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1806 McMillan Ave. Dallas, TX 75206

214-370-5571 

 

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  • Sun 12pm-2am, Mon-Sat 7am-2am
Description

Despite its trendy Henderson locale, The Slip Inn feels every bit like an inner-city underground club, helped by the red neon lighting and black vinyl seating. The bar makes for an excellent hangout with a 3 to 8 p.m. nightly happy hour, booth seating in back and DJs spinning hip-hop every night of the week. Up for a game of pool? The Slip Inn has a pool table and holds a 9-ball tournament on the last Tuesday of every month.







  • 2005 | Best Night Club Attached to a Convenience Store

    It took us four passes with the windows rolled up and the doors locked before we built up the courage to pull into the Slip Inn parking lot, but boy, are we glad we did. Once inside, the whiskey was cheap, the hipsters were minimal, and the dancing was a free-for-all. All cares were forgotten until we stumbled back out into the night and realized that we still had a thirst that could only be quenched with pork rinds and soda. Luckily, the Save-Way grocery was just a few short staggers away,... More »

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  • sfranch
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    sfranch | Dallas, TX | 244 Reviews

    | Tue, April 27, 2010

    Great scene, but the DJs are what really keep this place hopping.

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    curtis.amy01 | Grand Prairie, TX | 1 Reviews

