31. The Boardroom
City: Dallas, TX
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (214) 740-0555
Address: 2990 Olive St.
Description: A high-end version of the sports hangout, this one doubles as a martini bar, fitting in well with the sleek environs of Victory Park. Seating is in booths and at the bar, all wrapped in a focused modern design. This one’s for the professional who wants a nice cocktail while watching a ball game. On Monday, if there’s not an important game, you can catch a Dinner & Movie special. Valet parking is almost your only choice here.
32. Frankie’S
City: Dallas, TX
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (214) 999-8932
Address: 3227 McKinney Ave.
Description: Whatever game you’re itching to watch is likely on one of the 26 plasma TVs or on the two projection screens. As much as people come for sports, they come also for the good food, which includes steaks, salads, and weekend brunch. Happy hour is huge here, and there’s free pizza on Tuesday evening.
33. Cork
City: Dallas, TX
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (214) 379-7031
Address: 3636 McKinney Ave.
Description: A modernistic, airy retail wine shop on the edge of Uptown’s West Village has wine tasting/learning opportunities unlike anyplace else. Staffers guide you through the tasting process, which you can share with fellow tasters. You get help also from interactive tasting stations, helping you decide which wines you want to take home from the retail operation.
34. Crush
City: Dallas, TX
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (214) 252-9463
Address: 3205 Knox St.
Description: This intimate wine bar within a wine shop offers 5-ounce pours of 15 to 20 bottles of wine from a list that changes daily. It’s a good way to taste a variety of wines and figure out where your interests lie. Cheese and meat nibbles are available, too.
35. Times Ten Cellars
City: Dallas, TX
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (214) 824-9463
Address: 6324 Prospect Ave.
Description: The Dallas tasting room of a West Texas winery loves to have fun. Frequent events have included serving wood-fired pizzas on Wednesday evenings, hosting live jazz groups on Sunday afternoons, and staging all manner of tasting events throughout the week. At any time, you can pop by to try the various pours and buy some to take home. Discounts are offered on cases.