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    Beer nuts

    Like a cruise with brews: Lakewood Brewing Company does Saturday tours

    Teresa Gubbins
    Sep 24, 2012 | 11:29 pm
    • Roll out the barrels at the Lakewood Brewing Company in Garland.
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    • The facilities at Lakewood Brewing Company include a bar with all of its beerson tap.
      Photo by Marc Lee
    • Wim Bens, of the Lakewood Brewing Company, seated.
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    • Jo and Ron Hartwick with Nona Chumley offer a toast at Lakewood Brewing Company.
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    • Founder/brewer Wim Bens offers a tour of the brewing room at Lakewood BrewingCompany.
      Photo by Marc Lee
    • William Paden and Austin Knight came in from East Texas to take a Saturdayafternoon tour at the Lakewood Brewing Company in Garland.
      Photo by Marc Lee

    With new breweries being announced almost daily, Dallas is swimming in stout. But Lakewood Brewing Company was one of the first out of the gate, part of a pioneering trio along with Deep Ellum Brewing Co. and Peticolas Brewing Co.

    LBC founder Wim Bens, a home brewer who apprenticed at Rahr & Sons Brewing Company in Fort Worth, began his search for a brewery location in earnest in early 2011. As you might guess from the company name, he wanted Lakewood, but the neighborhood had no suitable space.

    He found what he needed in a small industrial park in Garland — "just on the other side of Lakewood," he says, stretching the truth a bit. It's a 10,000-square-foot former carpet and flooring warehouse, with 9,000 square feet dedicated to the brewery room, where five fermenting tanks gleam.

    In front sits a 1,000-square-foot tasting room, with a set of taps dedicated to Lakewood's brews. It may not be as centrally located as Deep Ellum Brewing Co., but it's convenient for home brewers on the eastern side of town, and there's plenty of parking.

     Brewery tours began in September and run every Saturday afternoon from noon-3 pm. It's a real deal: For $10, you get a tour of the brewery, a souvenir glass to use there and take home, and four complimentary beers to sample.

    The tours are laid-back by design. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, and kids are welcome as long as they're in a stroller or seated on a lap. Benches and tables in the brewing room are made from old shipping crates. The tasting room has polished concrete floors and walls made of pallets recycled from the former tenant. There's almost always a musician and foodtruck vendor. One week it was fried catfish; another week it was Belgian waffles.

    The tour itself took barely 10 minutes, which was thoughtful because it allowed more time to focus on the important act of beer consumption. Bens explained his past — born in Belgium, raised in Mansfield, "the best of both worlds" — and added a few salient bits for the beer nerds about beer-making and yeast, calling it a "liquid bread" and the process like making a cake.

    Lakewood does four year-round brews: Rock Ryder rye/wheat, Hop Trapp, Imperial Milk Stout and Vienna-style lager. And then there are seasonal beers, including a Belgian-style pils in the early summer, a pale ale in the late summer and a pumpkin-spiced dunkel for Halloween.

    LBC officially began distributing on August 4 and already is available on tap or via growler at approximately 60 bars and retailers, from Acme F&B to Whole Foods. The beers have an enthusiastic following at beer-savvy haunts such as Common Table. Bottles and six-packs will be available starting in November, initially at Whole Foods, Central Market and HEB stores.

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    Oak Cliff Dallas address says bye Swank and hello Indian restaurant

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jul 16, 2025 | 3:01 pm
    Elephant Indian Bar and Grill
    Elephant Indian Bar and Grill
    Elephant Indian Bar and Grill

    A location in Oak Cliff Dallas that has seen some turnover in recent years is about to see some more: It starts with Swank, the ambitious restaurant from chef Luke Rogers, which is leaving its address at 1115 N. Beckley Ave. after a year and relocating to a new space still to be determined. The restaurant's final day at its current location will be Saturday, July 26.

    "We want to give guests one last chance to toast the place that started it all," Rogers says in a statement.

    But 1115 N. Beckley Ave. won't be empty for too long: The space will soon be home to Elephant Indian Bar and Grill, an Indian restaurant from chef Praveen Prasannan, an industry veteran with international experience working in the kitchens of hotels and on cruise ships.

    This will be a second location of Elephant Indian Bar and Grill following the original that opened in the original Buzzbrews location at 4154 N. Central Expwy. in 2024.

    Prasannan says he wants to expand his customer base by bringing Indian food to areas currently lacking in Indian options. He's also opening an Elephant to-go spinoff in the Park Cities, at 5601 W. Lovers Ln. #110.

    He also owns Shivas Bar and Grill, an elevated Indian concept, with his brother Prinu, which has locations in downtown Dallas and Allen.

    The menu at Elephant Indian features Indian classics such as chicken tikka masala, butter masala, tandoori, and a variety of biryani, the comforting rice dish.

    There are also Indo-Chinese fusion dishes, such as veggie fried rice, chilli paneer, and hakka noodles; plus wraps, hummus with naan bread, and thali, a selection of different dishes served in small bowls on a round tray, served with choices of steamed rice or naan.

    Prasannan is a forward-thinking chef who has also created a number of vegan items and meatless versions of their signature dishes, including a rare vegan version of butter chicken and Kadai vegetables, a mix of stir-fried vegetables. Prices are affordable, ranging from $6 for a soup or salad to $26 for lamb biryani.

    Prior to Swank, 1115 N. Beckley Ave. was home to some big-name restaurants over the years, most recently Beckley 1115, and before that VH, and before that Outpost, and before that, Campo featuring chef Matt McAllister, and before that an Argentinian place called La Carreta Argentina.

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