Entry No. 63 — the Dallas file — filed under: speakeasy
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“a green street dumpster that pops open when you scan a hotel-key-style card”
Invite-only subterranean cocktail lounge whose entrance is a green street dumpster that pops open when you scan a hotel-key-style card, then drops you down a stairwell to a basement bar with bottle service and taco-vending ATMs.
The move: Scheme your way onto the list (buy a drink at a sister Funky Lime bar and charm the bartender for an invite), then find the dumpster on Bledsoe and descend into the hidden lounge together.
📍 Before you go This one's in Fort Worth's West 7th district, a day-trip drive west of Dallas, and the entrance really is a green street dumpster on Bledsoe — stickered 'No Hazardous Materials' — that pops open for a code or keycard and drops you down a stairwell into a purpose-dug basement. You can't just walk up: access comes via a weekly code posted on the bar's Instagram (@novacancyw7), a table reservation, or a keycard earned as a regular at one of Funky Lime's sister bars (Whiskey Garden, Koe Wetzel's Riot Room, Reservoir). It operates as a weekend-night spot, so plan a Friday or Saturday and warm up with a drink at a sister bar nearby — charming a bartender there is the classic route in.
- 📍 Fort Worth (West 7th)
- 💸 $$
- ⚡ Up for anything
- 🌗 Indoors
Where: 2811 Bledsoe St. #200, Fort Worth, TX 76107
Hours: Added 2026-06-09 — confirm current hours before you go.
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last checked: 2026-06-09