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3531 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204

214-559-3059 

 

3531 McKinney Ave. Dallas TX 75204

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  • Daily 11am-2am
  • Smoking, Takeout
Description

Open 365 days a year, this popular dive bar and grill just off McKinney Avenue in the West Village is a hit with all the neighboring apartments, condos and lofts, as well as anyone who's able to take the McKinney Avenue Trolley. And it's no wonder The Loon is so popular with folks in the neighborhood -- who don't have to drive -- because it has a very solid reputation for having bartenders with some of the longest pours in Dallas. "Stiffest of the stiff," one regular says. "Just a splash of Coke." Food specials are scratched on chalkboards scattered throughout the establishment, and the thin-crust pizza, plates of pasta and thick hamburgers are the most popular menu items. It's worth noting that this windowless bar is in a strip near a dentist's office and a Subway. Bring quarters to play pool or the jukebox, and forget what's going on outside -- you can't even tell if it's raining.








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  • The Loon\'s Crunchy Tacos Prevent Hangovers One Barfly at a Time

    The Loon's Crunchy Tacos Prevent Hangovers One Barfly at a Time

    The Loon is a drinker's bar. Walk in at noon and there will already be a handful of barflies perched on stools and muscling their way through their first stiff drinks -- some may even be on their seco... More »

  • Eat <i>This</i> Guy Fieri: A Photo Essay on The Dive Bars of Dallas

    Eat This Guy Fieri: A Photo Essay on The Dive Bars of Dallas

    We love dives. It's the feel of these places: the flaking-away booth chair, the wobbly stool, the Exile on Main Street on the juke box. And, oh sweet yes: late-night corn dogs. So, eat this Food Netwo... More »

  • A Happy Hour With Pours So Generous They Must Be Loon-y

    A Happy Hour With Pours So Generous They Must Be Loon-y

    Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin' Time, with the details on why you should or shouldn't take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials. Wh... More »

  • Scoring Board

    Scoring Board

    A facile reading of the Dallas bar scene might draw upon the primeval hunt as an appropriate metaphor. After all, the urge to pursue and capture is evident throughout American culture, from literature to cartoons to homeland security. Be the prey... More »

  • Spanish Eye

    Spanish Eye

    Peter Tarantino, who has been wandering around the Dallas restaurant scape (Flying Saucer, Caribbean Red, eccolo Ristorante and enoteca) since his Tarantino's restaurant near Fair Park succumbed to plumbing offal some 18 months ago, says he will... More »

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  • 2010 | Best One-Fisted Drinking

    Here's our kind of drinking game: Order an uninitiated friend a cocktail or, better yet, whiskey on the rocks at The Loon. Then sit back and watch your pal's face as he has an internal debate about whether to say something to the server, like, "Excuse me, ma'am, but I didn't order a triple." The Loon, with its homey, pretense-free and clean but divey ambiance and satisfying food, doesn't need such enormous drinks to keep patrons coming back, but we're sure not complaining. A... More »

  • 2003 | Best Bar to Find Stiffs

    Some nights you're not feeling hip. Some nights you don't feel pretty. The whole West Village, Mock-Station, Deep Ellum, downtown, Greenville Avenue scene just sounds like such a friggin' beat-down. What you need, friend, is simple: a stiff drink. No frills, no fuss. Just several jiggers of something brown to make you feel better about your pitiful lot in life, if only for the evening. That's when you go to The Loon. Because they pour drinks so stiff you could iron your pants on them. More »

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