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Cowtown Bar
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Happy Hour:
- No
- Smoking:
- No
- Coat Check:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
5 reviews for Cowtown Bar
5 reviews in English
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Review from Emily S.
Minneapolis, MN
7/7/2009
What is better than sitting at a airport bar, drinking, and waiting for your delayed airport? NOTHING!
I loved this little place, the bartender was a talkative, young chap, who was really interesting to talk/listen to!
It was nice, too, there was only like 2 other people here at the time, so overall, the place was pretty quite, and relaxing. Plus, ZIEGAN BOCK is on tap!!!!!!! That was the best part ever!
When we got to the airport, my tequila buzz had officially worn off, and well, now I was looking for more, and this was perfect!
I would definitely come back for sure! If not for the beer, to chat with the bartenders! What else was really nice was, one of the servers kept checking our flight for us to make sure it was still delayed and not going to just show up out of no where. I thought that was really nice!
...Places like these make me wish I was from Texas...yet, not so much! -
Review from Ralph M.
Minneapolis, MN
2/11/2008
Airport bars.
I've come to love them.
I turned 21 around the time of 9/11, so I can't really say if it's the mindnumbingly obnoxious security that is driving me to drink, or merely the legal option to do so. I don't seem to remember missing airport bars before I had cleared that oh so special birthday, but now I can't imagine traveling without them. If nothing else, they force you to closely evaluate your innermost beliefs about when it is too early to start drinking.
Air travel is not especially egalitarian. How many times have you sat in coach, knees banging against the chair in front of you, trying to ration your pack of pretzels and half a soda, and just glared with pure hatred at stewardesses as they pamper the first class passengers. Have you, like I, become infuriated with the new "first class security line"? Where in the hell does our federalized airport security get off playing favorites so blatantly. I know the rich get all the breaks, but when you're standing there wearing the uniform of the federal government aren't you supposed to at least pretend to treat people equally?
Compared to this, airport bars are rare dens of equality. My broke grad student ass and my draft beer will sit next to some yuppie and his top shelf liquor. We'll both stare at the TV, preparing to care about whatever game is on. Maybe you'll even talk, more likely than in the boarding area or even the plane. We're all just people looking for a buzz to get them through the next part of our journey.
Have you noticed in airport bars that the standard serving size is usually larger than the usual pint glasses? Have you ever been offered a "side shot" with your drink in an airport bar? Their devotion to getting you fucked up in a short period of time, yet not looking like a trashy undergrad bar is an impressive balancing act.
Selecting an airport bar (assuming you have the time to be selective), I use about the same rules I use for any other bars. No annoying chain restaurants or bars, and as little glam as possible. I'm a simple man looking for an honest drink. Respect that, and we will get along.
Walking well past the airport TGIFridays, I stumbled across the Cowtown Bar. A couple months later, I did again. Now when I have a layover in Dallas, I know to look for it.
What's so great about Cowtown? I don't know. It's relaxed. I can step inside and even forget I'm at the airport. They pour a tall Shiner. They have some mediocre packaged food, and a pretty good "you peel" shrimp cocktail. One visit, the guy next to me at the bar gave me half his packaged sandwich, after deciding he didn't want it.
I don't know. I just like airport bars.Listed in: My Favorite Reviews (of mine), Airport Bars
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Review from Kamni G.
3/12/2010
With a 2 hr delay ahead, we headed here to grab some lunch. We were seated immediately. The service was slow but we werent in a hurry.
We ordered a Southwest wrap,White wine, and Hotdog. The Southwest wrap came in a overly soft greasy tortia. I ate the filling like it was a salad. The chips were the lays in a bag...not a fan so didnt quite eat it. Husband got relish in a packet, a bun and a hot dog...mundane, yet 8.00 lol gotta love airport food huh?
The wine was okay, not what I had expected from the description. We finished up lunch and waited to pay for our food for quite a while. It seemed from a distance that maybe sitting at the bar would have been a better experience. The bartenders seemed to be having quite cheerful conversations with the people sitting there.
For the tiny selection of wine, the tiny wine glass..the price for glass of wine is ridiculous also. $7.50...isnt a good price! -
Review from Brian I.
Redwood City, CA
8/16/2009
Sad sad food (pre-made and boxed directly to your table). The tiny wine glasses and selection is just sad. Don't get started on the pricing!
Plastic containers with day old lettuce? Really? I must be the true sucker here for stopping in and "dining" at this hole-in-an-airport.
At least the overhead speaker blared out three Journey songs in a row! Wait. Is that a good thing?
Tiny wine glasses. With these glasses, I could get 7.5 glasses out of a bottle and at $7.50 a glass, that makes a bottle of mediocre wine at $50. Just sad!
Best night to go? None. -
Review from Maximillian M.
San Francisco, CA
3/23/2010
You know those giant beers you get royally overcharged at your average NY or CA airport? Not here! $6.75 (or was it .95? .99? Ah, who cares?) for a delicoius Ziegan Bock, one of The Lone Star state's finest, I'm sure. This terminal, by the way, has to be the best ever... all those food choices!!! Wowza!!!
