Cocktail Time

Where to drink in Dallas right now: 6 hot happy hours for June

Cocktail time

Courtesy

June is here, and cold drinks are the perfect way to cool off. This edition of Where to Drink, CultureMap's monthly column of where to sip, spotlights six venues with various specials — whether that's a new cocktail menu, a new late happy hour, or an unusual happy hour from a favorite BBQ joint.

Here's where to drink in Dallas this month:

Big Al's Smokehouse
Proving that even barbecue restaurants can have happy hours, too, this storied smokehouse near Love Field has added a daily happy hour, featuring two cocktails: spiked sweet tea and margaritas, each 16 ounces, $10 all day, everyday. It's a customer-friendly deal that's available for dine-in or to-go.

Electric Shuffle
Happy hour is back at this shuffleboard eatertainment spot in Deep Ellum. Discount cocktails include margarita, espresso martini, and ranch water for $10. Beers, wines, and seltzers are $5. Food specials include $5 fries and $10 pizzas. Happy hour is Monday through Friday from 3–5 pm.

Knife Dallas
Highland Dallas Hotel restaurant has introduced a happy hour with cocktails, beer, and wine specials. Sommelier-selected wines are $9, select beers are $5, and signature cocktails such as the 75 Spritz are $11. On the food side, small plates such as lamb meatballs and yellowtail crudo are $15. Available Sunday through Thursday from 5-7 pm.

Puttshack
Addison mini golf venue has a new summer happy hour with drinks and bites discounted to $6. Specials feature 16-ounce draft beers, canned cocktails, and wine options. To top it off, customers get half off their second game of mini golf. Food discounts include chicken quesadillas, Nashville hot bao buns, and loaded tots. Available Monday through Thursday from 3-6 pm.

SER Steak & Spirits
Hilton Anatole rooftop restaurant has new culinary-themed cocktails for summer. The In Bloom has Texas bourbon, Amaro Nonino, black walnut bitters, and a shiitake mushroom syrup. The Overstory has Basil Hayden’s bourbon, shiitake syrup, and black walnut bitters; Cabin Fever has Buffalo Trace, clove, lemon, Amaro Nonino, and smoke. Social hour specials include $10 cocktails and $10 five-ounce pours of sommelier-selected wines. This happy hour is Monday to Friday from 5-6:30 pm.

Victor's
Oak Cliff restaurant founded by business partners Tameka Davis and Torrey Adams in 2023 has Southern eats, nightly dining specials, and karaoke — and now a new later-than-usual happy hour on weekdays. Drinks specials include $5 shots and $7 wells. Bites include $1 wings, in all flavors. Happy hour is Tuesday through Thursday from 7-9 pm and Friday from 6-8 pm.

cocktails happy-hours Where to Drink

Food and Drink News

Artsy eatery Allegory Kitchen makes for a night out in Grand Prairie

Allegory Kitchen

Shrimp at Allegory Kitchen

An artsy restaurant and bar has debuted in Grand Prairie: Called Allegory Kitchen and Bar, it’s in a former event venue space at 2601 W. Jefferson St., where it opened in February.

Founders Ronnie Harris and Anthony Griffin have pooled their extensive hospitality experience on this new venture. Harris spent the past 30 years in airport concessions at airports such as DFW Airport, while Griffin comes from hospitality in Alabama.

"We kind of stumbled on doing the restaurant by default because we wanted to open a hookah lounge and serve liquor," Harris says. "We couldn't serve liquor and no food, so it transitioned to us becoming a restaurant."

To that end, they retained Atlanta-based chef and restaurateur Carlos Brown who helped create the menu. Harris and Griffin are now leading the concept which continues to evolve.

It started as a fine dining concept with brunch, but they’re adding more casual Southern and comfort food dishes. Menu items include Southern fried catfish, a half-pound burger, grilled pork chop, and roasted half chicken. There are also vegan options such as roasted butternut squash tabouli with caramelized onion vinaigrette, chili flakes, mint leaves, almonds, and arugula, served with wild mushrooms and herb quinoa.

Small plates include three cheese lobster mac & cheese, Carolina pan-seared crab cakes, and collard green spring rolls filled with collard greens, onions and peppers, then deep-fried.

Sides are on upscale: pork belly Brussels sprouts, garlic parmesan truffle fries, sauteed haricot vert (French green beans), and sweet potato apple hash.

They have a full bar with domestic and imported beer, wine, and signature cocktails.

“My number one specialty is the Sexy Allegory — it has a cognac base and mix of blueberries and blackberries,” Harris says. “We can satisfy any palate with our beers, and we have a wine wall with the best of the best, such as pinot grigio and cabernet."

The atmosphere is lively and colorful with plush seating and floral wall murals. There’s booth and table seating with white marble tables and jewel-toned chairs and booths. The chandeliers over the bar are a visual treat, have white feathers arranged like a blooming flower.

As if food and drink are not enough, they offer more reasons for a night out with events almost nightly, including poetry night, live jazz from a saxophonist, and more.

wine cocktails openings

Cocktail Time

Where to drink in Dallas right now: 6 hot happy hours for June

Texas slumps on list of best U.S. state economies for 2025

Dallas neighbor is the No. 1 fastest-growing affordable city in U.S.

Chef and caterer opens Southern to-go cafe south of Dallas

Food and Drink News

Artsy eatery Allegory Kitchen makes for a night out in Grand Prairie