In Dallas, if you are looking for a watering hole with an extensive beer selection, including several drafts, follow the arrow that says Deep Ellum. Or search for the familiar name, Malcolm X Blvd. Not so familiar to many will be Cesar Chavez Blvd. Either way, these will get you to a conglomeration of activities bustling with nightlife, hotspots for live music, cool bars, and casual eateries.

Get there early, say before 8 p.m. Otherwise, parking spots will be absent though the streets are pedestrian-friendly these days, with increased police presence, making foot traffic exciting.

Main, Elm and Commerce streets run parallel downtown Dallas into Deep Ellum Dallas, the Mecca for the arts. Radiator Alley carves a path to any of the roads to bring you to the vibrancy of Dallas’ cultures, art, and music.

Expect to hear blaring bass as you walk the streets. Enter any of the clubs, and you will see bodies tangled together on the dance floor and packed with people like sardines. You might even sometimes press and rub against sweaty bodies as you make your way to the bartender.

Outside, there are patios and rooftop bars if you prefer to air out and chill to some soft music, reflect on the calm and beauty of Dallas’ skyline, with some appeal of bold colors provided by plenty of murals on the sides of buildings by artists for added ambiance.

That was before Covid-19.

Now, the buzzword is masking, and in Deep Ellum, that’s not just for people, but businesses are mostly masked with boards to prevent rioters from glass-breaking.

As managers, waiters, bartenders, and musicians work no more, artists went to work on the boarded-up buildings with murals.
Not to overwork the adage, “a picture paints a thousand words,”
put your hands together for Deep Ellum Dallas today!

PS:Please read about Cesar Chavez.