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    Where to Drink

    Where to drink in Dallas right now: 5 bars with ultra-hot happy hours

    Teresa Gubbins
    Aug 19, 2022 | 5:58 pm
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    Fall has (almost) arrived and if there's one thing that a change in seasons always brings to mind, it's Happy Hours. This August edition of Where to Drink rounds up five new candidates with exciting Happy Hour programs, some with great drink specials, some with food and drink, and one that's really just all about a cheap martini at lunch.

    Here's our list of spots for Where to Drink in August:

    Apothecary
    Greenville Avenue cocktail bar has many things in the works including two recently introduced new menus: a new regular cocktail menu PLUS a new Happy Hour menu. The new regular cocktail menu has some out-there items such as the Holy Pozole cocktail made with corn that's inspired by the Mexican soup. You'll have to do that on your own time, because we're here for the Happy Hour. The new lineup includes a lemon drop with Absolute citron; rum with passion fruit & ginger beer; dark rum with soda & bitters; and mezcal with Génépi, an herbal liqueur. Prices run from $8 to $11, and the Happy Hour runs almost every day, Sunday through Friday 5-7 pm.

    Barcelona Wine Bar
    For the first time ever, the Mediterranean-inspired tapas spot in the Knox-Henderson neighborhood has launched an all-new Happy Hour with drinks, bites, and specials that can only be found during this new Happy Hour timeframe. Available Monday-Thursday 4-6 pm, it’s designed to support the existing tapas and Mediterranean-style cuisine already on the menu and draw in the community to try new, interesting items not found on the regular menu. That means half price on all bottles of sparkling wine, plus 7-ounce beers starting at $3.75, along with drinks such as the mini espresso martini, mini dirty martini with gin and green olive infused dry vermouth, and the cool Sacaback, a sherry shot blended with brandy and served with a side of Guindilla pepper brine. Happy Hour foodstuffs include potato chips with Lomo Ibérico, crispy chickpeas with pimentón, beef tartare with mustard vinaigrette, and mini churros with dulce de leche. Fantástico!

    Dahlia on Ross
    Southern-European inspired spot at Ross & Hall in East Dallas is bringing back the 3-martini lunch, one quarter at a time. On Fridays, they're doing a lunch special from 11 am-3 pm featuring a 25-cent martini, either their Ketel One Classic martini or their Ketel Oranje Espresso Martini. You only get one at this price, and it must be ordered with a food menu item. Come on, no coming in and just ordering a 25-cent martini. But if you wish to continue your Friday day-drinking, their Dahlia cocktail (Ketel One, watermelon juice, basil) is $6 instead of the usual $13, beer is $5, and house wine and Prosecco are $7.

    Harper's
    Deep Ellum steakhouse with a global menu is celebrating its one-year anniversary with a variety of fanfares and that includes the thing we care about most in the Where to Drink space: a new Happy Hour menu. It's generous in price and selection, with deals on the drinks and a menu of good bites as well. Drinks-wise, it's half off all of their signature cocktails, beer, and wine (with the exception of sparkling, dang). Snacks include Thai potstickers, deviled eggs, hummus with crudite, Korean fried cauliflower, tempura, and Szechuan chili chicken, all $8 each.

    Sky Blu Rooftop Bar
    Design District rooftop bar on the ninth floor of the Tru by Hilton Dallas Market Center off Interstate 35 hosts Happy Hour every day from 4-7 pm, featuring $7 well cocktails, $6 draft beer, $5 house wines, $6 frose, and $10 signature cocktails. Did you say frose? The setting is pretty divine, featuring a sprawling outdoor and indoor space with abundant seating, comfy couches, fire pits, and views from here to downtown Dallas and back.

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    Doughnut News

    Dallas' top doughnut shop is rolling out a second location

    Teresa Gubbins
    May 22, 2026 | 9:49 am
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    Dallas' top doughnut shop is expanding: La Rue Doughnuts, the chef-owned doughnut shop in Dallas' Trinity Groves, is opening a second location in Frisco, at 4747 4th Army Dr., in a small strip center just off Lebanon Road, between the high-profile shopping centers of Legacy Ranch and West Side Market.

    They're taking over a space previously occupied by Mava's Kitchen, a short-lived Indian restaurant. According to owners Amy and Casey La Rue, the doughnut shop will open in early summer.

    "It will be similar to our location at Trinity Groves, with a counter and a few outdoor tables," Casey says. "We'll just be focused on being a good neighborhood coffee and pastry place."

    The couple are both acclaimed chefs who got into the doughnut business as an offshoot of their award-winning restaurant Carte Blanche, which was open during the day as a bakery selling pastries, croissants, and doughnuts.

    "Doughnuts were among the many items we offered at the bakery, but one of our more popular items," Amy says.

    They closed Carte Blanche and debuted the La Rue Doughnuts concept at Trinity Groves in West Dallas in 2024, giving the doughnut category an artisanal spin with creative chef-caliber icings and ingredients such as guava and pistachio.

    La Rue Doughnuts has enjoyed great success, selling out on the first day and earning a loyal following of fans who watch for the shop's new menus, issued at the beginning of every month.

    They feature a variety including brioche doughnuts, cake doughnuts, and crullers, the unique twisty doughnut with a churro-like groove which has become their signature. Due to overwhelming demand, they eventually added croissants, and in recent months, they've expanded into savory entree-style options.

    May's savory flavors include a farm-vegetable pinwheel featuring a laminated croissant-style pastry topped with charred squash, green garlic pesto, and ricotta cheese; and a birria pocket — a pastry that capitalizes on the buzzy birria trend, with braised beef shank in an adobo marinade with Oaxaca cheese, encased in flaky puff pastry, served with the traditional consomme for dipping.

    Opening more locations was always a goal, and the location hit all the right buttons, including its proximity to many surrounding homes as well as BF Phillips Community Park, a 117-acre public park that's home to a golf course and a dedicated dog park.

    "People can get doughnuts, go to the dog park, best day ever," Casey quips.

    “Frisco has felt like a natural fit for us for a long time," he says. "A huge number of our guests already make the drive from Frisco and the surrounding area on weekends, so opening there felt less like expanding into a new market and more like becoming part of a community that’s already been supporting us. We love the energy of the city, the growth happening there, and how much people in Frisco genuinely embrace great food and hospitality."

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