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    The Happiest Hours

    Where to drink in Dallas right now: 10 best happy hours to kick off fall

    Whitney Harris
    Sep 3, 2014 | 1:10 pm

    As we mourn the closing of craft beer innovator Union Bear, we shall take comfort in a round at the following restaurants and bars, where happy hour brings cheap drinks and eats. And, in some cases, more beer.

    Green Door Public House
    Located in the historic (and somewhat controversial) Liberty Bank building is the newly opened Green Door Public House. Swing by from 4-7 pm any weekday and get $1 off all drinks (local beers, a small selection of wines and cocktails), which work nicely to wash down grass-fed burgers, steaks, salads and seafood.

    Henderson Tap House
    The casual crowd can visit this centrally located sports bar Monday through Thursday and delve into deals like $1 off calls and wells, $5 appetizers, and half-price pizza from 4-7 pm. Other daily specials, like $10 burger-beer-bourbon combos on Mondays and $5 Blood Marys on Sundays, provide more motivation to tap into this watering hole on a regular basis.

    HG Sply Co.
    Lower Greenville is hopping with trendy places to enjoy post-work drinks. If you prefer to imbibe with a view, then head to HG Sply Co. for $3 craft beers, $5 select wines by the glass and $1 off cocktails every weekday from 4-7 pm. And you can fill up on Paleo-inspired apps for $5 without the guilt that comes with most alcohol-fueled snacking.

    Lark on the Park
    Any excuse to hang out near Klyde Warren Park is a good one — but drinking on the cheap is by far the best one. Happy hour here means $4 select draft beers and $7 select wines (you can usually choose from two red and two white) every weekday from 4-7 pm. If you’re not watching your wallet, there’s a unique Living Liquids cocktail program every Wednesday, when bartenders mix fresh-from-the-garden ingredients with Botanist gin to create specialty drinks based on your requests ($13 each).

    Palapas Seafood Bar
    If you want to feel like you’re vacationing in Mexico throughout the work week, check out this seafood spot on Lower Greenville where you can down fresh fish and traditional Mexican dishes under a classic thatched roof hut. Happy hour takes place on weekdays, 2-7 pm, and includes $3 beers; $5 margaritas; and half-price appetizers like fried calamari, guacamole and queso.

    Record Lounge
    Longtime Dallas restaurateur Peter Tarantino is hoping to make his recently inherited nightlife spot in Exposition Park a draw for any musically inclined imbibers. Regular happy hour deals — $4 wells, $3 PBR and Schlitz cans, $4 housemade sangria shots, and $6 sangria martinis — are worth a spin any Monday-Friday, 4-7 pm.

    San Salvaje
    Chosen as one of Southern Living’s 100 best restaurants in the South, Stephan Pyles’ San Salvaje takes inspiration from a range of Latin influences. The restaurant’s Monday-Friday happy hour (4-6 pm) means bar diners can order $3 beers, half-priced specialty cocktails and $6 select wines to go with those flavorful small plates.

    Scotch & Sausage
    This community beer garden and grill specializes in its namesake indulgences, as well as Belgian fries and homemade dipping sauces. The brand-new happy hour — all day Monday and 3-7 pm other weekdays — includes $3 whiskey shots of the day, $3 off all wines, $4 wells, $5 drafts and daily sangria, $6 PBR steins, and $6 craft cocktails and select calls.

    Stock & Barrel
    Chef-owner Jon Stevens
    has been wooing foodies at his Bishop Arts restaurant with his “kitchen Americana” ethos since opening in May. During happy hour on Tuesday and Wednesday (5-7 pm), anyone sitting at the bar can snag a $3 bottle of beer, $5 glass of red or white wine, and complimentary house blue cheese potato chips.

