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231 W. Jefferson Blvd. Dallas, TX 75208

214-948-1546 

http://www.thetexastheatre.com  

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231 W. Jefferson Blvd. Dallas TX 75208

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    Full bar
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Best known as the place where Lee Harvey Oswald was apprehended after assassinating JFK, the Texas Theatre keeps a considerably lower profile these days, mostly showing indie and horror flicks, silent movies, rough cuts of new projects from local filmmakers and playing host to art shows and special events. Located on Oak Cliff’s Jefferson Boulevard among quinceañera shops and taquerías, the charming retro lobby boasts a full bar and an appropriately old-school record player, making it an ideal spot to hang out before or after a movie -- or just pop in for a cocktail to absorb some of that historic vibe. Bonus: Jefferson Boulevard offers plenty of metered parking, a welcome respite from the forced valet omnipresent in the city’s tonier areas.








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    By Audra Schroeder | Thu, April 18, 2013

    The Dallas International Film Festival has come and gone, and we only have two months until the Oak Cliff Film Festival unloads another warm laundry basket of cinema onto our laps. Texas Theatre (231 W. Jefferson Blvd.) is the brain trust, and... More »

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  • 2012 | Best Before-Movie PSA

    Southfork's own Jock Ewing haunts Texas Theatre, looking just a tad rough around the edges. Moviegoers at the historic Oak Cliff cinema palace are always treated to a special pre-flick spot from Ewing (played by local musician and lovable cable-access weirdo George Quartz). The ghost of the great man is shown lurching unsteadily toward the bar, tipping his 10-gallon back on his head, boring the bartender shitless with a semi-intelligible story about a giant catfish. "Whence using the powder... More »

  • 2012 | Best Cheap Date

    Not all romances fit the conventional confines of a mall's megaplex. Some need booze. Recycled junk yard cinema. And reanimated corpses, having threesomes. For those modern age Romeos and Juliets, there is Tuesday Night Trash, a free weekly Texas Theatre series organized by crap's curator, Travis Box. Looking at TNT's monthly calendar is a little like digging through the VHS junk drawer in a dilapidated haunted house. Will you wind up with 80 minutes of demonic blobs, hungry for human... More »

  • 2012 | Best Movie Theater

    Do we need to add to what we said in previous Best of Dallas write-ups, or the People Issue love we showed for the guys behind The Texas Theatre's revival? A refresher: the so-bad-they're-good genre flicks at Tuesday Night Trash; the bar; the arthouse films you won't see anywhere else; the bar; the revival of past classics; the bar; the Oak Cliff Film Festival; the bar. For us, seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark on 35mm was enough to seal a repeat victory. More »

  • 2012 | Best Place to Meet a Hipster Boyfriend

    The historic Oak Cliff theater boasts a roster of some of the hippest events in town. Pair that with a damn good bar that serves everything from canned beer to Prohibition-era cocktails and you have yourself a Dallas hipster den. So, whether stopping by Texas Theatre for a psychedelic DJ set, the Geeks Who Drink trivia night, or to check out your favorite cult classic film on 35mm, chances are you'll bump into a hipster dreamboat before the night's end. More »

  • 2011 | Best Movie Theater

    It's hard to walk into Oak Cliff's Texas Theatre and not feel the history thick in the air. The stucco walls on the interior cover up the theater's original architecture that was in place the day Lee Harvey Oswald ducked in without paying, shortly after the death of President John F. Kennedy. Since then, the theater has changed hands several times, and in 2010 was reopened under the management of Aviation Cinemas Inc., which screens an impressive mix of award-winning indie flicks and cult... More »

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