
THURSDAY SPECIALS
Addison
| Downtown | Greenville
| Lakewood |
| Park Cities | SMU
| Uptown |
**ADDISON**
CHAMPPS AMERICANA
4951 Belt Line Road
972.991.3335
Crowded. Spacious. Decent bar food. A good place to drink beer
and watch sports with the guys.
Thursday Specials: $1.00 off all drinks from 4:00pm - 7:00pm
HOOTER'S
5005 Belt Line Road
972.392.9464
No explanation necessary.
Thursday Specials: Buy 10 wings get 10 wings free
JOE'S CRAB SHACK
3855 Belt line Road
972.247.1010
High-energy. Spacious. Good drinks. Great choice if you crave
seafood and beer. A bit overpriced.
Thursday Specials: $1.95 draft beers from 4:00pm - 7:00pm
SAMBUCA
ADDISON
. 15207 Addison Road
. 972-385-8455
. Four Star Dining With Live Music Seven Nights A Week. Happy Hour
Monday Thru Friday:
$2 Beer (Domestics)
$3 Wine & Well Drinks
$4 Martinis (House)
TIMES SQUARE
972.701.9751
5610 Arapaho Road
Several clubs under one roof. Always a good time. Choose from
country, eclectic, hip-hop, or piano bar. At least one clubs should
appeal to each guest, whether he or she is a yuppie, a tool, foreign,
unsophisticated, stupid, intelligent, white-trash, or any combination
of the above. Cover charge.
Thursday Specials: $1 off drinks until 8:00pm.
**DOWNTOWN**
ADAIR'S
2624 Commerce
214.939.9900
In addition to serving cold beer and tasty burgers, a wolf-like
man called "Red" puts on a "can't miss" concert each Wednesday night.
Thursday Specials: 4:00pm - 8:00pm: $2.00 canned beer, $1.50 drafts,
$5.50 pitchers, & $3.00 well drinks.
ANGRY DOG
2726 Commerce Street
214.741.4406
Not too crowded, and not too clean. Suffices for a group looking
to chat, and grab a beer after work. Good burgers.
Thursday Specials: 4:00pm - 7:00pm: $2.00 domestic bottles and
drafts, $3.00 premium beers, $2.50 wells, & $2.00 house wine.
THE BONE
2724 Elm Street
214.774.2663
Very high energy, crowded place. Crowd varies, but can be very
young, and rough around the edges. Great rooftop. Sports-bar type
room and hip-hop room provide additional options.
Thursday Specials: $2.25 drafts
CADILLAC BAR
1800 North Market Street
214.999.0662
Great, spacious patio. Unbeatable frozen margaritas. Good food.
West end provides decent people watching.
Thursday Specials: $1.00 off well drinks, margaritas, domestic
beers, 75 cents off imports, from 3:00pm - 7:00pm.
ELBOW ROOM
2822 McKinney Avenue
214.969.1984
Laid back, low-key, casual alternative to nearby downtown bars.
Diverse crowd. Small. Shuffleboard, and the like.
Thursday Specials: 4:00pm-8:00pm: $2.00 domestic bottles
GATOR'S
1714 North Market Street
214.748.0243
Popular West End joint. High energy. Lots of fun. Show-like atmosphere.
Main attraction is a cigarette-smoking, beer-guzzling, shower-needing,
haircut-seeking, weathered, unkempt, ivory-tickling dump. This piano
player with a nasty attitude chastises and urges bar patrons to
join in his songs, especially those who care not to participate.
When confronted by a noncompliant patron, this "ball of body-odor"
energizes the place through song and chant, and berates the unassuming
individual! And yes, the writer was one of these.
Thursday Specials: 2:00pm - 7:00pm: $2.00 domestic drafts, $3.00
frozen drinks.
HOOTER'S
2201 North Lamar Street
214.979.9464
No explanation necessary.
Thursday Specials: Buy 10 wings get 10 wings free
PALOMINO'S
500 Crescent Court
214.999.1222
Nice-looking, not informal crowd. Upscale place. Comfortable.
Not too crowded. Great atmosphere. Beautiful surroundings in Crescent.
Not many 21 year olds, but nice mixture of ages. Excellent restaurant
provides snack or dining options, as well.
Thursday Specials: 3:00pm - 6:00pm: $3.00 draft beer, $3.00 red
& white house wine, 2 for 1 bar appetizers, $3.00 drinks with
Sky Vodka, Cuervo Gold, and Beefeater Gin.
JERABOAM
1501 Main Street
214.748.7226
Very trendy. Foo-foo atmosphere. Go after work, or go home and
change into your shiny-shirt prior to your arrival.
