Traveling to The Moon Tower
The other night, I went to this old bar on the West Side that’s been recently revived as The Moon Tower. Prior to the...
Surviving Ovation
I had heard all of the stories about Ovation, about how the restaurant was a physical manifestation of "Why can't we all get along?"...
Diving in Fort Worth Gay Bars
One recent hot and sweaty Saturday night after a long day of imbibing beer and devouring tacos at a house party, three hardened divers...
West 7th Gets … Thicker
While my back was mostly turned toward bars like Shipping & Receiving and Proper, the southeast corner of the West 7th corridor morphed into...
Burn Book for the Bars
I hope Evernote never has a security breach. If so, I’ll probably be blacklisted by half the service industry in Fort Worth. While writing...
Jazz Haven
A Fort Worth tradition recently expired with nary a whimper. Back in March, Lola's Saloon-Sixth pulled the plug on its Sunday-night jazz jam, a...
Schlitz and Giggles
I wouldn’t say that the late, great Moon’s Sunday comedy night was the birthplace of Fort Worth’s recent comedy growth spurt, but it was...
Gotta Grotto
The homey Blue Grotto has always been its own little thing in a good location: A wine-bottle toss from a legendary Italian restaurant and...
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...
Monster Mash’d
I remember my first experience drinking moonshine sort of vividly, but not so vividly as to recall the brand. Mostly, I remember that the...
