, last weekend marked the launch of the sports-themed entertainment destination Texas Live! in Arlington. To ensure everyone in...
A Preview of Playground Bar Fort Worth
In the crowded turnstile that is West 7th, Playground Bar Fort Worth brings its laidback “recess with alcohol” ethos to the trendy entertainment district...
University Pub’s Facelift
On my maiden voyage to the University Pub in 2004, we were both fresher-faced. I was a 27-year-old newly minted divorcée with a stressful...
Bearded Lady to South Main
The Bearded Lady’s patio crowds have always doubled as West Magnolia Avenue’s welcoming committee, ever since the craft beer-centric bar/restaurant opened five years ago....
Tin Panther Reincarnation
I don’t know if reincarnation is real for living creatures, but for bars, it’s a phenomenon that happens all the damn time. The Wreck...
BoomerJack’s Arlington Thrives
On the afternoon of New Year’s Eve, I found an Arlington sports bar that offers the alcoholic equivalent of the lost treasure of El...
Happy Trails, Backstage Club
We may have just witnessed the end of a glorious, notorious era in our humble town’s history. Though the head honchos haven’t announced anything...
Fairmount Music Hall: Watch Your Back
At the risk of sounding like a third-rate psychic, give me a single strip of bacon and I’ll foretell the eventual doom of a...
Blackland Distillery Arrives
Contractors were busy at work when Blackland Distillery owner Markus Kypreos and head distiller Ezra Cox met me for a tour of their new...
