Partying in Dallas? Find the Right After-Hours Bar or Club
The Best Jazz Club is the New Amsterdam Coffeehaus at 831 Exposition Avenue in Dallas. The phone number is 214-827-3433. Some jazz clubs in Dallas offer live music on the weekends; most of the better ones serve it up every night.
The Ginger Man has the best patio at 2718 Boll Street in Dallas (214-754-8771). A night out on uptown might convince a foreign visitor that human cloning is a thriving industry in Dallas at this place.
The best new patio is Fuse at 1512 Commerce Street, #100, Dallas. They may be reached at 214-742-3873. It’s on a rooftop, by the way.
The best after-hours hangout is Caf�© Brazil at 6420 N. Central, also in Dallas. At 2:30 a.m., this is not a restaurant. The phone number is 214-691-7991.
For blues partying, there is Deep Ellum Blues and they’ve only been around a year and a half in Dallas. They’re located at 2612 Main Street and the number is 214-760-9338. They’ve already positioned themselves as the foremost blues club in the area. It wasn’t so long ago that Dallas Blues had fallen on hard times.
The Gypsy Team Room has the best live music. With such great booking they don’t really need to pander to the local scene. They’re at 2548 Elm Street in Dallas and may be reached at 214-651-0789.
The best backyard bar is at Lee Harvey’s and it feels like home. You can find them at 1807 Gould Street in Dallas. The number is 214-428-1555.
The best cabaret is said to be Bill’s Hideaway, described by the manager as not gay or straight, just a neighborhood bar. They’re located at 4144 Buena Vista Avenue in Dallas (214-559-2966).
Follow the tradition of Prince and have your after-party at The Black Forest Theater, an alternative club. Located at 1920 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Dallas, they may be contacted at 214-421-0677.
Also picked as a happening place is the Velvet Curtain, a private swingers club for savvy single women and couples. They’re having a Chocolate Swirl party soon and you have to RSVP for all the events such as this one at velvetcurtain.net.
The best rooftop party is rumored to be at The Bone at 2724 Elm Street in Dallas (214-744-BONE).
The best Latin Dance Club is Escapade 2009 tucked away in a blah stretch of industrial buildings off Northwest Highway in Dallas. It is the Latin dance scene’s best kept secret. They’re located at 10701 Finnell Street and the number is 214-654-9950.
At the Jasmine CafÃ?©, for late-night hookah scenes wait till 11 pm. or later top come to what’s left of the old town in Richardson 107 E. Main Street (Belt Line Road east of Central Expressway). For info call 972-437-4522.
Another great patio is Ozona’s Bar & Grill at 4615 Greenville Avenue in Dallas (214-265-9105). Step onto this patio and it’s almost like stepping into your best friend’s backyard except bigger and with a few more strangers.
For thumping beats and bangin’ bodies the Lizard Lounge is the still-reigning king of the Dallas dance scene. Located at 2424 Swiss Avenue they may be reached at 214-826-4768.
Voted Best New Restaurant Bar for 2003 by a local paper, Stolik located in the Old Margarita Ranch spot is everything Marie Grove, owner, said it would be. Located at 2816 Fairmount Street in Dallas, they’re number is 214-220-9992.
The best rock bar is the Barley House which has a great jukebox, even better shows and local musicians standing next to you. Located at 5612 Yale Boulevard in Dallas, they may be contacted at 214-824-0306.
