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Between 1920 and 1933, the United States enforced a ban against the production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages: a time period known as the Prohibition Era. This ban only challenged certain American rebels and rulebreakers t…
Read MoreUnderbelly Hospitality has announced that its previously announced bar, Everlong, will not be going forward after all. Named for a Foo Fighter’s song, the bar was to take up residence in the now-shuttered UB Preserv space at 1609 Westheimer. There are a few reasons for the cancelation. One, the company is focusing on the multiple […]
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Read MoreHoustonians, and especially Heights-area residents, poured one out for the iconic Alice’s Tall Texan when it closed in July 2020, unable to survive the “damn pandemic,” as it was called in a Facebook post. at. During its nearly 40-year run in a small building at 4904 North Main, Alice’s was beloved not only within the […]
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Read MoreI‘m generally down for the silliness of something like National Donut Day. Those “holidays” are usually just an excuse to indulge — why not? There is, however, one national food and beverage holiday I take quite seriously: National Ma…
Read MoreNight Moves Hospitality hit the ground running in 2021, creating three brand new concepts — Space Cowboy, Trash Panda Drinking Club and Chivos — and revitalizing a shuttered Live Oak Grill in Spring Branch. Owner Greg Perez and company are continuing the string of new openings in 2022 with its fifth concept, Old Tom Gin Bar. Old […]
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Read MoreSpeakeasies became a necessity during Prohibition. Secret backroom nightclubs served up bathtub gin and whatever else they could get their hands on. While America was officially “dry” between 1920 and 1933, the Roaring Twenties rolled right along in sp…
Read MoreEveryone loves a good speakeasy. With the opening of so many hotels, restaurants, and bars in Dallas came an influx of elusive new spots to discover (in addition to our city’s longstanding affinity for hidden-away cocktail havens). From an old-fa…
Read MoreThe three founders of The Marfa Spirit Co., the first and only distillery in the Texas art mecca, all discovered sotol in different ways. For Morgan Weber, the introduction to the soulful spirit (most often compared to mezcal) came in 2009 while openin…
Read MoreThe three founders of The Marfa Spirit Co., the first and only distillery in the Texas art mecca, all discovered sotol in different ways. For Morgan Weber, the introduction to the soulful spirit (most often compared to mezcal) came in 2009 while openin…
Read MoreOrris root. winter savory, coriander seed, juniper, orange peel, elderflower, angelica. Quick: What comes to mind when you read those words? If your response is gin, you win. Gin is a thing of beauty, and it’s one of my favorite distilled spirits. It i…
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