The Top 12 Dive Bars Near Bitty & Beau’s Coffee
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Rank 1. Double Wide
Dive Bar
Deep Ellum gets loud fast, and Double Wide is your pressure valve. It's a trailer park-themed dive bar where the drinks are cheap, stiff, and unapologetic, and the patio seating is made from repurposed toilets, which tells you everything about the vibe. A music venue sits across the patio and pulls in bands and DJs across genres. The crowd is flannel-and-tattoos with nowhere better to be, which honestly sounds about right.
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Rank 2. Hidden Door
Dive Bar
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Rank 3. The Old Crow
Dive Bar
The Old Crow is the kind of dive bar that doesn't need to impress you, and somehow that's exactly why it does. Plywood floors, Busch Light neons, cheap beers, and a dartboard are pretty much the whole pitch. The crowd is regulars in jeans who've been coming here for years, plus whoever just had a rough week and needs to not think about it. Greenville Ave has fancier options, but this one has soul.
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Rank 4. Lakewood Landing
Dive Bar
Lakewood Landing has been a neighborhood dive bar forever, and somehow it still feels like the real thing. Burgers, pool, a jukebox loaded with local picks, and a front patio where regulars will happily talk sports or music with a stranger. Grab the solo seat at the far end of the bar if you want a front-row view of Dallas in its natural habitat. The late-night jalapeño corn dog is non-negotiable.
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Rank 5. Ships Lounge
Dive Bar
Ships has been around forever, sitting right where Lower Greenville's nightlife bumps into an old East Dallas neighborhood, and that collision is the whole show. Old-timers who've held the same barstool for decades sit a few seats from musicians and scensters, and somehow it works. Fair warning: the regulars enforce a no-cussing rule, so save the blue material for elsewhere.
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Rank 6. Dallasite Billiards
Dive Bar
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Rank 7. Rodeo Cold
Dive Bar
A Western-themed dive bar on Ross Avenue where the doorman wears a cowboy hat and the bass on the wall chugs beer. Inside it's all red neon, pool tables, and bartenders who'll learn your order fast. Out back, the Adult Playground patio hosts line dancing and, yes, actual chicken shit bingo. Order a frozen Dr Pepper spiked with vodka and try not to feel too Texan about it. You will fail.
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A proper dive bar in downtown Dallas where the whiskey is cheap, the hockey is always on, and the bar food is genuinely good enough to plan around. Think smoked meatloaf with gravy and mashed potatoes, or a fancy bologna sandwich that sounds like a joke until you're halfway through it. Regulars nurse beers at the bar while everyone else argues about the game. Come hungry and a little underdressed.
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Rank 9. R.L.Blues Palace 2
Dive Bar
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Rank 10. Mike’s Gemini Twin
Dive Bar
The Cedars bar that refuses to be just a dive, Mike's pulls off something genuinely weird: suited-up management, a decorative stripper pole, pool, darts, and hot dogs on a roller grill. The dirty martini, made with fresh-pressed olive juice and an anchovy-stuffed olive, is the real reason to show up. Dark, a little flirty, and somehow classy about it. The crowd feels like people who dress up but don't want to act like it.
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Rank 11. Lee Harvey's
Dive Bar
Lee Harvey's is the kind of dive bar that Dallas actually needs, wood paneling, neon beer signs, and zero pretense. It's been around forever and has the lived-in feel to prove it. The dog-friendly patio is genuinely great, so bring your pup and a friend who drinks cheap beer without making it a personality. The onion rings with chipotle aioli are dangerously good for a bar snack.
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Rank 12. Barbara's Pavillion
Dive Bar
Your bartender's favorite bar is high praise, and Barb's has earned it the honest way, by being a genuinely good dive for decades. The Oak Cliff regulars treat it like their living room, and the vibe skews retro in all the right ways. Thursday and Sunday karaoke nights get rowdy, burlesque shows pop up monthly, and the jukebox wanders freely from disco to hip-hop. Don't be shocked if someone famous is sitting next to you nursing a drink.
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