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And while you may have heard about Dallitude (what city doesn’t have their share of pretentious queens?), the city’s friendly locals and diverse nightspots give its gay community a tinge of Texas charm.
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He’s optimistic about the future of Dallas’s “gayborhood” with all the bars and clubs in Oak Lawn, confirming they expect to make a comeback.You could easily spend an evening hopping around the bars and eateries along the Cedar Springs Strip, enjoying cocktails and go-go boys off The Strip or patronizing other gay-friendly venues around town. Pierce is concerned about the possibility of the bar becoming a “super-spreader” location but says with the precautions they’re implementing, businesses like theirs shouldn’t be forced to stay closed. Pierce says they’ll allow 40 people on the dance floor at a time, and only if they’re wearing masks.īefore COVID-19, the Round-Up had an occupancy of 850.Īlthough business won’t look the same the bar’s staff is eager to roll with the punches, “and hopefully get back to the good ol’ days of dancing, sooner rather than later,” said Pierce. The Round-Up will only allow people wearing masks to enter the bar, only to be removed when sitting to eat. This is a new experience with this food thing.” said Pierce. “We’ll open at probably 25 percent, and then move up to 50 in a week or two, maybe, as we get comfortable. Now, considered a makeshift restaurant, Pierce and Miller plan to phase in the 50 percent capacity rule. However, over in Fort Worth Tarrant County’s Judge allowed bars to reopen with 50 percent capacity starting October 14. The bar will be serving food prepared by a local food truck that will be parked in the bar’s back parking lot.īars and clubs like TMC, and Station-4 across the street from the Round-Up, which don’t have the TABC certification, will remain closed in Dallas.
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Pierce and Miller just got their certificate the first week of October and plan to reopen soon. In August, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission created a loophole allowing bar owners to apply for a food and beverage certificate under the condition that food and merchandise must make up at least 51 percent of the bar’s total earnings. “At least now Governor Abbott has given the approval to reopen, but then he gave the final approval to our local county judges, and so Clay Jenkins in Dallas has said ‘no,’ he will not allow bars to open, they’re literally killing our businesses.” said Pierce. Now, seven months deep into this pandemic, Pierce and Miller will be the first to tell you when it comes to economic fallout, bars like the Round-Up have been some the hardest hit businesses. Since they took ownership, Pierce can’t remember a single weekend the bar had been closed before the pandemic shutdown. Pierce is proud to remind anyone that the Round-Up’s not only a popular destination spot for Dallasites but also attracts visiting stars like Willie Nelson and Lady Gaga, just to name a few. The bar has been named Texas’s Premier Country Western Gay Bar and turned 40 years old this past July. Hot spots like JR’s, Sue Ellen’s, Station 4, TMC, Woody’s, Havana, and Round-Up Saloon have been closed since their short-lived reopen back in June.Īlan Pierce and his husband Gary Miller have owned the Round-Up Saloon for the last 25 years. The Round-Up got their food and beverage certificate the first week of October and plan to reopen soon. Popular destination spot for Dallasites but also attracts visiting stars like Willie Nelson, Robyn, and Lady Gaga Alan Pierce and his husband Gary Miller have owned the Round-Up Saloon for the last 25 years.