A Reason to Drink

Hot happy hour deals for summer drinking in Dallas

The happy hour is a vital part of any work week. How else are you supposed to get over hump day or even Tuesday? Exercise? Psh. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite excuses to drink around town after a day of spreadsheets and conference calls.

Texas Tuesdays at The Bottle Shop on Lowest Greenville means that you can get half-priced drafts and bottles of Texas beers all day. The real happy hour is from 6 to 8 pm, when there are free empanadas from Empanada Armada.

The Foundry sports a perfect patio for summer nights, and there’s no better way to start the weekend than with $3 drafts on Thursday nights from 7 pm to close.

Blue Goose Cantina on Lower Greenville has its happy hour from 2:30 to 6:30, when all queso, beer, well and house margaritas only cost $3. That is not the worst way to spend an afternoon before going to the Foundry.

Knox Street Pub has happy hour all day Tuesday through Thursday with $3 wells, drafts and domestic bottles, plus $1.50 PBR pints. But Saturday sports $12 buckets to put you back in the college mindset.

The Double Wide is a top bar for a reason, and its 5 to 9 pm happy hour boasts $2 wells and domestics. It runs Monday through Friday, but Monday and Tuesday are prime, because happy hour runs all night. Absurd.

Sfuzzi is your fancy McKinney Avenue spot Monday through Friday for half-price pizza and one dollar off all cocktails. Patio action and people watching included.

Adair’s Saloon runs happy hour Sunday through Friday from 2 to 8 pm, with deals like $3 wells, domestic and premium cans going for $2.50 and $3, $2.50 domestic drafts, and $4 premium drafts with pitchers running $8 and $11. It’s all good, but on Wednesday you can get pints for $2 and $3 for domestic and premium, respectively.

Get $3 house margs, drafts, wells and queso at Blue Goose's Thursday happy hour from 2:30-6:30 pm.

Blue Goose Cantina

Get $3 house margs, drafts, wells and queso at Blue Goose's Thursday happy hour from 2:30-6:30 pm.

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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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