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steveincowtown wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:I was curious about this so I looked up one spot we stopped at. Coyote Ugly. TABC sign = Blue.

No cover charge. And the entire time we were there (from 10PM to approx. 1 AM), the place was packed with people drinking. But I saw nobody eating anything. So close to 100% of their revenues had to come from alcohol during that time (a few people may have had soda's). Unless that place has a huge food business earlier in the day, I have a hard time understanding how they are keeping alcohol revenues to less than 51%.

So maybe my impression was just wrong and these places are all correctly classified as Blue sign locations (other than the couple where I saw a Red sign)? Who knows?

First of all, of all the great bars in that area you chose Coyote Ugly?

I believe bars are allowed to provide an estimate of revenue for the first year to determine the sign displayed. Sounds like they may have provided a somewhat jaded one.

Wasn't my choice. My BIL picked the places we went. We actually went to 7 or 8 different places. I think I liked a place called Varsity something the best. The roof deck was a relaxed and chill place to hang out.

I was curious about this so I looked up one spot we stopped at. Coyote Ugly. TABC sign = Blue.

No cover charge. And the entire time we were there (from 10PM to approx. 1 AM), the place was packed with people drinking. But I saw nobody eating anything. So close to 100% of their revenues had to come from alcohol during that time (a few people may have had soda's). Unless that place has a huge food business earlier in the day, I have a hard time understanding how they are keeping alcohol revenues to less than 51%.

So maybe my impression was just wrong and these places are all correctly classified as Blue sign locations (other than the couple where I saw a Red sign)? Who knows?

I spent Easter weekend in Fort Worth at my Brother In Law's house. On Saturday night, I went to some local bars with him. For anyone familiar with Ft Worth, it was the area near the In-And-Out burger, somewhat close to TCU. I, of course, did not carry, and also did not drive. My wife dropped us off, and we took Uber home.

I am pretty sure that almost all of the places we went to were 51% locations since only one had any type of restaurant attached. But I was surprised that I had such a hard time spotting any 51% signage. At the first place, my BIL asked if I could carry in bars, and I was trying to explain that they had clear signage saying you couldn't but for the life of me, I was unable to find any signs.

Of the 7 or 8 places we visited, only one had a sign near the door. I saw another one from inside the bar, on the wall facing in. That bar had a fenced off patio and you needed to walk about 50-100 feet past a number of tables to get to the walled off area. It would be extremely easy to go enjoy a few beers in that, and all the other, places and never be in sight of any signs.

There was an extremely large police presence all over the area, though. And I got the pleasure of being "carded" more in one night than I have been in the last 20 years combined. All in all, it was an enjoyable time. Just a lot of people out relaxing and having fun. I just thought the lack of signage was odd.