A victualler is hipster (READ: ye olde English) for a licensed purveyor of spirits. This is also known as a bartender, to us plebes. Let me explain. Dining at the newly minted Rapscallion on Greenville Avenue is an adventure for the palate. Chef Nathan Tate is flexing his worldly muscles,…
Fruity drinks don’t exactly have the best reputation with bartenders. For years, the inclusion of “fruit” in a cocktail meant pouring a pre-mixed, bottled syrup into a shaker for a mai tai or boozy lemonade or whiskey smash.The craft cocktail renaissance has meant that fresh juices are practically a requirement…
Don’t let your drinking game fall slack this summer. While everyone else breaks out the gin and juice, take the sunniest season as an excuse to embrace cocktails that show you’re a more sophisticated drinker. Louise Owens at the Windmill Lounge has come up with three summer cocktails you can…
The explosion of craft beer in Dallas is probably an unlikely success, but we’re pretty damn grateful for it anyway. Plenty of places are around to pick up a growler or six-pack of something freshly brewed locally, and we may very well be on our way to just about every…
Session IPAs are all the rage with breweries, especially during the summer months. People want to enjoy IPAs, but the thought of pounding heavy beers in the heat is recipe for a bad time, especially in Texas. To fill that void, local breweries are stepping to the plate, with Community’s…
As I bellied up to the bar at The Woolworth on a surprisingly quiet night, the first thing that caught my eye was a massive, obnoxiously gold pineapple. It looked like something that Don Draper would have served ice from in a meeting at Sterling-Cooper, and I immediately began plotting…
On the off chance you’re a beer drinker, you should know plans are underway to turn the Dallas Farmers Market into a massive beer garden with enough local beer to float a produce truck. BrewFest has taken over a few locations in Dallas, including the Dallas Zoo and the Arts…
Each month it seems like yet another brewery is announcing their opening, from Texas Ale Project to Bitter Sisters to Four Bullets to Tupps, they just keep appearing. Back in April, I wrote about 3 Nations Brewery releasing beers as early as May. Unfortunately, the release of 3 Nations’ beer…
Being at Trinity Groves in the middle of the afternoon is a bit surreal. This “restaurant amusement park” is desolate at 3 p.m., when most of the restaurants are closed between lunch and dinner. We’re a long way away from the vibrant neighborhood that the city and developers have promised,…
This time of year, there is nothing better than diving face first into a stiff cocktail. The heat makes us cranky and tired, and generally the only salve for that is something made with vodka or gin. If the cocktail is truly refreshing, it will likely include a lot of…
Meet Monarch, the classic American wheat beer by Grapevine Brewing. The brewery’s attractive packaging has drawn me in again, this time with a stylized butterfly on a patriotic background of red and white stripes. The last time I took a look at one of their beers, it was the Lakefire…
Growler use is becoming more widespread as the popularity of craft beer grows. As a result, no longer are breweries the only ones filling growlers as more and more growler-centric bars are turning on the taps in Dallas. Even Central Market and Whole Foods are getting into the game by…
Only an idiot would show up at The Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek’s valet stand in a totally trashed Toyota Yaris, but there I was. Even those of us who don’t have trust funds or hedge funds or any kind of funds deserve the occasional dose of opulence, especially on…
Since open carry is all the rage these days, I picked myself up a six-pack of Revolver Brewing’s Sidewinder, the seasonal pale ale that hopes to become your new summer beer. I had the crazy idea that I’d go down to Dallas Police Headquarters and pull on a bottle out…
My father has had Coors Light in his fridge for far longer than I’ve been on this planet. He keeps it in the bins at the bottom where most people keep their vegetables. While generally I’d consider him an open-minded drinker, his defaults leaned toward what most craft beer drinkers…
The kitchen is unlike any other workplace out there. You can yell at your coworkers, you get paid to play with fire, and in some cases, it’s totally acceptable to take a nip of something boozy in the middle of your shift. This may be part of the chef archetype,…
There’s something about the heat of summer that makes the michelada more alluring. Beer is thirst quenching on its own, for the most part, and adding lime juice and salt helps get those salivary glands going. If it’s spicy enough to induce that sweaty, cooling sensation on the back of your…
Drinking at 3:30 in the afternoon is rarely a good idea. The bar’s a-team is not on duty, and you’re drinking before the culturally agreed-upon appropriate hour of 5 p.m. And yet! Sometimes that mid-afternoon cocktail is necessary, and sometimes you end up at a place like Service Industry. It…
If you’ve ever been to the Cane Rosso in Lakewood, you’ve probably seen a few parents losing their mind as children run free, and turn the front area/patio into a playground. Or just ignoring them entirely. For those of us that do not have children, the scene can be overwhelming…
If the Dallas bar and restaurant industry has one attribute that stands out, it’s a sense of community. If a chef, cook, waiter, bartender or any other service worker is met with an unforeseen challenge in this town, he or she will have a whole city’s worth of restaurant employees…
About half of a bar’s atmosphere lies in the hands of the people who choose to occupy it. At the Drunken Donkey, to give you an idea, I overheard a woman at nearby table ask for “one regular beer.” When the waitress tepidly asked for a bit more specificity, the…
What time is it? It’s time for hops if you’re listening to that bad-ass can pictured above: Big, bold, bitter hops, with those floral, fruity notions pushed to the wayside. Meet Community Brewing’s Sundial, the end all, be all summer beer for hopheads who don’t want to feel like they…
