When a friend wanted to meet for a late-evening bite to eat and some beers in the neighborhood last Friday night, I immediately suggested Royal Oak Bar & Grill (1318 Westheimer, 281-974-4752). The ...

The Oak Cafe is one of those bars. Far flung from the city's quaint downtown, it's located on a neighborhood corner across from a small grocery store, a photography studio, and a meat market.

A neighboring bar called Kilmac’s is expected to open at 814 W. Davis St., Dallas, in 2025. