Cara C.
Yelp
Among my favorite dives in Dallas, even if it's intentionally so, the Double Wide serves an eclectic customer base and strong inexpensive drinks in a kitch-adorned trailer park-themed environment. You'll see people having fun here, no matter whether they're hipsters, 20, 30 and 40-something yuppies, Deep Ellum, Exposition Park and East Dallas residents, cowboy hat-clad Willie Nelson lovers, tatted Betty Page wannabes, Gap girls, IT guys... You name it.
Ugly heavy curtains, fake wood panelled walls, dark oranges and browns, taxidermy animal heads on the walls and textured & colored glass light fixtures with black wrought iron accents allude to the house you grew up in (or maybe your grandma's house, if you were born later than the early '80s).
There is a vintage cigarette vending machine, completely stocked with American Spirits and Marlboros. The outdoor patio area is like a fenced in back yard that makes you feel like you're visiting your uncle's salvage yard. Tires and spray paint provide the decoration. Old out-of-commission toilets provide the seating. If you need a functioning toilet though, the restrooms are clean enough with lots of grafitti to entertain you.
The back portion of the bar is a live music venue with plenty of great local acts to please your ears. The front of the house has different theme nights as well, including Karaoke nights. There are some great singers there, but you won't get booed off the stage if you have a voice made for visual arts who wants to musically express your vodka-fueled self anyway. Audience participation in the form of dancing and singing along frequently ensues and is highly encouraged.
Don't come here unless you have a sense of humor and you don't mind hanging with a combination of social stereotypes. You won't be treated like you're something special here, because you aren't, and that's why the Double Wide is.