Panhandle Plains
Good dive bar that takes its name from the vintage pinball machines that line the back room. Serves a dozen creative versions of hot dogs with names like …
Must-see nightlife in Dallas & the Panhandle Plains
Dallas
Sip your adult beverage on a stylish terrace overlooking the city, at least what you can see through a new crop of apartments. There are snack options for…
Dallas
This cafe multitasks gracefully: sip fair-trade coffee, watch the financial markets and hear some of the best acoustic music in Dallas. Tuesday is open…
Panhandle Plains
It's dark and grungy, and the huge beer selection gets a workout during the 4pm-to-7pm happy hour. A classic college bar, it's right near the Texas Tech…
Fort Worth
An atmospheric Downtown coffeehouse, serving European-style coffees, and with plenty of power outlets for those in need of a charge beyond the caffeine.
Dallas
Young professionals try their best to look perfectly carefree on the multi-level bustling patio; a great beer selection helps them (almost) succeed.
Panhandle Plains
A slightly more upscale college joint near the entrance to Texas Tech. It has a huge selection of draft beer and all sorts of fried treats.
Dallas
Curl up with a book or your laptop in this old cottage. Good smoothies, teas and coffees for adults; highchairs and cookies for the kids.
Dallas & the Panhandle Plains
A cavernous beer hall and garden with fine pizzas, lots of craft beers on tap and tons of games, including darts, pool and shuffleboard.
Dallas & the Panhandle Plains
Divey bar with cheap beer and a gritty vibe. Books live music at least a couple nights a week, usually with no cover.
Fort Worth
Low-key gay bar in a non-descript building. Country is usually playing on the jukebox.
Dallas
Are these rednecks pretending to be hipsters or hipsters pretending to be rednecks? Live music (Friday and Saturday nights) keeps the irony from killing…
Dallas
Enlivening an otherwise desultory patch of downtown next to the convention center and attached to the Omni Hotel is this beer garden aimed at visiting…
Fort Worth
At this old-fashioned Western bar in the heart of the Stockyards, you can straddle a saddle at the bar, while sipping house-made Buffalo Butt beer and…
Dallas
Boot-scoot around the floor or ride the mechanical bull from the movie Urban Cowboy at this longtime country-and-western fave. It's a huge complex of four…
Flying Saucer Draught Emporium
Fort Worth
Although it's a chain, it's hard not to like the Flying Saucer. With 80 beers on tap and a delightful tree-shaded patio, it has a convenient location just…
Fort Worth
This Fort Worth branch of the north Texas chain is four miles south-west of Downtown, near Texas Christian University. The popular cakes are as good here…
