Deep Ellum News

Kooky supper club near Deep Ellum punches out with nutty goodbye note

Crazy legs, crazy bar.

Photo courtesy of Don't Tell Supper Club

The drag brunches have come to an end. Don't Tell Supper Club, the bar-restaurant at 2026 Commerce St. that became best known for its semi-regular drag brunches, closed on August 12.

The bar, which described itself as "a clandestine oasis for party-goers who love to celebrate fine dining, spellbinding cocktails, and never-ending spectacles," announced its closure with a fascinating Facebook post thanking each and every individual employee by name, while simultaneously calling out an unidentified ex-employee who'd allegedly made threats.

"My name is Sagi Nidam, and as the current owner of Don’t Tell Supper Club since December 2017, I want to thank you — our amazing patrons — for all for the continued support and you (our amazing staff) for your incredible hard work," the post said. "To all my staff that stuck together and created great friendships and a great place to be, despite all the threats and sabotage from a particular ex employee."

After thanking everyone from chefs to bar-backs to the drag performers (example: "I want to give thanks to our amazing bar staff: Austin, I hope you’re doing well in the oil fields."), the post refers to the mysterious employee a second time:

"I am sorry. I exhausted every resource (to) keep DTSC going by securing a new lease. We were doing so good every week, and just getting better. Unfortunately, I have no control over the actions of others that only care about themselves. I am sorry I could not stop his craziness."

What the post neglects to mention is the fact that the restaurant had already been locked out by the landlord on August 12. A sign was posted on the door stating that the landlord had terminated the lease and changed the locks.

In other omissions, Don't Tell also neglected to cancel its drag brunch scheduled for August 16. Perhaps that explains why forlorn diners could be seen outside the restaurant on Sunday morning in their festive drag finery, with no one there to answer their earnest knocks on the door.

Management recently made some last-ditch efforts to keep the corpse alive with a release sent out on July 26 announcing a new menu by the "inimitable" chef Geovanny Arredondo. The release also said that the place was under new ownership. This would seem to refute the Facebook post, which also promised that it's not over yet.

"Trust me when I tell you that this is not goodbye. STAY TUNED. I’m confident that our paths will cross again. I LOVE YOU ALL, and I appreciate every one of you and everything that you did for Don't Tell ... and for me."

"Our final bow. #Shhhh"

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McDonald's News

McDonald's closes 2 CosMc's beverage spinoffs in Dallas-Fort Worth

Photo courtesy of CosMc's

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After less than a year, McDonald's is cutting back on its CosMc's beverage spinoff, and that includes shutting down locations in Dallas-Fort Worth.

McDonald's introduced the beverage led concept in December 2023, when it opened the first location in Bolingbrook, Illinois. The concept — which seemed to be competing with Swig, the drive-through drink chain from Utah — features coffee, lemonade, slushies, and energy drinks, plus bites such as the Egg McMuffin, hashbrowns, and McPops — like doughnut holes.

They went on to open six more locations, all in Texas: two in San Antonio and four in DFW. Both San Antonio locations still show up on the website as open but two have closed in DFW so far, as follows:

Watauga at 7304 Denton Hwy.
Arlington at Abram's Alley, 300 E. Abram St. #150

Their website currently shows the Dallas location at Campbell Road, which was the original location, as still open, as well as a location in Fort Worth on McPherson Boulevard.

Despite the closures, McDonald's still plans to continue the test in the US for the foreseeable future, a spokesperson says, including opening two new smaller format stores in Texas in 2025.

That includes a location in Allen at 861 W. Stacy Rd.

The plan is to close three of the larger locations that were remodeled into CosMc’s locations — meaning that one of the locations currently still open is due to close.

"Since opening CosMc’s, we have had the benefit of testing out different location sizes and setups – from revamping larger restaurant spaces to building smaller prototype locations that focus more on the drive-thru and digital experience," their statement says. "We learned that the smaller format stores allow us to test new, unique circumstances that are reflective of our customer base. As a result, we will open two new smaller format stores in Texas in 2025, and close three of the larger locations that were remodeled into CosMc’s locations."