    | Sun, March 6, 2011

    THIS PLACE IS THE TRASHIEST BAR I HAVE EVER BEEN TO IN MY LIFE. IN MY LIFE! IT'S SMALL AND CONGESTED AND OVERCAPACITY, BUT STILL CRAMMED PEOPLE IN. THE BARTENDERS.. CAN I SAY THEY WERE ON CRACK LITERALLY! I DIDN'T EVEN GET A GOOD BUZZ DUE TO THE FACT IT TOOK ME 45 MINS TO GET A DRINK AND BY THEN I HAD TO GET MY HUSBAND TO REINFORCE AND A ,LITERALLY, CRACKED OUT BARTENDER THAT THOUGHT HE OWNED THE BAR TOOK OUR MONEY, DEEP THROATED OUR MONEY AND THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS! REALLY? THAT MONEY HAS BEEN EVERY WHERE, WON'T BE SURPRISED IF HE HAS GONORRHEA NOW.. WE GOT THERE AT MIDNIGHT AND ONLY TWO DRINKS WERE SERVED TO MY HUSBAND AND I, WE CAME WITH FOUR OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT I ADD. OKAY AND THAT ISN'T THE WORST PART. YOU CANNOT WEAR BASEBALL HATS IN THE BAR,THAT IS THEIR POLICY. COOL. MY HUSBAND AND HIS 2 FRIENDS HAD HATS, BUT THEY TOLD THEM, “HEY YOU CAN BRING YOUR HAT, BUT DON'T WEAR IT.” WE WALKED IN AND TEN OTHER GUYS ARE WEARING THEIR HAT. SO AROUND 1:50 AM, BEFORE THE BAR ENDED, MY HUSBAND PUTS HIS HAT ON BECAUSE WE WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE, THE CRACKED OUT BARTENDER HITS MY HUSBAND'S HEAD AND HIS CAP FLIPS OFF HIS HEAD, AGAIN HE THINKS HE OWNS THE BAR, AND TELLS HIM,"NO HATS IN THIS BAR!!!! GET HIM OUT OF HERE!" OKAY, ONE, ALL HE HAD TO SAY WAS SIR TAKE OFF YOUR HAT, NO HATS ALLOWED OR GET OUT. TWO, DON'T BE RUDE AND HIT MY HUSBAND'S HEAD BECAUSE YOU ARE DRUNK AND DRINKING ON THE JOB. OH YEAH, WE HAVE PICTURES OF HIM DRINKING STRAIGHT FROM A JAGERMIESTER BOTTLE AND SPITTING IT ALL OUT LIKE HE WAS VOMITING. OF COURSE, ANY NORMAL HUMAN WILL GET MAD AND MY HUSBAND TELLS THE BARTENDER WHAT ARE YOU DOING HITTING MY HEAD BECAUSE OF A HAT, NOT IN THOSE WORDS, BUT I'D RATHER KEEP IT PG! :) SO THE BARTENDER STARTS SCREAMING LIKE A LITTLE GIRL, BY THE WAY HE IS A MAN, TO THE BOUNCER TO KICK THIS"MOTHER F***** OUT!!!!" AGAIN WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT TOO!!! IN MY HUSBAND'S DEFENSE HE WAS TELLING THE BOUNCER HEY THIS GUY RIGHT HERE IS WEARING A BASEBALL HAT TOO, WHY CAN'T I? THE BOUNCER AND MY HUSBAND HAD SOME WORDS AND THE BOUNCER FLIPPED OUT ON MY HUSBAND. MY HUSBAND LOOKS WHITE, BUT HE IS HALF WHITE/MEXICAN, HIS BEST FRIEND IS BLACK, AND I AM ASIAN. OKAY, THE BOUNCER BASICALLY CALLED MY HUSBAND RACIST BECAUSE HE USED A SLANG WORD TOWARDS A GUY. WHICH HE DIDN'T MEAN IT IN A RACIST WAY. SO MY HUSBAND WAS ABOUT TO WALK AWAY AND THEN THE BOUNCER GRABS HIM AND TRIES TO FORCEFULLY DRAG MY HUSBAND OUT OF THE BAR, REMIND YOU THAT THE BOUNCER WAS ABOUT 6'7 AND MY HUSBAND IS 5'6 AND DID NOT ATTACK NOR DISRESPECT ANYONE TO DESERVE THAT. AFTER TWO MEN DRAGGED MY HUSBAND OUT FOR NO REASON! THE BOUNCER THAT WAS INITIALLY SPEAKING TO MY HUSBAND DRAGGED HIM OUT TO THE PARKING LOT TO BEAT HIM UP. HE TRIED TO CRUSH MY HUSBAND'S HEAD IN TO THE CEMENT AND ALMOST PUNCHED HIM UNTIL ALL THE WORKERS THERE NEW A LAWSUIT WAS GOING TO BE SET. THE BOUNCER ASSAULTED, TAUNTED AFTER THE FACT, AND EVEN SMIRKED AT US. I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE A BAD PERSONAL LIFE, BUT IF YOU ARE THAT MESSED UP IN THE HEAD TO DO ALL THAT, YOU SHOULDN'T BE WORKING AS A BOUNCER. THIS BOUNCER TOOK IT FROM PROFESSIONAL FOR ABOUT A MINUTE TO PERSONAL WITH MY HUSBAND. OH DID I MENTION I WAS NOT DRUNK, INTOXICATED, NOR DID I MISS ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THIS SITUATION. I AM ANGRY AND VERY DISGUSTED. AFTER I HAD CALLED THE POLICE AND FILED A POLICE REPORT THE OWNER OR WHOEVER HE WAS DECIDES TO SAY WE APOLOGIZE AND WE KNOW THAT IT WAS IN THE WRONG!! I WAS LIKE, EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE, BUT SUCK MY D***! THIS IS HOW YOU RUN YOUR BUSINESS? THIS IS HOW YOU GET YOURSELF OUT OF BUSINESS! IT IS THE MOST TRASHIEST PLACE I HAVE EVER BEEN TO. LUCKILY, THE PHOTOS THAT WERE TAKEN WAS FROM OUR FRIEND THAT IS A PHOTOGRAPHER AND HE CAUGHT IT ALL. IT HAPPENED SO FAST THAT OUT FRIENDS DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON SO HE WAS JUST SHOOTING PHOTOS. IF THERE WAS ANYTHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT THIS OUTCOME, IT WOULD BE THEM GOING OUT OF BUSINESS AND THAT BOUNCER GOING TO JAIL.

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    consultantzachary | Plano, TX | 7 Reviews

    | Mon, July 27, 2009

    Dive bar. Good music on various nights of the week. Not the cheapest dive bar however.

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