Tradewinds, a DIVE BAR, re-opens in Oak Cliff

by Mike Orren

OAK CLIFF — Earlier today, I got the following email:

Phillip Jester wrote:

Well, I held back with this announcement until we had the keys in our hands:

And we now have the keys in our hands.

Ken Arkwell and I have bought a bar in Oak Cliff. WhooooHooooo!

It is a total dive.

The Tradewinds Club.

2843 W Davis St, Dallas, TX 75211

We have big plans, but for now let's get started with meeting there tomorrow night. Ken and I are planning a friends-get-together anytime after 6pm and we both will be there until we close at 2am.

Plus, we will be planning something for the Labor Day weekend. So stand by for more information about that.

See you at:

The Tradewinds Club.

2843 W Davis St, Dallas, TX 75211

It is a total dive, see the Google map:

Seeing as the bar might or might not have been a dive, I had to check it out on our way home from the Elvis Costello show.

I can heartily confirm that Tradewinds is a dive, complete with cutesy bathroom signage and the stated history and potential of remarkable karaoke. We spent, and provided, an entertaining evening of local low-cost color, which is really all you can give or ask of a Local Bar.

Staff
Verified User
Anonymous

Russ Vandeveerdonk, says:

I like this,......a true dive bar? Scuba tanks and a lifeguard?

Verified

3 months ago
Link to this comment | Suggest removal

david torres, says:

What's a true 'dive' bar? another PASSIONS BAR, in Oak Cliff? THAT was a dive !!!

Verified

3 months ago
Link to this comment | Suggest removal

Travis Bush, says:

Ship's Lounge..is a great dive bar..and for those of you who have been around Dallas long enough..the consummate dive was the Green Glass downtown.

Verified

3 months ago
Link to this comment | Suggest removal

fwva051506, says:

Exactly the kind of bar that Oak Cliff has needed for quite some while ... mixed crowd of cool people, nobody gives a damn about the label on your jeans or the brand of beer you drink, a good host, and decent jukebox ... just needs to get rid of the Deep Ellum paint job inside and will be perfect

Anonymous

2 months, 2 weeks ago
Link to this comment | Suggest removal

Rawlins Gilliland, says:

Tradewinds is both a trip down memory lane and a look into tomorrow. Old clientele mix with Bishop Arts types and Lee Harvey's loyalists who love Phillip Jester (late Lee Harvey's GM), the co-owner. Drink specials are embarrassingly cheap and bar service uncommonly neighborhood warm. No food as yet but the old TVs were a great place to watch the Cowboys games. Karaoke ever other Saturday night is back and guest DJs. I drop in a lot at odd hours after other things and it's always unpredictable and comfortable. Try the back room back bar for people watching.

Verified

3 weeks ago
Link to this comment | Suggest removal

alexander troup, says:

Yes get rid of the old Deep Elm paint...Once upon a time it was ok...To paint the outside walls with so much art graphic stuff...After awhile it is visual pollution...As with the Cliff, Bars, Lounges and Cafes that serve liquor....

That was not the case 8 years back, Private Clubs was the slang...Beer joints and Dives is what you will find on Riverside once upon a time Industiral....A/T,..How Dallas could change with a drink of water or a gas can of moonshine...