Entry No. 58 — the Dallas file — filed under: speakeasy
Dirty Laundry
From the sidewalk it reads like a working laundromat — a tidy row of front-loaders, digital displays showing tumbling clothes, zero hint of a nightlife agenda. The tell is a single machine tagged "Out of Order": yank its handle and a door swings open into a glow-lit speakeasy with velvet booths, moody neon, and a cocktail menu billed as a "laundry list." Signature pours lean into the bit hard — the Fluff 'N Fold is a cotton-candy-topped Old Fashioned, the Absolut-ly Filthy Martini speaks for itself — and a taxidermied buffalo named Bubbles Bill presides over the whole operation from the wall. It shares an owner with the nearby Bodega speakeasy, but this location is a genuine one-off, single-address situation.
The move: Show up around opening hour on a weekday when the crowd is thin, let your date find the "Out of Order" machine themselves (don't spoil it), then claim a velvet booth and work through the laundry-list cocktail menu before the night gets loud.
📍 Before you go It hides in plain sight on Foch Street in the West 7th entertainment district, where the block is dense with bars and restaurants, so it pairs naturally with dinner or a crawl beforehand. The storefront genuinely passes as a laundromat from outside, so trust the address rather than a sign out front. Parking is the main friction: street, garage, and private-lot options sit nearby, but spots get scarce on busy weekend nights, so arriving earlier or on a weekday is far easier. The room is small and fills fast, so weekend evenings are worth booking ahead; quieter weeknights let you settle into a booth without the crush.
- 📍 Fort Worth (West 7th)
- 💸 $$
- ⚡ Up for anything
- 🌗 Indoors
Where: 1005 Foch St, Fort Worth, TX 76107
Hours: Added 2026-06-09 — confirm current hours before you go.
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Further reading: Yelp · fwweekly.com · fortworth.culturemap.com · narcity.com
last checked: 2026-06-09