Bar: Lee Harvey's

Tell Stories at a Classic Pub
 Lee Harvey’s, a true hole-in-the-hood less than a mile from city hall, is not at all what I expected from buttoned-up Dallas. If anything, as I shared a bottled Shiner with a local pastry chef, a gallery owner, a fashion photographer, and a Dallas Morning News writer, all a roaring good time, I thought I was in Austin. I urge you to snag a fireside picnic table with friends and share the tab at the 50-year-old bar.

Local Thought: Lee Harvey’s owner Seth Smith named his pup Ruby. The neighbor’s goes by Jack. “We don’t take ourselves too seriously,” he says.

Info: 1807 Gould Street; www.leeharveys.com

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