One cocktail to go: Texas Theatre

Of all the cocktail joints in all of Dallas, you should walk into the one that shows classic films.

Driving the news: Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair starts Sunday.

• The Los Angeles-based annual program is expanding to Texas this year. Bleak Week screens great movies that portray the dark side of humanity.

Zoom in: The Texas Theatre will have bleak showings every day, including a 35mm screening of "The Turin Horse."

• The theater will still feature current releases, including Wes Anderson's "The Phoenician Scheme" and the re-release of "Dogma."

The intrigue: The theater, which first opened in 1931, made international news in 1963 because Lee Harvey Oswald hid there after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Pro tip: The bar opens 45 minutes before scheduled movies or events. Buy tickets in advance for special screenings or 35mm films.

What to order: Lady Fay — mezcal, hibiscus, ginger beer and lemon.

• We also really enjoyed The Bruce, a Hennessy concoction served in a coupe.

Where: The Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd.

Cost: $11

Six-word review: Ginger softens tart hibiscus, stout mezcal.

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