Thursday Specials: 4:30pm - 7:00pm: $6.00 Martinis, 1/2 price wine
& appetizers, and 50 cent oysters.
JOE'S CRAB SHACK
2001 North Lamar Street
214.220.0404
High-energy. Spacious. Good drinks. Great choice if you feel crave
seafood and beer. A bit overpriced.
Thursday Specials: 4:00 - 7:00pm: $1.00 off beer, well drinks,
and frozen drinks.
**GREENVILLE**
BEN'S HALF YARD
HOUSE
7102 Greenville Avenue
214.363.1114
Beer served in famous yard-style glasses. Some are so big that
they need a "holder". Lively atmosphere. Lots of Big Screen TVs.
Big screen TVs. Good for watching sports. Decent food.
Thursday Specials: 4pm-7pm: $1.00 wells. $2.50 pints. $5.00 half-yards.
BILLIARD BAR
1920 Greenville Avenue
214.826.7665
Attractive, marble-looking circular bar. Clean and comfortable.
Attractive layout. Nice furniture and well-maintained pool tables.
Never too crowded. Can be simultaneously intimate and social. Ask
Jason to make you one of his phenomenal Martinis.
Thursday Specials: $1.00 wells and $1.00 beers
BLUE FISH
3519 Greenville Avenue
214.824.3474
Upbeat atmosphere. Friendly clientele. Excellent sushi. Sake warmed
in a big machine.
Thursday Specials: $1.00 sake
BLUE GOOSE CANTINA
2909 Greenville Avenue
214.823.8339
Picnic-style tables. Patio seating. Informal. Louder, upbeat,
party atmosphere.
Thursday Specials: 2:30pm - 6:30pm: $1.00 off all drinks
CAFe IZMIR
3711 Greenville Avenue
214.826.7788
Somewhat fancy. Small bar and restaurant with an intimate feel.
Attractive people, or at least, attractive clothes. Nice choice
for a drink, or appetizers, after work. Great Mediterranean cuisine.
Thursday Specials: $14.00 bottles of wine
CORNER TAP
2101 Greenville Avenue
214.827.0999
Fun environment. Not too mellow, not too crazy. Big screen TVs.
Nice crowd.
Thursday Specials: 4pm-7pm, and 12am-2am: $2.00 beer.
DUBLINER
2818 Greenville Avenue
214.818.0911
Traditional Irish bar. Sit down and get hammered. Play some darts,
or enjoy the patio.
Thursday Specials: 4:00pm - 7:00pm: $2.00 domestic bottles, 75
cents off pints
HUMPERDINK'S
6050 Greenville Avenue
214.368.6597
Centrally located sports bar. Best for watching games with friends
and grabbing a bite to eat.
Thursday Specials: 4:00pm - 7:00pm: 1/2 price appetizers, $2.00
beer & wells, $1.00 off call liquor & house wine.
HURRICANE GRILL
2831 Greenville Avenue
214.827.2112
Spacious restaurant and bar with very good food. Lively, mixed
happy hour crowd.
Thursday Specials: 12:00pm - 7:00pm: $1.00 off everything
J. PEPE'S TEX-MEX
3619 Greenville Avenue
214.821.6431
Mexican food and margaritas.
Thursday Specials: After 7pm: $2.50 Margaritas
LONE STAR OYSTER BAR
3707 Greenville Avenue
214.827.3013
Comfortable casual place ideal for smaller groups under. Nice
looking, heavy drinking crowd. Primarily twenty-somethings.
Thursday Specials: $2.00 Drafts, Tequila, & Tuhuaca
MIKE'S TREEHOUSE
3520 Greenville Avenue
214.370.0400
West coast flavor. Shiny shirts, spiked hair, and loud music.
Primarily 21-25. Attractive people. Great, upstairs bar with comfortable
seating overlooking Greenville Avenue.
Thursday Specials: All night: $3.00 Apple Martinis
OLD CROW
1911 Greenville Avenue
214.828.2769
Spacious, dark place with lengthy wooden bar. Courteous staff.
Great beer selection. Hit or miss.
Thursday Specials: $2.00 wells & drafts until 10:30pm
SAN FRANSISCO ROSE
3024 Greenville Avenue
214.826.2020
Attractive place with wooden furniture and good food. Not a lot
of mingling, here, since most people are seated. Fun place to come
with a group after work, or to watch a game on the big screen.
Thursday Specials: All the time: $2.00 wells, domestic beers,
and longnecks
STAN'S BLUE NOTE
2908 Greenville Avenue
214.827.1977
Comfortable, fun, laid back place to grab a beer. Several large
TVs. Uncovered Patio. Decent eats. Never too crowded. Casual to
somewhat fancy attire. Various ages. Diverse crowd.
