Dallas Restaurant & Food Service Ordinance Tracker
Restaurants, bars, cafes, food trucks: health permits, alcohol licensing, outdoor dining, delivery rules, food-truck zones — tracked continuously in Dallas, TX. CouncilRadar reads every published agenda so you hear about proposals before the council votes.
Recent items
A new specific use permit would allow a bar, lounge, or live‑music venue at 2704 Elm Street, creating a new licensing and zoning approval for that type of establishment.
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The Cool River Café food and beverage concession at Dallas Love Field Airport receives a five‑year contract extension, allowing it to continue operating.
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The restaurant La Reyna’s Micheladas is seeking a variance to the alcohol spacing rules, which could allow it to serve mixed beverages and change its operations.
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Enigma Enterprises would be permitted to sell alcoholic beverages at a small general merchandise or food store, directly affecting food‑service businesses by granting a new liquor license.
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A variance would allow La Reyna’s Micheladas restaurant to serve mixed alcoholic beverages despite existing church‑spacing restrictions, directly changing how the restaurant can operate.
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A new specific use permit allows a restaurant at 6465 Samuell Boulevard to sell alcoholic beverages, expanding its operations to include alcohol service.
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A bar, lounge, or tavern at 2901 Elm Street would receive a new specific use permit, allowing it to open and serve alcohol under city regulations.
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A specific use permit will let a small general‑merchandise or food store at 7602 Great Trinity Forest Way sell alcoholic beverages, granting it a new liquor license under the D‑1 overlay.
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The specific use permit would allow Sweet Bar Dallas to open and operate a bar/lounge at 2650 Elm Street, directly affecting its ability to conduct business.
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A restaurant at 1937 Irving Boulevard would be permitted to provide 72 of the required 88 parking spaces, granting a 16‑space reduction and directly altering its parking requirements.
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The council is reviewing a specific use permit that would allow a new bar, lounge, or dance hall at 2610 Elm Street to operate, directly affecting that establishment and the local alcohol‑service market.
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The permit amendment would allow a bar, lounge, or tavern with a live‑music venue at 2640 Elm Street to operate, directly affecting that establishment and similar food‑service businesses.
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Sweet Bar Dallas will receive a specific use permit to operate a bar/lounge at 2650 Elm Street, directly enabling its alcohol and food service operations.
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The amendment authorizes Club Vivo to operate a bar/lounge and indoor dance hall at 1930 Pacific Avenue, granting a ten‑year specific use permit.
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Enigma Enterprises is approved for a specific-use permit to sell alcoholic beverages in a small retail/food store, granting the necessary liquor license and allowing the business to operate with alcohol sales.
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A new specific use permit would allow a bar, lounge, or live‑music venue at 2901 Commerce Street to operate, directly affecting owners and operators of such establishments.
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The ordinance would permit a small general merchandise or food store (3,500 sq ft or less) in the specified district to sell alcoholic beverages, directly affecting that business’s ability to obtain and operate with an alcohol license.
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The permit lets Ortega LMMM Interests add alcoholic beverage sales to a large general‑merchandise or food store, granting a new liquor license that changes how the business can operate.
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The specific use permit authorizes Sweet Bar Dallas to open and operate a bar/lounge, granting the necessary licensing and zoning approval for alcohol service and food sales.
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The approved specific use permit will let Trakass Bar & Lounge open a bar/lounge and dance hall, directly impacting the restaurant and bar sector.
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