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Where to drink in Dallas right now: Best new happy hours for May

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Of all the hours in the day, happy hour is the happiest of all. Let us toast the Dallas restaurants and bars who thoughtfully come out with new happy hours so that we may collate them once a month in our monthly installment of Where to Drink Right Now.

Here are the latest new happy hours for May:

Alamo Club
This Greenville Avenue neighborhood spot in the former Blind Butcher space is relatively new, so it stands to reason that its happy hour would be new too, duh. Their offering is strictly drink-focused — no snacks — but it's half-price wines and half-price cocktails. No beer discounts, but beers are already $3-$4 to begin with. Hours: Monday-Friday 5-6:30 pm.

Asador
Restaurant at the Renaissance Dallas Hotel keeps their cocktail menu fresh, with a new set of drinks for every season. Their spring lineup includes three new tequila drinks, including one called Excessive that has Blanco tequila, Aperol, rose, lemon, and bubbles; and another with lime and Topo Chico; and one with tequila, mezcal, strawberry puree, and yellow Chartreuse. Get these and more at their new extended happy hour which runs daily, weekends, too, with $4 house chardonnay and cabernet, $4 Texas draft beers, and $3 sides. Hours: Sunday-Saturday 4-6 pm.

Bitter End
Deep Ellum's newest neighborhood spot comes on strong with happy hour every day, including weekends. Draft beers, wells, frozen drinks, and house wines are all $5. Snacks, too: Beef sliders and hot chicken sliders are also $5. They also have a daily reverse happy hour from 10 pm to 2 am that includes fresh oysters for $1.50 each at the rotating oyster bar or on the lively, lounge-worthy patio. Hours: Sunday-Friday 5–7 pm.

Meso Maya
All locations except for downtown Dallas have an extended weekday happy hour with $5 house margaritas, house wine, house wells, select beer, queso, or guacamole. All appetizers are $5 during happy hour at the bar only. The downtown location starts up its happy hour an hour early at 3 pm. Hours: Monday-Friday 4-7 pm; downtown Monday-Friday 3-6 pm.

Slater's 50/50
Two locations of this burger joint are both doing their own happy hour specials. At the Preston Forest location, there are different happy hour specials every day: Taco Tuesday with $3 tacos, margaritas & Dos Equis beer; Wednesday has $4 select shots; Thursdays are $4 for Texas vodka and $2 off Texas beer. On Fridays, you can add any shot to your craft beer for $3. Hours: Monday all day, Tuesday-Friday 2-6 pm. At the Lower Greenville location, daily specials include $5 plates, such as the sliders sampler, bacon cheese fries, Brussels sprouts, and more along with discounts on margaritas, beer, wine, and specialty cocktails. Hours: Monday-Thursday 2-7 pm, Friday 2- 8 pm.

Supermarket News

Tom Thumb debuts 2 new supermarkets in the Dallas area

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Venerable supermarket chain Tom Thumb is celebrating the opening of two new stores in the Dallas area.

Sanger
A new Tom Thumb opened in Sanger at 1413 W Chapman Drive in Sanger on December 12. The long-awaited store spans 50,000 square feet with tens of thousands of items plus more than 1,000 local products.

The store features a bakery, deli, meat & seafood, produce, and floral, as well as an in-store Starbucks coffee kiosk, pharmacy in store plus drive-thru lane, and Drive-Up-N-Go grocery pick-up.

“We are so excited to open this Tom Thumb for the Sanger communities," says Division President Bill Neve in a statement. “Tom Thumb is excited to showcase our full-service grocery store and fresh new items that customers in Sanger will love."

Sunnyvale
On December 17, a Tom Thumb will open in Sunnyvale at 3400 N. Belt Line Rd. The first 300 shoppers will receive a bag of groceries, and all shoppers will enjoy the incredible deals and sensational offerings.

The Sunnyvale store is slightly larger, spanning 59,000 square feet, but with a similar lineup of bakery, deli, meat & seafood, produce, and floral. The store will also feature an in-store Starbucks coffee kiosk, pharmacy in store plus drive-thru lane, and Drive-Up-N-Go grocery pick-up. The Sunnyvale in-store Starbucks kiosk is the first for Tom Thumb to offer mobile ordering in addition to in-store ordering.

Division President Bill Neve says that they're "incredibly grateful to the town of Sunnyvale for their support of this new store and have been looking forward to meeting our newest customers and welcome them into their Tom Thumb!"

Store details
Store details include:

Prepared foods: Sushi made in-store, full-service salad case, hot line offerings, 400-plus cheese and charcuterie items, and what they call "the best fried chicken in town"
Bakery: Bread baked daily, deserts, five-star cake decorator on staff, in-store fried doughnuts, and exclusive items such as Christie’s cookies and Blue Bell ice cream cakes
Floral: Texas grown poinsettias for the holidays, bouquets, and arrangements, FTD service, balloon bar
Meat & Seafood: USDA choice and prime beef, organic and grass-fed, plus seafood purchases steamed at no additional charge
Wine and Beer: More than 1,000 wines and 85 local Texas craft brews

Starbucks coffee baristas are ready to make customers’ favorite beverages whether they are hot or cold, including Nitro and Cold Brew, along with Starbucks brand pastries.

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