Playing for Barkeeps
Remember those college days when you were too poor to properly tip? Maybe you drunkenly yelled at a bartender at a sleazy pub near...
God Bless Stumpy’s
Imagine an edifice of massive logs and rustic wood slats. Inside, the walls are decorated with various dead aquatic animals hoisted onto plaques. Now,...
R.I.P. to the Old Downtown Scene?
Not to be maudlin, but lately I’ve been thinking a lot about dying. I’m turning 40 in a week, but that is not causing...
Diving in Keller
Keller is a town of about 45,000 souls located 18 miles north-northeast of downtown Fort Worth. The most direct route there is to brave...
Concrete Cowboy Up
As soon as you walk in, it is evident that Concrete Cowboy Kitchen + Cocktails is already one of the choicest spots in all...
Down the Hatch
I didn’t expect to like The Shot Cellar (931 Foch St, 817-386-3561). A gimmicky liquor emporium in a congested part of town known for...
A Proper Tiki Lounge
Almost a century after famous establishments like Don the Beachcomer and Trader Vics introduced their Polynesian-themed good times to the West Coast, tiki bars...
A Tale of Two Niles Cities
Even in this age of unlimited information at our fingertips, most locals believe the Stockyards was home to Hell’s Half Acre, Fort Worth’s bygone...
Randi’s Last Resort: A Kind of Tiki
In the summer of 2013, I wrote about this place way out on Highway 80, past Doc’s Records and Vintage. Niles City Saloon was...
Life’s Too Short to Live in Dallas
Arlington residents might have heard bullets whizzing overhead recently or at least caught the verbal kind of shots fired from Dallas back toward Fort...