We love parsing through the data that the Texas Comptroller’s Mixed Beverage Gross Receipts serves up: each month, every restaurant and bar in the state is required to report booze sales. From that, we can see what’s hot and what’s not. And how much money we’re collectively spending on booze, yet closing schools. Noooo … just joking (not really). One has nothing to do with the other. (But doesn’t it?)

For the end of the year, we asked TABS to pull a report looking at the past 12 months of sales: November 2024 through October 2025, the latest month available at the time.

We pull out hotels and music venues, although that gets sticky because some bars have live music, so it’s hard to draw a line. Either way, below is a look at restaurants and bars that pulled in more than $500,000 on average per month (in just alcohol, food isn’t included), then the remaining 30 or so, followed by what’s on trend for next year’s top-selling spots.

The $500K Club

Seven bars and restaurants in Dallas cleared on average more than $500,000 per month over the past 12 months.

Restaurant/Bar: total liquor sales past 12 months (Nov. ’24-Oct. ’25), six-month average

Baby Dolls: $9,731,571; $810,964

Katy Trail Ice House: $9,651,772; $804,314

Cowboys Red River: $6,996,102; $583,009

Javier’s: $6,395,261; $532,938

Nick and Sam’s: $6,385,540; $532,128

Al Biernat’s – Oak Lawn: $6,134,201; $511,183

Round Up Saloon: $6,008,522; $500,710

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The Rest of the Best

The following are the next top-selling bars and restaurants in Dallas (about 30), again taking out hotels and venues. But hold tight, because next we’re going to look at October 2025 to see which spots will likely be a top-selling bar in the next year.

Notably, despite closing in early August, Rodeo Dallas remains in the top 10 of bars in Dallas. Although – oddly – it reported half a million in sales in October, a time in which it was very absolutely closed during the entire month. We asked TABS about it and they confirmed the data. Bail money maybe?

Also, newcomer CATCH has caught on, hitting almost $500,000 a month in liquor sales (remember: these numbers do not include any food items). Absent from the list of top-sellers? Nuri. This Uptown steakhouse spent $20 million on design and we’d expect it to be up there with CATCH. And look at lil’ Ill Bracco pulling up the rear, making the Park Cities set proud (Muchacho Tex-Mex also).

Restaurant/Bar: total liquor sales past 12 months (Nov. ’24-Oct. ’25), 6-month average

The Skellig: $5,933,953; $494,496

Monarch: $5,917,957; $493,163

Rodeo Dallas: $5,879,090; $489,924

Green Light Social: $5,783,554; $481,963

True Kitchen and Kocktails: $5,783,018; $481,918

CATCH: $5,722,623; $476,885

Happiest Hour: $5,514,621; $459,552

Gilley’s Dallas: $5,198,498; $433,208

Chelsea Corner: $5,089,563; $424,130

Las Plamas: $4,950,355; $412,530

Sidecar Social Belt Line: $4,801,226; $400,102

Ojos Locos DFW Turnpike: $4,779,436; $398,286

The Henry: $4,657,841; $388,153

The Mexican: $4,654,228; $387,852

HG Sply Co.: $4,501,002; $375,084

Carbone: $4,454,009; $371,167

Ojo Locos Technology Drive: $4,368,084; $364,007

Komodo: $4,320,217; $360,018

Al Biernat’s, Spring Valley: $4,126,072; $343,839

Moxie’s: $4,124,593; $343,716

Kanvas Sports Social: $4,067,888; $338,991

Cool River Cafe: $4,054,914; $337,910

Escapade: $3,966,585; $330,549

Milo Butterfinger’s: $3,914,141; $326,178

Truck Yard: $3,910,445; $325,870

Goodwins: $3,834,446; $319,537

Hillstone: $3,832,691; $319,391

The Old Monk: $3,730,892; $310,908

Muchacho Tex Mex: $3,660,158; $305,013

Il Bracco: $3,486,783; $290,565

Pappas Bros.: $3,479,078; $289,923

Trending for 2026

We also took a peek at mixed beverage receipts for just October 2025 to get some insight into new places that are trending. The restaurant real-estate market in Dallas is one fire, with many big-name spots (CATCH, Avra, Carbone) from other top 10 cities like New York City expanding locally. The following are new spots popping:

Restaurant/Bar: October 2025 liquor sales

Avra: $581,912

Allan Weiss (The Village, includes Meridian): $569,102

Palomino Ranch/The Backyard: $550,899

Mas Chingon: $550,536

Bar W (Maple Avenue): $498,475

Hendy’s on Henderson: $471,948

Evelyn: $393,407

Lawnie’s: $342,615

Mamani: $298,524