Between flashy new clubstaurants and DPD attempting to curb crime, the live music venues, dive bars and restaurants that give Deep Ellum its character are having a hard time.
In 2017, a single business triggered a tsunami of booze along South Good Latimer Expressway, just outside Deep Ellum. Tired buildings, some with boarded windows and fences around them, sprung to new life. In a span of a few years, Google Map images show the area going from Pam onThe first to settle the area, creating this transformation, was the high-energy bar Bottled Blonde. When it opened, it was the only spot along this short strip , and it was an instant hit.
Corieri says when he was looking for real estate for Bottled Blonde in Dallas, one of his business priorities was to own the land. But as this area thrives, just a block away Dallas’ venerable 150-year-old entertainment and cultural district, Deep Ellum, is hurting. There’s been a shift, a clear downturn for many locally owned places, and while the reasons vary slightly from spot to spot, one thing is clear: a chokepoint created by the new neighbors that turns Good Latimer into a parking lot on the weekends isn’t helping.
A short walk down from The Saint — a long walk if you’re wearing red bottoms, which hopefully you are, you loaf A bit farther down, past Electric Shuffle , we arrive at Brick & Bones. Drinks are in front of us quickly, and we even get a free fried chicken leg as part of a late happy hour deal. We still ordered two more baskets, which arrived in a hurry. The bar is barely half full on a Saturday night.
The new people he’s referring to might not understand that Deep Ellum came about around 1873 as a confluence of culture, art and business. The neighborhood is dotted with historically significant buildings and was one of the first desegregated areas of the city. In the ‘20s it fostered a jazz and blues scene.
“That kills my business because in 2020 we transitioned into getting with UberEats and DoorDash and third-party deliveries to survive,” Edgar says. “So when they close the streets down on the weekends, drivers can't get to us. So we lose all that business every Friday and Saturday night.” “When they block the neighborhood off, there's nowhere to park,” he says. “So then they can take an Uber, but they're getting dropped off four blocks away. And with the reputation that Deep Ellum has gotten with the crime, it's completely killed our weekend business.”
At the same time, other restaurants like Federales and Vidorra, the first from Chicago and the other locally owned by Milkshake Concepts , have moved into Deep Ellum proper. Federales has a retractable roof and customers can throw an ice shot glass at a bell to “ring the bell.” It’s very frat party. Both are doing well, but as clubstaurants, they serve a different customer than those at a quirky, dark bar.
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