Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel shamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, “It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.”
Walking into my favorite pizza place in Dallas last week, it felt different … and I liked it. The new menu items sound incredible and the extra seating made me hopeful that I’d never have to face another 45 minute wait for a table!
The pizza at Coal Vines is TO DIE. My best friend from Austin orders a white pizza (not the white special) to take back with her each time she visits. Yes, it’s that delicious.
The mimosa was just ok; they didn’t jump on the bottomless bandwagon as so many brunch destinations have so I don’t know if I’d come here just for their drink specials. Their wine selection is good and they also sell retail if you want to take it home to enjoy.
The people who dine at this establishment are the Uptown see-and-be-seen type. They stop here and gobble a pie and guzzle a bottle before hitting the town. The only problem with that is that every time I eat here, I leave so full that I can’t rally for a fun night out!
Stop in and grab a glass of wine and a pizza; don’t forget to be extra nice to their New York implant, Uncle John at the front door! Everyone in Dallas should try this place once to know what good pizza tastes like.
Coal Vines Pizza
2404 Cedar Springs Rd | Dallas, TX 75201
(214)855-4999
www.coalvines.com
Specials:
Sunday | 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. | $4 mimosas, poinsettias, Pompelmos, and peach lemonade bellinis
I walked into the Dubliner for only the second time ever last night and the rush of one of the more fun Sunday nights I had this year came over me. The last time I was there I was having so much fun I lost track of time and paid for it with a hangover the next day at work.
While there weren’t many people there on a Wednesday (it seemed people were more interested in Mexican food last night), the ones who were there were quality. The bartender, Kevin, was incredibly personable and entertaining. He was so entertaining I hardly noticed that my friends got there 15 minutes late (you’d think I’d expect that by now!).
The Dubliner has a chill feeling with a fire crackling beside a dart board and a really large patio. Though it’s directly on Greenville, it doesn’t feel like it’s too close to anything else and isn’t too loud. It reminded me of the dark pubs my friend Chelsea and I would spend our time in when I lived in Europe.
Make sure to try this place out on a Sunday night … and get a snakebite or half and half.
Drink Strength: 3
Price: 2
Dubliner
www.dallasdubliner.com | @dallasdub
2818 Greenville Ave | Dallas, TX 75206-6239
(214) 818-0911
Specials:
Monday | all day | $1 off draughts, domestic bottles, calls, and wells
Tuesday-Friday | 4-7 p.m. | $1 off draughts, domestic bottles, calls, and wells
Move over Vino 100, take a step back, Cork … there’s a new kid in town. Veritas Wine Bar on Henderson took me by surprise. I hadn’t been in until this week and walking in on Monday night was a breathe of albeit grape heavy, but fresh air.
I arrive before the rest of my party as is usually the case, so I sidled up to the tall, heavy bar and began to peruse the menu. I decided to take a mental break and went for “what we’re pouring”. It was delightful and I decided it was my choice for the night — not to mention the fact that it was only $3.25 since it was half price wine by the glass (and that is made even better because they use the long pour!).
My group arrived and we settled into the front room next to the (real) crackling fire. Wine flowed, cheese and meats were noshed on, and great conversation ensued. The waitresses were attentive and Brooks, the owner, knew his cheeses and other wares better than the back of his hand. (You can’t go wrong with their Purple Haze or Drunken Goat.)
Don’t be fooled by the name, this bar unlike most wine bars also serves beer. I’d say this place is suitable for a date or a friendly chat, but not for a pickup scene … take your butt next door to Glo Lounge for that.
Click for the cheese, beer, and wine menus.
Selection: 4
Veritas Wine Bar
2323 N Henderson Ave, Suite 103 | Dallas, TX 75206
(214) 841-9463
Specials:
Monday | all day | 1/2 price wine by the glass
Tuesday-Friday | 4-7 p.m. | $1 off every beer, $1 off of every glass of wine ($8 a glass or less) and $2 off every glass over $8
Tuesdays, Veritas brings in Il Cane Rosso to make baked-to-order pizza. A definite MUST.
I don’t care how liberated this world becomes – a man will always be judged by the amount of alcohol he can consume – and a woman will be impressed, whether she likes it or not.
Doug Coughlin in “Cocktail”
This quote is in honor of my toasts this past weekend!
November 11 | 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
$4.00 Margaritas, $3.00 Well Drinks
The music will me Latin/American Jazz, Salsa, Cumbias
See my review of Luna de Noche
I’d love to write a review about this place … but I wasn’t there long enough to even order.
I was SO excited to try this place but upon walking in, one of the waiters (I believe he may have been the owner and will from now on be called goatee guy or GG) was in a heated conversation with my dad*. Goatee guy stormed off. Apparently, my dad’s drink tasted a little off and, when my dad told GG, GG was incredibly rude. No more than 30 second later, GG gets back to the table and offers up two bottles of Crown and two shot glasses and rudely tells my dad to try both and tell him which tastes wrong. Then he dares to say “mother f****r” not only to a customer, but in front of a young lady.
Sometimes customers are rude, I will give GG that. However, my father is one of the kindest, most mild mannered people I know and there is no way in the world that my dad would have ever acted crudely or used so little as a malediction toward GG. My dad kept his cool, we paid, and left. I just feel sorry for the waitress for losing our tip.
To Goatee Guy: If this somehow gets to you, I’d love to come in for a review; I’ve heard great things about your bar and I’m sure I would love it. However, I will not set foot in your bar again until you apologize for using such invective language toward a customer. Good work picking the wrong table to whom to be rude.
*yes, my dad is awesome and goes out for drinks with me!
There can’t be good living where there is not good drinking.