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• Charlie Papaceno, Progenitor of the Windmill, Runs a Damn Fine Bar. That is All.

  By Scott Reitz | Thu, July 28, 2011

  ​Tuesday night, sometime after 10. Charlie Papaceno, sporting vintage specs, was working the bar of the Windmill Lounge, a little dive on Maple. A couple huddled in the corner, and two more pai More >

• Your Seemingly Quixotic Cocktail Quest Ends At The Windmill Lounge

  By Jesse Hughey | Wed, August 11, 2010

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

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  schambers30

  | Tue, June 29, 2010

  I had some delicious drink with raspberry and basil...ok maybe I had 4. Fun dive bar with lotso personality!

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  Hophead1970

  | Sun, March 07, 2010

  It may only be important to me, but they actually make their own ginger juice and grenadine! I recommend the "Juan Collins."

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  sfranch

  | Tue, February 16, 2010

  A must-not-miss dive bar, with fantastic, innovative and delicious cocktails. Charlie has to be the best bartender in the city, and their jukebox has a wide range of tunes.

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  Shandra aka Trigger

  | Wed, November 25, 2009

  At this Dallas Observer 2009 Best of Dallas pick for "Best Bar", the people are always nice, the chili is always tasty (I give it 5 stars!) and the drinks are always awesome, but what makes this place so great is the owners. From the moment you walk in the door, Charlie and Louise make you feel like you are family and you've come home after a long hard day of work. They know your name, they know what you drink, and they probably even know what song you're gonna pick on their cool as hell jukebox (which won 2009 best jukebox in the Observer, btw) You don't have to get dressed up to go there. You don't have to impress anybody to hang out. You can just freaking relax. Let mama Louise and papa Charlie make it all better.

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  dallasobserverbestof

  | Wed, May 06, 2009

  From the tiled bar to the dark, mellow atmosphere to that ridiculous neon windmill on the roof, there's nothing contrived or even remotely close to pompous in this place. It's a neighborhood bar reminiscent of the little Manhattan dives where regulars know each other and call the bartender by name. And no wonder—the owner, Charlie, hails from the Empire State and makes the meanest New York deli sandwiches in the city. Seriously. We recommend the Reuben, but they're all perfection, especially after a long night of Jack and Cokes. Not only is there rarely a crowd of annoyingly drunk and entitled patrons, but the jukebox is one of the city's best, with hundreds of discs including Iggy Pop, Prince, Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and John Lee Hooker. What more could you want for last call?

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