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Opening Bell Coffee

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Opening Bell Coffee Coffee,Music, Stocks, located in the Historic Sears Builidng, South Side on Lamar just south of downtown Dallas Opening Bell Coffee is Dallas' newest acoustic music venue and coffee bar. Booking live music most nights, Opening Bell attracts both the young and the young at heart with it's homelike "living room" feel, great music, and wonderful selection of specialty coffee, Harney & Sons Teas, Ghiradelli hot chocolate, sandwiches, soups and other enticing snacks. Add live music , free wireless, PC access, board games, a few friends (and now beer & wine) it's the number one place to sit back, warm up with a great brew, and listen to the area's greatest local tunes and others from all over the globe. (Previously known as Standard & Pours Coffee & Stocks) but our friends know who we are and we love all of you. Thanks for hanging in there with us during the name change crisis.

I'd like to meet:

Those that love great music, good company, specialty coffees, chais, bells brews of imports or domestics & some fine opening corks for you wine lovers...If you're a musician and want to play Opening Bell please contact Taylor Davis at [email protected] and you'll receive instructions.Thanks for stopping by, gosh we know how consuming this space can be! ;-)

Music:

It depends where I am, what I'm doing and who the players are. I love all music but tend to lean toward solo acoustic sets. It focuses more on the artist and creates an intimate "feel good" experience. Sometimes it's like listening to a language you don't understand but can make out the conversation if you pay very close attention.

Movies:

When Harry Met Sally (yep, it's cheezy), Back to the Future, True Lies

Television:

The Simpsons , The Family Guy , Seinfeld Rarely have time to watch TV so those would have to be my old favorites...

Books:

Jean Auel: "Clan of the Cavebear", "Valley of the Horses", "The Mamouth Hunters", "Plains of Passion" and the last book that I want to read SO bad; "The Shelters of Stone" That woman can write and I love how she tells the stories... Jean Auel

Heroes:

My mother who decided to move to the US from France, leave a drunk and raise 3 kids on her own. She taught me that hard work pays off in the long run and that America is the land of opportunity. Go after your dreams. And my grandfather who could only speak 3 words of English: Hello, Stop and Shut up. What else is there???

My Blog

If you have a show scheduled at Opening Bell read this !!!

Hello Band People !!We are running into a big problem over at Opening Bell, and we need your help !!!There are almost zero posters in the store for the upcoming shows.We really need everybody to mail ...
Posted by Opening Bell Coffee on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:06:00 PST

missed ben harper!!

just found out that bill (bill's records & tapes) came over this past monday with BEN HARPER and i didn't get the message that he was in the store... how crazy is that!!! i adore this gu...
Posted by Opening Bell Coffee on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:15:00 PST

Taylor Davis, Opening Bells official booking agent:-)

Opening Bell is excited to annouce Taylor Davis www.myspace.com/taylordavis official Booking Agent for Opening Bell's South Side location. I've known Taylor now for a few years&nbs...
Posted by Opening Bell Coffee on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:36:00 PST

Fallon Franklin on "America's Got Talent"!

Fallon Franklin DOES have talent! ...
Posted by Opening Bell Coffee on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:20:00 PST

Kiosk opened! Las Colinas Medical Center Irving!

Guess I'm a little late on this annoucement - duh!! the soft opening was last monday and the grand opening was last Thursday February 1, 2007Las Colinas Medical CenterLOBBY6800 N. MacArthur BlvdIrving...
Posted by Opening Bell Coffee on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:52:00 PST

OPENING BELL's Live Open Mic SOUNDS GREAT!

Please join our group! As of today our web station is being picked up by radioearnetwork and being re-broadcasted - so cool ;-)) If you've attended the open mic and have pictures please add them (we h...
Posted by Opening Bell Coffee on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:33:00 PST

a new cup of joe, same as the old cup of joe

Dallas Observer's UNFAIR PARKFiled under: News You Can Actually Use, Actually Beginning in June we told you the tale of South Side of Lamar coffee house-slash-performance space Standard & Pours Co...
Posted by Opening Bell Coffee on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:47:00 PST