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Calvin Bow and Tim Feutz have been to The Pour House in Lakewood a few times. Feutz bartended there for more than 10 years, while Bow owns an Old East Dallas dive down the street. They acquired the business and its generous number of wall-mounted screens from Troy Swinson and Matthew Rangel in late January. The Pour House Lakewood is a neighborhood spot (not associated with Pour House Dallas in Oak Cliff, which closed this week) that opened in 1996 and has a decent group of habitual hangarounds after three decades.
“All the regulars knew us, so it was an easy pass of the baton,” Feutz said. “And that’s what Troy and Matthew wanted, was somebody that could take the baton and keep running.”
Bow took over ownership of Dallasite Billiards in 2023 after working as its manager for 7 years. Feutz has also worked at Hillside Tavern and The Capital Grille. Conversations about buying the bar from its previous owners began over the summer, they say.
“[The previous owners] had had a lot of overtures of people wanting to buy the place through the years and do different things in here,” Feutz said. “But they really wanted somebody to take the torch and keep it going, kind of like it was. Somebody who would not rip the place out and make a brand new place.”
The new owners have made a few changes around the bar. The bathrooms have gotten a facelift, and half of the TVs have been replaced with newer, larger screens.
The bar has 20 beers on draft, some of which Feutz says have been replaced since they took over. He and Bow have added a rotating selection of seasonal beers, which he says will feature primarily local or Texas breweries.
“We’ve got coldest beer in town, or just the coldest beer in Lakewood, I’ll say that,” Feutz said. “I can’t say in town, but definitely in Lakewood. It’s a casual atmosphere, not too upscale, not too dive-y.”
On the Menu
Since January, they’ve added weekly soups-of-the-day, chili and lunch to the bar’s food menu. Some of the specials, like meatball subs, will likely make their way onto the menu as full-time features, Feutz said.
Cheap bar snacks include chicken strips ($7.25 for five), wings ($9.50 for 10) and house-made chicken jalapeno poppers ($8.25), which the bar advertises as “very hot.”
The new owners have kept the Pour House’s wide selection of sandwiches like the ‘Roast Beef Pour Boy’ ($8.50), served with au jus, horseradish Sauce, melted Swiss, and grilled onions on a hoagie roll, and half-pound burgers.
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The Family Burger ($9.50), which comes with housemade red sauce, pays tribute to the bar’s attached pizzeria, My Family’s Pizza, which Feutz and Bow also now own. The pizza recipes are more than 60 years old, dating back to when the original Preston Royal location, which opened as Pizza by Marco in 1956.
“It is the recipes from the old Pizza by Marco that was a North Dallas staple for 60 years,” Feutz said. “So it is that the original recipe. We’re the only pizza place around that still uses those recipes.”
Feutz will manage day-to-day operations as general manager-owner, while Bow keeps his eye on the Dallasite.
“Tim was a big piece of this, and watching him work as a GM and operating owner, I think that’s been exciting for me,” Bow said. “He’s done a fantastic job of taking the reins.”
They say they will continue making small menu changes and have considered adding happy-hour specials.
Wholesale changes, however, don’t seem to be coming anytime soon.
“We’re honored to be able to carry the torch for [the previous owners] and continue doing just like they did, even better,” Bow said.
