Fall has (nearly) arrived and if there’s one factor {that a} change in seasons all the time brings to thoughts, it is Pleased Hours. This August version of The place to Drink rounds up 5 new candidates with thrilling Pleased Hour applications, some with nice drink specials, some with food and drinks, and one which’s actually simply all about an affordable martini at lunch.
Here is our record of spots for The place to Drink in August:
Apothecary
Greenville Avenue cocktail bar has many issues within the works together with two lately launched new menus: a brand new common cocktail menu PLUS a brand new Pleased Hour menu. The brand new common cocktail menu has some out-there objects such because the Holy Pozole cocktail made with corn that is impressed by the Mexican soup. You will have to do this by yourself time, as a result of we’re right here for the Pleased Hour. The brand new lineup features a lemon drop with Absolute citron; rum with ardour fruit & ginger beer; darkish rum with soda & bitters; and mezcal with Génépi, an natural liqueur. Costs run from $8 to $11, and the Pleased Hour runs nearly day by day, Sunday by way of Friday 5-7 pm.
Barcelona Wine Bar
For the primary time ever, the Mediterranean-inspired tapas spot within the Knox-Henderson neighborhood has launched an all-new Pleased Hour with drinks, bites, and specials that may solely be discovered throughout this new Pleased Hour timeframe. Accessible Monday-Thursday 4-6 pm, it’s designed to assist the present tapas and Mediterranean-style delicacies already on the menu and draw locally to strive new, attention-grabbing objects not discovered on the common menu. Meaning half worth on all bottles of glowing wine, plus 7-ounce beers beginning at $3.75, together with drinks such because the mini espresso martini, mini soiled martini with gin and inexperienced olive infused dry vermouth, and the cool Sacaback, a sherry shot blended with brandy and served with a aspect of Guindilla pepper brine. Pleased Hour foodstuffs embody potato chips with Lomo Ibérico, crispy chickpeas with pimentón, beef tartare with mustard French dressing, and mini churros with dulce de leche. Fantástico!
Dahlia on Ross
Southern-European impressed spot at Ross & Corridor in East Dallas is bringing again the 3-martini lunch, one quarter at a time. On Fridays, they’re doing a lunch particular from 11 am-3 pm that includes a 25-cent martini, both their Ketel One Basic martini or their Ketel Oranje Espresso Martini. You solely get one at this worth, and it have to be ordered with a meals menu merchandise. Come on, no coming in and simply ordering a 25-cent martini. However should you want to proceed your Friday day-drinking, their Dahlia cocktail (Ketel One, watermelon juice, basil) is $6 as a substitute of the standard $13, beer is $5, and home wine and Prosecco are $7.
Harper’s
Deep Ellum steakhouse with a worldwide menu is celebrating its one-year anniversary with a wide range of fanfares and that features the factor we care about most within the The place to Drink area: a brand new Pleased Hour menu. It is beneficiant in worth and choice, with offers on the drinks and a menu of fine bites as nicely. Drinks-wise, it is half off all of their signature cocktails, beer, and wine (except for glowing, dang). Snacks embody Thai potstickers, deviled eggs, hummus with crudite, Korean fried cauliflower, tempura, and Szechuan chili hen, all $8 every.
Sky Blu Rooftop Bar
Design District rooftop bar on the ninth flooring of the Tru by Hilton Dallas Market Middle off Interstate 35 hosts Pleased Hour day by day from 4-7 pm, that includes $7 nicely cocktails, $6 draft beer, $5 home wines, $6 frose, and $10 signature cocktails. Did you say frose? The setting is fairly divine, that includes a sprawling out of doors and indoor area with plentiful seating, comfortable couches, fireplace pits, and views from right here to downtown Dallas and again.