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Where to drink in Dallas right now: 5 best new happy hours for October

Beer at The Rustic.

In the October chapter of Where to Drink, Mondays are big, very big, with Monday-night specials dominating the field. There's also one venue doing the "graduated" theme where the earlier you show up, the cheaper it is.

Money isn't everything, but it sure is nice to get a drink at a discount.

Here are the best new happy hours for October.

Bullion
Downtown restaurant from chef Bruno Davaillon is joining the tiki party on Mondays with a twist called French West Indies Tiki Monday. The French West Indies is the home to Agricole Rhum, which is made from local sugarcane that is cut, ground, and pressed into fresh juice. The result is an intensely grassy, earthy spirit, different from the rums made from molasses. The lineup includes authentic drinks such as Ti Punch, Planter Punch, Agricole Daiquiri, and Green Swizzle, from $9 to $12. Mondays 5:30-10 pm.

The Heights
Neighborhood restaurant in the heart of Lakewood does it all: breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as a nice happy hour on weeknights. Everything's $5: well drinks, craft beer on tap, and Mono Martinis. You can also get $5 off wine carafes. If that's not enough, the kitchen stays open until midnight Friday and Saturday nights. Hours: Monday-Friday 5-7 pm.

Jasper's
Plano's "gourmet backyard" restaurant is here for the ladies big-time. They host a "Ladies Night Out" every Wednesday, with half-off on a menu of food and cocktail specials all evening. Dishes include wood-fired oysters and buffalo meatballs, and drinks include a pineapple martini. Mondays are "uncorked" night with 1/2-off bottles of wine with the purchase of any entrée.

Paul Martin's American Grill
Shmoozy restaurant on Oak Lawn Avenue recently debuted a happy hour menu with small plates, sandwich pairings, and select drinks starting at $6. Happy hour cocktails include favorites like the Raspberry Martini and Sparkling Lemonade plus new drinks such as the Whiskey Buck with Evan Williams Black Label Bourbon, strawberries, lemon, Q Ginger Beer. Daily from 3-7 pm in the lounge.

The Rustic
Fun outdoor Uptown Dallas venue just started a new "graduated" happy hour that bumps up a dollar as every hour passes. It starts at 3 pm, when beer, house wine, and frozé are $3. From 4-5 pm, the price is $4. From 5-6 pm, it's $5. By beer, they mean draft, bottles, and cans, all at happy hour prices.

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Healthy Eats News

Alabama chain Urban Cookhouse opens first DFW restaurant in Prosper

Urban Cookhouse

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A healthy restaurant chain from Alabama has made its DFW debut: Urban Cookhouse has opened its first outpost in Texas at the Gates of Prosper, a small center at 1151 S. Preston Rd. #10, taking over a former location of Sauce Pizza.

Urban Cookhouse was founded by David and Andrea Snyder, an entrepreneurial couple who opened their first location in Homewood, Alabama in 2010. The chain now has eight other locations in Alabama and one in Tennessee.

The concept has a healthy, homey vibe with a menu featuring more than a dozen sandwiches and wraps, salads, soup, and fork and knife offerings such as pork tenderloin with red chimichuri, lime-marinated steak & rice, and ‘The Down Home’, a BBQ-style plate with smoked turkey, pasta, and broccoli salad, as well as vegetarian options and a kids' menu.

A weekend brunch on Saturday and Sunday features a breakfast charcuterie board for $25 with pastries, deviled eggs, yogurt parfait, and bread. There are mimosas, bloody Marys, Micheladas, sangria, beer, and wine by the glass, plus a coffee bar with a signature blend from 1418 Coffee in the works.

There's a whole thing with their orange rolls, one of the three items Urban Cookhouse is best known for (along with their Broccoli Salad and Half-Baked Cookie). It's like an orange version of a cinnamon roll, featuring a yeast roll been smeared with a sweet paste flavored with orange zest, baked, then and topped with a thin orange glaze that hardens as it cools.

Urban Cookhouse serves a complimentary orange roll with its meal-size salads and entrees.

Their other shtick is that they prepare their meats on The Big Green Egg, the dome-shaped ceramic oven favored by many a gourmet home cook.

A portion of the Prosper restaurant is dedicated to a petite market selling sauces, dressings, chicken salad, broccoli salad, the signature orange rolls, spiced pecan, honey and pickles and cheddar pasta to-go. Family-style meals are also available for pick up after 3 pm.

Bringing the concept to Frisco is James Zemlock who has 30 years of culinary and management with Grimaldi’s Pizzeria, The Capital Grille and Tommy Bahama.

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