    303 Bar and Grill
    The covered patio at this Bishop Arts joint is reason enough to gather a group for its generous happy hour. There’s something for everyone (and then some) during happy hour, which is Monday-Friday, 11 am-7 pm: $2.25 domestic bottles; $2.50 Bud Light and Miller drafts; $3 import bottles, drafts and wells; $3.50 margaritas and pina coladas; $4 wells, calls and house wine. There’s also a late-night happy hour, in case the first eight hours weren’t enough.

    Specialty cocktails are half-price during happy hour at San Salvaje.

      
    Photo by Jonathan Zizzo
    Specialty cocktails are half-price during happy hour at San Salvaje.
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    Downtown News

    Vintage downtown Dallas building to become lounge with stellar drinks

    Teresa Gubbins
    May 6, 2025 | 11:25 am
    Brian Van Flandern
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    Cocktail by Brian Van Flandern

    A vintage building in downtown Dallas is getting a new lease on life: Located at 1519 Main St., the space will become a spectacular new lounge and event space called 1519 Main, and it's from Hospitality Alliance, the company led by restaurant wunderkind Kevin Lillis, who helped create the original AT&T Discovery District downtown.

    1519 is situated in the thick of the Central Business District, across the street from the Joule Dallas hotel and in the same stretch as The Eye sculpture and the Forty Five Ten boutique.

    The building is unusual because it's a two-story space, which might be a challenge for most potential tenants. But Lillis had the ideal scenario.

    "I fell in love with the building," he says. "It had so many original features like the rose-and-cream marble floors from the 1920s. I could immediately see a sophisticated lounge on the first floor. It became viable because I have a friend who was looking for office space, so we're partnering on it, and he's leasing the second floor."

    1519 will boast a cosmopolitan, low-key atmosphere, with ultra high-end cocktails from acclaimed mixologist Brian Van Flandern, a food TV regular (Bar Rescue, Barefoot Contessa), author, and consultant who created the renowned cocktail program at the Palm Court at The Plaza Hotel in New York, where he and Lillis both worked.

    "Brian had done the Plaza Hotel and has a taste for a concept like this, with sophisticated cocktails and 3-Michelin-star service that will match the beautiful space," Lillis says.

    1519 Main St1519 Main St. downtown Dallas Courtesy

    Hospitality Alliance beverage director Angela Montesclaros will be a partner, as well.

    The project has been in the works for two years, requiring a special use permit, plus the typical delays in dealing with the city (a scenario that is supposedly going to improve!). They also needed to reassure their neighbors, including the St. Jude Chapel next door, that their impact on the area would be low-key.

    Dallas County Appraisal District puts the building's date of birth at 1928 — although the building's current co-owner Scott Remphrey, CEO of The Brytar Companies, says he's not sure that's correct.

    Brytar acquired the building from an oil and gas company. Prior to that, it was occupied by Bank of America, with offices and a conference room on the second floor with a glass wall overlooking Main Street.

    But here's a fun fact: In its earliest pre-Depression-era days, it was home to a Planters Peanut Shop, which eventually moved to Elm Street.

    "Some of the brick walls have original painted advertising from the early 1900's that were retained," Remphrey says. "They were advertisements on the exterior walls, which became interior walls of the building when the Planters store was open in the 20's."

    That will definitely all stay.

    "We're not doing much with the walls or the floors, other than trying to make sure we minimize any damage," Lillis says. "The goal is to retain as much of the original features as possible."

    Lillis is currently overseeing the hospitality programs at Victory Park as well as Toyota Music Factory, where they've only just opened a number of restaurant concepts including Jaxon, a modern Texan Restaurant; Pistil, a cocktail lounge; and Shoals Smokehouse, a BBQ restaurant.

    1519, which is slated to open in late spring, is on a smaller scale, and that's part of the appeal.

    "This is a concept where I can be extremely focused," he says. "At our other Hospitality Alliance projects, we have to be different things to different guests at different times of the week — convention, concert-goers, local residents, office tenants, etc."

    "Here we are being only one thing: a high end cocktail den with no compromises," he says. "We aren't trying to please everyone — we are trying to be great at one thing, for a guest looking for that experience."

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