Thursday Specials: 3.00pm - 6:30pm: $1.00 off beer & 50 cents
off liquor
TERILLI'S
2815 Greenville Avenue
214.827.3993
Upper-scale restaurant great for a glass of wine. A more refined
crowd.
Thursday Specials: $2.00 Martinis until 7.00pm
TWO ROWS
5500 Greenville Avenue
214.696.2739
Big Screen TVs. Micro-brewed beer. Patio. Bar and Restaurant with
Good food. Fun place.
Thursday Specials: 6pm-11pm: $1.00 pints w/purchase of beer mug
WHISKEY BAR
1930 Greenville Avenue
214.828.0188
Hit or miss. Generally sparsely populated at happy hour. Picks
up around 10pm on most nights. Comfortable seating, yet space to
mingle and maneuver. Good crowd, and friendly bartenders. Food from
Firehouse, located next door, is available at your seat. A beer
and snack after work is a wonderful option.
Thursday Specials: All night: $2.00 beer and wells
**LAKEWOOD**
BALCONY CLUB
1825 Abrams
214.826.8104
Great bar that has been around for a long time. Timeless look
and feel. Wonderful place to grab a drink.
Thursday Specials: $1.00 off every drink until 8:00pm
COCK & BULL
6330 Gaston Avenue
214.841.9111
Intimate, comfortable, spot to grab a drink and bite to eat. Attractions
include a friendly, local drunk who eats your food and joins your
group for conversation.
Thursday Specials: 5:00pm - 7:00pm: $2.00 domestic beer, $3.00
pints
LAKEWOOD BAR & GRILL
6340 Gaston Avenue
214.826.3888
Great place for those living in and around Lakewood to enjoy good
food and drinks in a cozy joint near home.
Thursday Specials: 5:00pm - 8:00pm: $2.75 Cosmopolitans and margaritas,
$2.00 domestic beer, $3.00 well drinks, $3.00 pints
LAKEWOOD LANDING
5818 Live Oak Street
214.823.2410
Laid back place with a "neighborhood feel". Not to mellow, not
too crazy. Nice, diverse crowd.
Thursday Specials: 3:00pm-7:00pm: $3.00 import pints, $2.50 domestic
pints, $2 domestic bottles, $1.00 off wine, 50 cents off everything
else.
**PARK
CITIES**
INWOOD TAVERN
7717 Inwood Road
214.353.2666
Local watering hole, frequented by lots of locals. Crowd varies
in age, although guests primarily reside nearby. Musicians occasionally
perform in a back room which offers antique style furniture and
feels like a living room. Main room offers shuffle board, pool,
a long wooden bar, and usually, a few local, surley drunks.
Thursday Specials: Until 8pm: $1.00 off wells and longnecks.
TIME OUT TAVERN
5101 West Lovers Lane
214.351.9392
Great local bar. Draws crowd of all ages, and from all corners.
Some locals. TVs, Shuffleboard, and other games available. Come
with a group and discover this underrated joint. Dirk, the bar tender
has it all under control.
Thursday Specials: All day until 5:00pm: $2.00 draft beer, $2.50
bottled beer, $3.25 well drinks.
**SMU**
GREEN ELEPHANT
5612 Yale Boulevard
214.750.6625
Great patio, good food, college girls, and softball teams are
the norm. Highly recommended, save the tool bartender with the chili-bowl-style
haircut.
Thursday Specials: 2:00pm-8:00pm: $2.00 wells
JACK'S PUB
5550 Yale Boulevard
214.360.0999
Unrefined crowd, although beer specials, patio, sand volleyball
courts, and location can make Jack's Pub an attractive option. Nothing
good happens here after 10pm.
Thursday Specials: 4:00pm - 7:00pm: $2.00 wells & domestic
beer
MARGARITA RANCH
5321 Mockingbird Lane
214.824.3573
Centrally located. Draws a very nice crowd. Charming patio. Nice
bar and restaurant layout. Great place for early evening margaritas.
Nice mixture of SMU students, yuppies, mature adults, and everything
in between.
Thursday Specials: 4:00pm - 7:00pm: $2.00 draft beer, $3.00 wells,
$3.50 Margaritas
OZONA
4615 Greenville Avenue
214.265.9105
Good for burgers and beer in an informal, laid back environment.
Noteworthy comedy show attracts attention.
Thursday Specials: $2 Rolling Rock bottles all the time. 4:00pm
- 7:00pm: free chips and salsa, 25 cent wings, $1.00 hot dogs, $1.95
chips and queso, $2.00 domestic beer, $3.00 premium beer.
