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This Uptown sports bar explodes with digital images of video games and TV sports.

Reviews:

• “The Owner Gave Up His Chair For Me”
• “Most for your Buck”
• “You can get it done at Frankies. Friendly excellent service, good food & beer, fast free wireless, sports, babes and parking, coming from a traveling man, couldn’t ask for more!”
• “Service with an attitude”
• “best of the best”

Tips: On Tuesdays, Frankie’s offers free pizza from 5pm to 10pm and $2 domestic beers all night.

Frankie’s Sports Bar or email Frankie’s Sports Bar

Popular downtown post-war speakeasy with a contemporary twist.

Reviews:

• “What a fantastic place!!!!!”
• “Fun and trendy”
• “Pay (bribe) the bouncer and skip the line”
• “Awesome!”
• “Horrible If you are Not White Do Not Go”

Tips: The specialty-martini menu offers unique selections. The Texas martini has Absolute mandarin, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice and is garnished with fresh fruit. Also offered is the “Strawbelini Flute” with creme de fraise and strawberry puree topped with champagne.

Obar or email Obar

Trendy Uptown wine bar and retail store is known for its extensive stock of reasonably priced wines.

Reviews:

• “Great wines at great prices—and you get music from across McKinney Ave at no extra charge!”
• “Best prices and service”
• “Enjoyed the concept, but not the rude staff.”
• “Intimate & Cozy!”
• “Great Patio—Everyone knows your name”

Tips: Breezy nights call for people watching on the patio, while couples can cozy up on the leather sofas or in front of the fireplace.

Vino 100 Wine Bar or email Vino 100 Wine Bar

Downtown sports bar known for dishing popular pub grub.

Reviews:

• “Great local bar to watch practically any sporting event”
• “Wish I Lived in Dallas”
• “Awful Service!”
• “Best Guys Night, EVER!!!”
• “Always a good time….”

Tips: Happy hour is Monday through Friday, from 11am to 7pm. Go and get $2.50 frozen drinks, $10 wing buckets, $2.50 domestic beer, $2.50 well drinks and $1 off all premium drafts.

Ten Sports Grill or email Ten Sports Grill

Downtown Tex-Mex restaurant and bar serves standard fare in a relaxed atmosphere.

Reviews:

• “good drinks, food”
• “BEST DRINKS in town!!”
• “This place is awesome”
• “Best Downtown Hangout”
• “Hang out and really relax!!!!!”

Tips: Beers and wells are $3 from 4pm to 7pm weekdays.

Sol Irlandes Restaurant or email Sol Irlandes Restaurant

Smooth Oak Lawn club with VIP table service, private booths and slick tunes.

Reviews:

• “The ladies were everywhere!!!”
• “Don’t waste your time, or money!”
• “Fine, but…”
• “Great Place to Chill…….”
• “press quotes”

Tips: Special DJ acts spin on Tuesday nights while a regular rotation works the rest of the week.

LIFT Lounge or email LIFT Lounge

Casual atmosphere and stiff drinks keep the crowds coming to this comfortable Uptown bar on McKinney.

Reviews:

• “A Very Versatile Bar”
• “BEST BAR ANYWHERE”
• “awesome awesome bar”
• “If you wanna drink, go here.”
• “Why would you want to be anywhere else”

Tips: Avoid lines by arriving before 10pm.

Loon Bar & Grill

Addison dance club that lives a little in the past offers drink specials, disco nights and bar menu.

Reviews:

• “DISAPPOINTED”
• “Great place to be”
• “Great night spot for singles, drinking and dancing.”

Tips: Enjoy the big game on one of the big screens.

Metro Retro Bar

Club-going hedonists sample everything from hip-hop to ’80s pop scenes in this multi-story downtown nightlife venue.

Reviews:

• “fabulous”
• “Kick Azz Thursday !”
• “To many mexicans from ft worth”
• “Worse club”
• “ew”

Tips: Be a girl. Guys must pay a $20 cover. Also, drink specials happen every night and vary from $2 shots to deals on domestic beers.

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