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Grab a martini at Tina’s Continental in Deep Ellum.
Kathy Tran

The 9 Hottest Cocktail Bars in Dallas Right Now

Where to sip the city’s best drinks, from high- to lowbrow

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Grab a martini at Tina’s Continental in Deep Ellum.
| Kathy Tran

Patio season is upon us, and it’s time for a fresh update of the Eater Dallas Cocktail Heatmap. These buzzy cocktail bars offer the perfect answer to the question, "Where should I drink tonight?"

Whether in search of a complex sip mixed by one of Dallas's finest bartenders or something impossibly drinkable, this guide to the city’s hottest cocktail spots will help you get it done when its time to wet your whistle.

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Black Rabbit Social

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Head north to this nightclub and restaurant where there’s dancing, a rooftop bar, a secret garden, and a patio with a water view. In addition to Italian food and snacks, it serves cocktails and bottle service (who knew that would ever come to McKinney?).

For a very special night out, Coupes in Oak Lawn is a midcentury modern, soft pastels Champagne lounge with a carefully curated playlist — both of wines and music.

Poco Fiasco

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Yes, this is a wonderful new pizza place and an excellent spot to watch the game. But it’s also a masterful martini bar. Order from the custom menu of options or go deep into the well of available vodkas and gins to create the martini of your dreams.

Triumphs Espresso & Whiskey

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Can a cocktail bar also be a coffee bar? The folks at Triumph’s are determined to do ‘em both. Order up a coffee or a cocktail — or a whiskey-infused coffee for the best of both worlds — before 3 p.m. daily. Day drinking at its finest.

Double D's Bar

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The Design District is the titular Double D’s referenced in the name of this homey cocktail bar. If you want a comfy basement feel with neon signs galore that serve inventive cocktails, this is the spot.

Tina's Continental

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If exclusivity and intimacy are the vibe of the ideal cocktail bar, then Tina’s Continental in the Continental Gin Building in Deep Ellum is the spot. This martini bar has decor influenced by the Lincoln Continental Mark V, a luxury car from the ‘70s, all in 800 square feet. It’s got a menu of martini-based cocktails devised by mixologists as well as a build-your-own martini option.

Komodo Lounge

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After dinner at Komodo, hit Komodo Lounge above the restaurant for the after party. It’s a nightclub with a full bar, bottle service, sparkler parties, and the walls are loaded with prints by artist Mari Kim.

Devils Back Porch

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This tiny speakeasy above Saint Rocco’s at Trinity Groves bears the nickname for the area of Dallas it’s in, from it’s gangster and gin-running days of Prohibition. Bonnie and Clyde even grew up nearby. Try the Godfather, a scotch and amaretto concoction, or the Corpse Reviver No. 2, made with mezcal.

Koe Wetzel's Riot Room

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Why not party like DFW’s next big music star? Country singer Koe Wetzel opened this bar and restaurant in the spring, emphasis on the bar part. It’s got classic bar foods, taps, and cocktails galore. The move for summer is surely to order a Dolores Abernathy, made with vodka, St Germain, lime, cranberry, and blood oranges.

Black Rabbit Social

Head north to this nightclub and restaurant where there’s dancing, a rooftop bar, a secret garden, and a patio with a water view. In addition to Italian food and snacks, it serves cocktails and bottle service (who knew that would ever come to McKinney?).

Coupes

For a very special night out, Coupes in Oak Lawn is a midcentury modern, soft pastels Champagne lounge with a carefully curated playlist — both of wines and music.

Poco Fiasco

Yes, this is a wonderful new pizza place and an excellent spot to watch the game. But it’s also a masterful martini bar. Order from the custom menu of options or go deep into the well of available vodkas and gins to create the martini of your dreams.

Triumphs Espresso & Whiskey

Can a cocktail bar also be a coffee bar? The folks at Triumph’s are determined to do ‘em both. Order up a coffee or a cocktail — or a whiskey-infused coffee for the best of both worlds — before 3 p.m. daily. Day drinking at its finest.

Double D's Bar

The Design District is the titular Double D’s referenced in the name of this homey cocktail bar. If you want a comfy basement feel with neon signs galore that serve inventive cocktails, this is the spot.

Tina's Continental

If exclusivity and intimacy are the vibe of the ideal cocktail bar, then Tina’s Continental in the Continental Gin Building in Deep Ellum is the spot. This martini bar has decor influenced by the Lincoln Continental Mark V, a luxury car from the ‘70s, all in 800 square feet. It’s got a menu of martini-based cocktails devised by mixologists as well as a build-your-own martini option.

Komodo Lounge

After dinner at Komodo, hit Komodo Lounge above the restaurant for the after party. It’s a nightclub with a full bar, bottle service, sparkler parties, and the walls are loaded with prints by artist Mari Kim.

Devils Back Porch

This tiny speakeasy above Saint Rocco’s at Trinity Groves bears the nickname for the area of Dallas it’s in, from it’s gangster and gin-running days of Prohibition. Bonnie and Clyde even grew up nearby. Try the Godfather, a scotch and amaretto concoction, or the Corpse Reviver No. 2, made with mezcal.

Koe Wetzel's Riot Room

Why not party like DFW’s next big music star? Country singer Koe Wetzel opened this bar and restaurant in the spring, emphasis on the bar part. It’s got classic bar foods, taps, and cocktails galore. The move for summer is surely to order a Dolores Abernathy, made with vodka, St Germain, lime, cranberry, and blood oranges.

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