**UPTOWN**
CHRISTIE'S
2811 McKinney Avenue
214.954.1511
Traditional place, sporting a large, dark wooden bar. Neat. Well
maintained. Big screen TVs. Great to watch a game, hang out, or
eat. Can't miss.
Thursday Specials: 11:00am - 7:00pm: $1.00 off wells, $2.50 beer
CHUY'S
4544 McKinney Avenue
214.559.2489
Best for margaritas, Mexican food, and beer after work.
Thursday Specials: 4:00pm - 7:00pm: $3.00 margaritas, $2.00 domestic
beers
CUBA LIBRE
2822 North Henderson Avenue
214.827.2820
Chi-chi. Sunglasses, shiny shirts, spiky hair..the works. Younger
crowd. Interesting people watching. Trendy crowd will love this
place. Also a good restaurant downstairs.
Thursday Specials: 4:00pm - 7:00pm: $1.00 off all drinks
FRANKIE'S
3227 McKinney Avenue
214.999.8932
Another sports bar. Nice crowd, except for occasional, late-night,
unruly, pugnacious Samoan contingent. Not too crowded. Great for
watching sports, or just hanging out. Various bar games, beer, and
big screen TVs.
Thursday Specials: 4:00pm - 7:00pm: $1.00 off all drinks
FISHBOWL
3214 Knox Street
214.521.2695
Trendy place. Upscale crowd. Lively atmosphere. Lots of fun for
happy hour, dinner, or drinks at night.
Thursday Specials: 5:00pm-8:00pm: $1.00 sake and sushi.
GINGERMAN
2718 Boll Street
214.754.8771
Arguably, the largest beer selection in town. Great patio. Wooden
floors, furniture, and a few booths inside. Comfortable upstairs
drinking room. Not too crowded, except on some Friday and Saturday
nights after 10:00pm.
Thursday Specials: 4:00pm-7:00pm: 50 cents off drafts, $1.00 off
pitchers
LOON
3531 McKinney Avenue
214.559.3059
Local place that's been serving some of the stiffest drinks in
town for quite some time. Very crowded. Less formal than other nearby
options. Recently expanded to give patrons a bit more elbow room.
Twenties crowd, mostly from the surrounding area. Understaffed,
so order your drinks two at a time, or get a waitress. Overall,
a great place if you can deal with the crowd.
Thursday Specials: $1.00 off everything until 7:00pm.
MARTINI RANCH
2816 Fairmount Street
214.220.2116
The best martinis in town. Lots of different kinds. They knock
you on your ass. Good looking crowd.
Thursday Specials: 4:00pm-8:00pm: $2.00 wells & domestic beer
MCKINNEY AVENUE
TAVERN
2822 McKinney Avenue
214.969.1984
Great sports bar. One of the best places to watch a game. Great
bar food. Wooden floors, bar, and decor. Usually plenty of room,
except during "big games".
Thursday Specials: 11:00am-7:00pm: $2.00 drafts, $7.00 off pitchers
OLD MONK
2847 North Henderson Avenue
214.821.1880
Large, spacious, wooden bar. Small patio. Decent food. Fun with
a smaller or larger groups. More of a laid-back option than other
proximate alternatives.
Thursday Specials: 4:00pm - 7:00pm: $1.00 off drafts
PRIMO'S
3309 McKinney Avenue
214.220.0510
Another extremely trendy locale. All age ranges frequent this
joint, which serves as a great bar and Mexican food restaurant.
Patio is great. Good looking clientele provides for good people
watching. Next door to the Quarter, so makes a nice 1-2 punch.
Thursday Specials: 4:00pm - 7:00pm: $1.00 off all drinks
SAMBA ROOM
4514 Travis Street
214.522.4137
Very upscale, and very trendy. Don't even think about wearing
jeans. Cover charge, at times. All ages. Good looking crowd. Stereotypical
Dallas. Proximate to Sipango. Also a very good restaurant.
Thursday Specials: 5:00pm - 7:00pm: $4.00 Mohitas, 1/2 price appetizers
SAMBUCA UPTOWN
. 2120 McKinney Avenue
. 214-744-0820
. Four Star Dining With Live Music Seven Nights A Week. Open Air
Patio Bar With Putting Green. Happy Hour Monday Thru Friday:
$2 Beer (Domestics)
$3 Wine & Well Drinks
$4 Martinis (House)
SLIP INN
1806 McMillin
214.370.5988
Dark. Often very loud. Crowd varies, but young, for the most part.
Fun for a high-energy alternative.
Thursday Specials: 7:00am-8:00pm: $1.75 domestics, $3.50 wells.
