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Adair's Saloon

2624 Commerce St, Dallas, TX

A hamburger-and-jukebox bar that started on Cedar Springs in 1963 and moved to Deep Ellum in 1983, still with free live music nightly.

📅 1983–present🏛️ BarStill here
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The story

S.L. and Ann Adair opened Adair's on Cedar Springs near Oak Lawn in 1963. Central Track says the exact date is unknown, and the current owner puts the consensus at February or November 1963. It started with a jukebox, draft beer, and hamburgers with chips.

S.L. sold it to his son R.L. and daughter-in-law Lois around 1980 or 1981. In 1983 the bar moved to Commerce Street at the far west end of Deep Ellum, and it soon received permission to sell liquor. A small stage went in at the back in 1992. Lois Adair ran it alone after her husband died in 1987, and Joel Morales and Marty Monroe bought it in 2006. The room sits at the end of a building between an overpass and a parking lot, and its walls are covered in graffiti.

What's There Now

It is still operating as Adair's Saloon.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

It still serves half-pound hamburgers and hosts free live music every night.
The 1963 opening month is disputed between February and November.
The ownership change from S.L. to R.L. is dated 1980 or 1981.

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Sourceshttps://centraltrack.com/?p=110102