White Rock Burger. Photo by Mark Davis

Despite its namesake, White Rock Sports Bar isn’t your typical sports bar. “I tell people it’s more of a neighborhood bar with nine TVs,”

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Chicken quesadillas. Photo by Mark Davis

owner J.D. Stevens says. It’s a quiet, no-frills spot, but you can bet the sound will be on during Cowboys, Mavericks or Rangers games. Stevens opened the bar about six years ago. Before that, it was a full-service restaurant known as Shadyside Café & Tavern, which hosted stand-up comedy. Now, as White Rock Sports Bar, it draws an older crowd, but the regulars are just as friendly to 20-somethings who wander into the bar. The menu offers several different burgers, quesadillas, salads and fried appetizers. Those with stomachs of steel can try the massive White Rock Burger, packed with two beef patties, chili and bacon. Stop by at 3 p.m. Sunday afternoons for the bar’s weekly jam session with 15 to 20 local musicians. “Each one takes turns playing a song, and everyone joins in,” Stevens says. “It can be pretty interesting.”

White Rock
Sports Bar
718 N. Buckner
214.321.6979

Ambiance: Dive-y

Price range: $7-$10

Did you know? Happy hour is 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday

 

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