Dallas' Coolest Bars: Lee Harvey's
Usually, the images those not from the Country of Texas have of Dallas are of people in cowboy hats and boots, the 1980s T.V. show "Dallas", sports, and the fact that President Kennedy was killed here. Despite the ongoing debate of whether Oswald was really the assassin, Lee Harvey's is certainly representative of Dallas. It's situated in an old one-story house with a front porch and a big graveled yard bordered with a chain link fence, next to a scrapyard. I tend to think of it as being a slice of what Dallas is really like because it's just like going to parties here, people and dogs hanging' out in the yard and crowding' the house, when local musicians might plug in their gear and play their hearts out, egged on by the party goers, barbecue grills blazing. It especially feels that way in the summer, when everyone's trying to cope with the heat with a cold beer. There's a jukebox blasting all manner of rock and random when there's not a band. There's a pool table in the back where it was probably a bedroom. The bar takes up most of the house. There's only one bathroom for each gender. (The bathtub's still there in the women's.) There's even a hammock in the yard should you need the inclination. Sunday is Dog Day Afternoon, when you can bring your best friend, canine or human, without fear of them escaping. And they serve some purty decent chow, too. (No dog, though.) Come on down, get a Lone Star, and kick back.
Lee Harvey's
1807 Gould St.
between Akard and Ervay Streets
south of Downtown and I-30
(214)428-1555
