DFW Bottle Share Locations?

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  1. mattisloco

    mattisloco Maven (1,306) Feb 13, 2007 Texas
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    As some of you may have already read, Craft & Growler will no longer be able to hold bottle shares for us. Restaurants have held some smaller shares for us in the past but if we'd like to continue the "quarterly" larger shares, we'll need to find a new spot or spots. These have averaged around 30 people in the past, so will require a large area.

    My suggestions for questions to ask:

    Do they require deposit? IMO we should avoid this because you never know who will show to these and someone could end up getting stuck with a bill.

    Will there be an expectation on a minimum bill from our group? This is something we could work with maybe but we might want to avoid.

    Can we do this on a Saturday afternoon? C&G was unable to do this for our large group, as are most places. If we did this during an odd time at a restaurant I think we could find a place. 1:30pm to 5ish might be doable.



    There's probably a million things I haven't thought of, so please add on as we go. If you have friends in the restaurant industry reach out to them. We probably won't find another Craft & Growler that can routinely host us, so multiple locations would be great.


    Cheers,
    -Matt
     
    #1 mattisloco, May 12, 2014
  2. aschwab

    aschwab Initiate (0) Mar 3, 2009 Texas

    Our you do it in some form of a BYOB trailer park - like some have been doing in Austin. No idea what your availability of those up in DFW are, but it seems the torchy's trailer park in Austin has had not said anything to them about doing them there.
     
    #2 aschwab, May 12, 2014
  3. mattisloco

    mattisloco Maven (1,306) Feb 13, 2007 Texas
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    We have one food trailer park in Dallas. They serve liquor there so it's a no go. Ft Worth has one or two and this could be an option for "those people" :wink:
     
    #3 mattisloco, May 12, 2014
  4. army01

    army01 Initiate (0) Feb 25, 2011 Texas

    Suck craft beer off of a stripper's belly (though I think that would be easier to do in Houston).
     
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  5. mattisloco

    mattisloco Maven (1,306) Feb 13, 2007 Texas
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    I'm not a real fan of being divorced. Every scenario I play out in my head involving BYOB and Strippers ends with me being divorced.
     
    #5 mattisloco, May 12, 2014
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  6. TX-Badger

    TX-Badger Grand Pooh-Bah (3,234) Jun 14, 2012 Texas
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    That makes 2 of us.
     
    #6 TX-Badger, May 12, 2014
  7. mattisloco

    mattisloco Maven (1,306) Feb 13, 2007 Texas
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    Does anyone still frequent the Addison Saucer? They allowed shares in 2011 and they had a nice sized room back then.
     
    #7 mattisloco, May 12, 2014
  8. champ103

    champ103 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,296) Sep 3, 2007 Texas
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    We can't do shares at the Saucer, In Houston anyway, for the time being. So not sure what the situation is like for DFW? Though in the past they have always taken good care of us when we did have shares. We have great shares at the Gingerman, definitely a place to ask. Joe was the manager in Houston for a long time, he is now in an upper management position in Dallas. If anyone runs into him or the actual bar managers, I am sure they will be glad to work something out. It has been so long since I was last in the Dallas/FW area, I don't really know what the beer bar seen has become, outside of a few places. Just my unwanted .02 :slight_smile:
     
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  9. UtisTheLaw

    UtisTheLaw Pundit (876) Jul 26, 2012 Texas

    I don't go there often, but I believe the Texas rule on BYOB is that you can't allow it if the establishment has a mixed drink license or private club license. I think the Saucer expanded into full bar service after they opened.
     
    #9 UtisTheLaw, May 12, 2014
  10. air

    air Zealot (671) Mar 28, 2007 Texas

    I don't think the Dallas saucer has a mixed drink license, so that could be a good idea yeah.

    If only WBC wasn't so small :slight_frown:
     
    #10 air, May 12, 2014
  11. mattisloco

    mattisloco Maven (1,306) Feb 13, 2007 Texas
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    Addison was the exception to this for quite awhile but I seem to remember someone telling me they went full bar.

    WBC would be so perfect. Weren't they knocking down a wall at some point? Still probably too small to host though.
     
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  12. mattisloco

    mattisloco Maven (1,306) Feb 13, 2007 Texas
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    I believe our Gingerman locations went full bar.
     
    #12 mattisloco, May 12, 2014
  13. Indytruks138

    Indytruks138 Initiate (0) Jun 28, 2013 Texas

    Lots of BYOB pizza places in Plano. We would likely have to agree to a certain amount of pizza bought though.
     
    #13 Indytruks138, May 12, 2014
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  14. Indytruks138

    Indytruks138 Initiate (0) Jun 28, 2013 Texas

    Also, is anyone close enough with any of the local brewers to ask if we can do it at their brewery? I have seen Karbach and Buffalo Bayou hosting shares, anyone got a good relationship and willing to ask if we can do it at Lakewood, Community, or Peticolas? I feel DEBC would shut us out based on some of the hate thrown towards them on here.
     
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  15. Abbbp

    Abbbp Pooh-Bah (1,762) Mar 9, 2013 Texas
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    I'm not tight with them, but it'd go a long way for DEBC in terms of community relations/perception from members of this site at least if we could host even an annual one there. I don't know what DEBC did or why, and forgive me Matt as I have no intention of derailing or going off topic, but they hold a sweet property/location and it'd be awesome there.
     
    #15 Abbbp, May 12, 2014
  16. dkw0063

    dkw0063 Initiate (0) Dec 1, 2012 Texas

    What about Drew's new place Brain Dead? Not sure when it will open though.
     
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  17. Indytruks138

    Indytruks138 Initiate (0) Jun 28, 2013 Texas

    Don't think it will be big enough to host, unless it is during non-business hours, which is hard to sell to a business. Drew is awesome though, so I will def be spending as much time there as I can.
     
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  18. dkw0063

    dkw0063 Initiate (0) Dec 1, 2012 Texas

    Ok I have not been by to see how big the place is going to be. Just know Drew is cool.
     
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  19. crusian

    crusian Pooh-Bah (1,989) May 14, 2010 Oregon
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    always a fan of denton square lawn shares. :slight_smile:
    its nice sitting in the grass people watching having some nice beers.
     
    #19 crusian, May 12, 2014
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  20. dkw0063

    dkw0063 Initiate (0) Dec 1, 2012 Texas

    Well I am always for people coming up to Denton. Means my drive home is like 2 minutes. :slight_smile:
     
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