Craft Beer all Tapped Out?
I’d be hesitant to put actual cash on this wager, but I bet most people who claim to be interested in beer are at...
Whole Foods Has Baby Food — In A Bar
It’s probably fairly glaring to Last Call readers that I’m not a native Texan. My formative years were split between Chicagoland and a tiny...
Whiskey Business: Working Hard
I’m gonna just throw this out there because it’s come up in conversation enough times in the past month that I can’t not mention...
Cocktail Week Is Here
When I moved to Fort Worth 12 years ago, Last Call would have been a harder column to write. Borrowing the style of LL...
Cocktail Week A-Cometh
Real talk: I would honestly rather discuss Marvel’s Luke Cage than talk about Fort Worth nightlife this week. Oh, don’t worry. This is a...
What Is Lone Star Oyster Bar?
It’s a typical afternoon in southwest Fort Worth. There are jackhammers outside ripping the once quiet residential street into an open crater of busted...
Smoke-Free Poag’s: Success
A few months ago, I wrote a pair of columns (one in May, the other in June) about Smoke-Free Fort Worth, the new nonprofit...
A Little Pain and Fermented Grain
I’m precariously perched atop an unwelcoming bar stool, waiting out steel blue thunderheads, and drinking a jalapeño martini as Tom Waits growls, “I like...
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The Hideout: Not too Hidden
Per my fascination with suburban watering holes, I stopped in this place in North Richland Hills called The Hideout the...
Del Frisco’s Grille Is Safe … -Ish
Not to get all Marathon Man up in here, but whenever I venture somewhere new, I have a feedback loop in my brain that...