Congratulations to Deep Ellum for getting the reader’s pick for Best Bar from The Phoenix! It is well deserved.

Other Allston winners include: Brown Sugar won Best Thai, Common Ground won Best Trivia Night, Le’s for Best Vietnamese, Sunset for Best Bar for Beer Selection, the 379 Club for Best Men’s Haircut, The Pill at Great Scott for Best Dance Night and Urban Outfitters for Best Women’s Clothes.

Moving on to the making-stuff-up section: Myung Dong 1st Ave won Best Place to Detonate a Soju-Bomb. Paint Pens in Purses won for Best Artist, Graffiti/Performance/Street (specifically for what they did at Marty’s, but previously mentioned here re: LAB). Even the alley behind our new Kelly’s gets a curiously biographical nod of sorts. And lastly, Blanchard won Best Wine & Liquor Store (a year post-puppy stomp, the collective mind has forgiven).

Anyway, congratulations to all!

*Oh I see, they’re purposely obfuscating. The full results are being trickled out over the next two weeks. The two awards above come via the Tab.

I briefly flashed indignation at not knowing about the top secret allston blog cabal until I got to their Deep Ellum drink selection.

There were quite a few drinks enjoyed, and the Cranberry Lime Rickey seemed to be the favorite at the table. I enjoyed a mint julep (which they even served in a silver cup) and a Black Water (rye and Moxie).

Them’s some questionable beer bar decisions there. It makes me question your whole frame of reference, the entirety of your existence.

UPDATE: Dogfish. I may have spoken rashly.

Whenever it stops storming and decides to act like summer again, Gareth says the Deep Ellum patio is finally open.

From the outside it looks like nothing but a small dive that has nothing going for it besides some windows and dark inside. But as soon as you step foot inside Deep Ellum, you know you’ve found something special. My roommate and I sat down at the bar and immediately claimed we had found heaven in a 20′ x 100′ brick building.

Photos from Dan4th & Brian Meunier.