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3611 Parry Ave. Dallas, TX 75226

214-826-8383

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Best Bloody Mary
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): American, Brewery

Hours: Sun 12pm-2am, Mon-Sat 4pm-2am

Price: $
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, cash

Attire: Casual

Features: Smoking, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Order Online, Vegetarian Friendly
Serving: Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner, Late Night

Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Lot Available

Description

This stalwart of Exposition Park has been a popular hangout for discerning bar goers in Dallas for well over a decade. There isn't a specific draw. Rather, discovering the bar's subtleties will make you a regular, just like the Expo Park dwellers and music fans who hang out in the nearby Deep Ellum neighborhood. The way the sun creates long shadows that fill the narrow space in the late afternoon is sublime, especially with a two- or three-beer buzz. A rotation of local artwork covers one wall, while a tall wooden case holds hundreds of bottles behind the bar on the other side. And the food, a selection of high-brow pub grub, is great for dinner or a late-night snack.

Scaraoke with DJ Mr. Rid

11:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. every Thu.
Good Music Monday

9:00 p.m. first Mon. of every month

Good Records hosts this sneak peek at new music releases. The event also includes prizes and a raffle.

2011 | Best Bloody Mary

Screw the Wheaties. The real breakfast of champions, especially on a lazy Sunday, is a good Bloody Mary. It should be strong without being overpowering, spicy without making your eyes water, and, above all, there should be some stuff keeping your alcohol company in that glass: olives, pickles, celery, whatever, as long as there's a little bite of sourness and crunch to pingpong off the spicy red of the drink. Meridian Room isn't afraid to garnish their version with all the goodies. When it's... More »
2007 | Best Bar

We want it all from our bar. We like a bar with a nice blend of drunks and fashionable folk so we can have something to laugh at and ogle while we take in our Boddingtons (which they have on tap, thanks) or Stella or vodka whatevers. We love a comfortable bar stool. We love the option of ordering really, really good food (Guinness steak sandwich with fries, please) to soak up our drink. We appreciate the presence of DJ Mr. Rid's Scaraoke every Thursday night for a good bit of... More »
2005 | Best Reason to Call in Sick on Friday

Can you tell the difference between a voice scratchy and raw from a nasty case of bronchitis on the verge of pneumonia from one harmed by four hours spent in a smoky bar and performing a scream-filled rendition of Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" Nope. And neither can your boss. See, Skaraoke--hosted every Thursday night from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. by DJ Mr. Rid--is a reason and an excuse to take a three-day weekend. The long-running (first at XPO Lounge and now at Meridian Room) event... More »
2004 | Best Place to Order a Negroni

Old-fashioned drinks require a certain atmosphere. Not necessarily a clubbish dark wood and leather, billowing clouds of cigar smoke, British accents type thing, mind you. Cocktails like the negroni or the mint julep or the old-fashioned call out for a bar. That is, a room dominated by a long counter backed by rows and rows of alcohol--the kind of place your grandfather frequented back when the greatest generation led this country through Prohibition, the Depression, war. You know, the... More »
2003 | Best Use of Pineapple Juice

We used to think that our old college roommate's homemade pi�a coladas were the best possible use for pineapple juice. They were so good we almost didn't mind the brain freeze we got trying to hide the evidence from our dorm monitor. But, you see, we had yet to discover The Scza. While the name (pronounced skee-za) sounds like something you might hear on Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, and, in fact, it is off da hizzle fo' shizzle, there's nothing ghetto about this Meridian Room original. A co... More »
2001 | Best Bar for Kicking Back

This beautifully restored hangout is one of the best places to buy mixed drinks, or as their ads say, "classic cocktails," in Dallas. Unlike the party-hardy scene in Deep Ellum and Lower Greenville, the Meridian Room is a great place for real camaraderie, not drunken blowouts. The Exposition Park neighborhood near Fair Park is still a fringe-y area best known for Forbidden Books and a Wiccan church (or temple), but places like the Meridian Room and Hungree's (a nearby sandwich joint) are... More »

Dallas' Five Best Bloody Marys

By Scott Reitz | Fri, December 2, 2011

I once had a delicate morning beverage made with the water strained from the pulp of summer tomatoes, vodka infused with rosemary and a hint of citrus. The drink was crystal clear with a faint rosy hu... More »
Hey, Look at This Dumpster! It's DIRK!

By Leslie Minora | Mon, June 20, 2011

Look on TV, DIRK; look on Twitter, DIRK; Look on your neighbor's T-shirt, DIRK...and we're not even close to sick of him! His likeness pops up in the most unexpected places, almost the way Jesus appea... More »
The Dallas Mavericks vs. Miami Heat: Game-Watching Parties

By Catherine Downes | Tue, May 31, 2011

The Mavericks will face the Miami Heat tonight at Miami's American Airlines Arena in game 1 of the NBA Finals. While some Mavs fans will be there sporting their Dallas pride, those who didn't make the... More »
Nothing Middling About The Meridian Room Brunch

By Andrea Grimes | Mon, January 10, 2011

Saturday night ended with a glass of "buttershops," the beverage I make when things look really, really dire on the home bar front. It's brandy and butterscotch liquer, and generally by the time I get... More »

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schambers30 | Dallas, TX | 75 Reviews

| Tue, June 29, 2010

Good food and they carry one of my favorite beers...Pinkus.
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sfranch | Dallas, TX | 244 Reviews

| Mon, January 25, 2010

Went there for brunch yesterday, food was great as always. Try the jalapeno soup with their Cuban sammy. Chilaquiles are yummy as well, and they have $2.50 mojitos and champagne drinks during brunch. Turkey brie sandwich is awesome, too.
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radrubyroad | Dallas, TX | 1 Reviews

| Sun, June 13, 2010

Hipsters and travelers, very low-key and chill
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The Meridian Room

3611 Parry Ave. Dallas, TX 75226

214-826-8383

Description

Scaraoke with DJ Mr. Rid

11:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. every Thu.

Good Music Monday

9:00 p.m. first Mon. of every month

2011 | Best Bloody Mary

2007 | Best Bar

2005 | Best Reason to Call in Sick on Friday

2004 | Best Place to Order a Negroni

2003 | Best Use of Pineapple Juice

2001 | Best Bar for Kicking Back

Dallas' Five Best Bloody Marys

By Scott Reitz | Fri, December 2, 2011

Hey, Look at This Dumpster! It's DIRK!

By Leslie Minora | Mon, June 20, 2011

The Dallas Mavericks vs. Miami Heat: Game-Watching Parties

By Catherine Downes | Tue, May 31, 2011

Nothing Middling About The Meridian Room Brunch

By Andrea Grimes | Mon, January 10, 2011

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