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Where to drink in Dallas: 5 top happy hours and specials for August

Get your Q.B. Cooler at Swizzle tiki bar on Greenville Avenue.

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August is here, which means it’s time for another installment of Where to Drink, CultureMap Dallas’ monthly collection of happy hours, cocktails, and specials. This collection includes a reverse happy hour, artist-inspired drinks, and buzzy boba tea.

Here’s where to drink in Dallas this month:

The Alley Music House
Addison restaurant-speakeasy bar with live music offers daily cocktail specials during the unusual and crowd-pleasing hours of 7-8 pm, when select cocktails are $10, including whiskey sour, alley margarita, and Long Island. They also offer a reverse happy hour on weekend nights, practically unheard of, Friday-Saturday 11 pm-1 am, featuring a $6 house selection.

Babou’s
Hôtel Swexan’s hideaway cocktail lounge has a new artsy happy hour inspired by famed surrealist Salvador Dali, with discounted cocktails and bites. Cocktails include the melting clock elixir, named for Dali's famous painting; a bourbon drink Mr. Salvador Dali; surrealist 75, and the dream weaver. Small bites include a lobster roll, chicken salad gougére, and an ice cream sandwich, from $12 to $24. It's Wednesday-Saturday 5-7 pm.

DeLucca Gaucho Pizza
Churrascuria pizza concept has a regular weekday happy hour Monday-Friday from 4:30-6 pm with $8 cocktails and small plate. But they also host two special days with drink specials all day: Meetup Monday, with $8 select wine and cocktails from open to close; and Toast Tuesdays featuring half-price glasses of wine and caipirinhas.

Shot Tea Boba Bar
North Dallas spot does something you don't find everywhere: spiked boba tea. They're featuring a drink of the month for August: spiked peach green tea lemonade, with tequila, peach syrup, jasmine green tea, lemonade, and rainbow & lychee jelly. Prices range from $8-$10. There are also alcohol-free options, milk teas, and slushies for $4-$5. The shop likes to party: They host DJs every Saturday. Hours are Tuesday-Thursday from 3-10 pm and Friday and Saturday from 2-11 pm.

Swizzle
Fun tiki bar on Greenville Avenue is known for its weekday happy hour from 4-6 pm, when you can escape the ordinary and sip tiki cocktails for $7 with crab rangoon bites. But they're also hosting two special all-day happy hours with gotta-have drinks, including "Tiki Tuesday" — when you can get the Swizzle Q.B. Cooler, named by Donn the Beachcomber and rumored to be the cocktail on which the now famous Mai Tai was based; and "Whip It Wednesdays" when they serve $5 frozens such as the Frozen Saturn with Blue Coat gin.

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Italian brand Lavazza Coffee opens training facility in Dallas

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Lavazza Coffee

A coffee brand from Italy has planted a stake in Dallas: Lavazza, founded in the northern Italian city of Turin in 1895, has opened a state-of-the-art training center in Dallas, at 1722 Routh St. #960, where it will serve as a hub for coffee enthusiasts throughout the Southwest.

Dallas is the newest outlet in Lavazza's coffee training network, joining locations in New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, West Chester Pennsylvania, and Toronto — part of their expansion across high-growth markets in the U.S., and its mission to elevate coffee culture globally. (They're also doling out endorsement dollars in commercials featuring Steve Carell and John Krasinski.)

The facility is equipped with espresso, brewing, and coffee innovation equipment, and will serve Lavazza partners, industry professionals, baristas, and distributors. They'll offer hands-on training, SCA certification, menu development, and emerging coffee trends.

Lavazza already partners with many respected hospitality groups and culinary destinations in Dallas including Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, Coury Hospitality Group, Al Biernat's Steakhouse, and Vandelay Hospitality.

In October 2025, Lavazza also began serving coffee on flights by Fort Worth-based American Airlines — further strengthening their connection to the North Texas market. The facility will enable Lavazza to provide closer, more consistent support to these partners and help elevate their coffee programs through continued training and collaboration.

Lavazza has been owned by the Lavazza family for four generations. Today they're one of the leading players on the global coffee scene, with a portfolio of top brands that lead their respective markets, such as Lavazza, Carte Noire, Merrild, and Kicking Horse.

In a statement, Lavazza North America president Hossam Ashraf says that "Dallas has an incredible energy and an ever evolving coffee scene," while Lavazza North America Marketing VP Daniele Foti says that Dallas is great, and we must concur.

"As one of the fastest growing hospitality and culinary markets in the country, Dallas represents a tremendous opportunity for Lavazza," Foti says. "Our investment in this new Training Center demonstrates our commitment to the region and to the partners who bring the Lavazza experience to life every day. Dallas is a city of innovation and high standards, and we are excited to deepen our roots here."

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