Blackfriar Pub is an Irish pub located in an old frame house on historic McKinney Avenue. What was once the front yard is now a lively beer garden overlooking this bustling cobblestone avenue. The pub is a casual welcoming spot, a favourite with the neighbourhood.


The interior is decorated with ornate antique woodwork that comes most recently from the VIP room of the former Hard Rock Cafe which stood next door until 2008. The room was called the Cheeseclub and was, by all accounts, the centre of Dallas 1980s celebrity debauchery. The woodwork came originally from a castle in England owned by Peter Townshend of The Who, the entire room being shipped to Dallas in 1982. Look for heavily carved prayer panels and ceiling plus the gothic back bar.