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Category: Oaklawn

  • UPDATE: Two robbery suspects possibly related to the Oaklawn attacks arrested

    UPDATE: Dallas police said Sunday they have arrested two aggravated robbery suspects who could be linked to a dozen other similar crimes in the Oak Lawn area. The two teens suspected in the Oaklawn attacks are 18 year olds Deon Fridia and Donedwin Maxie and each face a felony charge of aggravated robbery with a deadly…

  • Dallas Voice is posting alleged “sex-offenders” now?

    Are they going to start siding with the religious right as well and post anti-gay stuff? What allegedly was someone in our community who lives in Oaklawn who some already think are all pedophiles and sexual sinners was doing inside a bar is now top news in the Voice. Of course the gays are born…

  • Union Jacks on the Strip is closing

    After 42 years, Union Jacks on the Strip is closing. It is sad to see the first gay-owned store on Cedar Springs when it opened in the early 1970s. The Owner Richard Longstaff announced today the store would be closing.

  • Axiom Sushi closes to bring in Tajin Mexican Food at ilume

    Looks like another memory of the Dallas A-List series has come to a close. The watch party headquarters of the A-list was the Axiom Sushi Lounge on Mondays. Which also tried many other promotions to stay alive at the ilume on Cedar Springs. Maybe fish and Oaklawn do not go hand in hand but it…

  • JR’s Bar and Grill to Re-Open March 14

    The Village Station transformation we all waited on for so long took forever it seemed. Caven took several months of port-a-potty’s and smelly patio mess to prepare us for what is now Station 4. This time around they seem to be quicker with the turnaround of the transformation of the new JR’s on the strip.…

  • iPhone Mugging in Oaklawn

    I have lived in Oaklawn for years now, and I generally consider my neighborhood pretty safe. We have crime, but every neighborhood with a bar scene has that. I have never really felt unsafe until yesterday. First let me say that when I go out, I do not drive at all. I prefer to take…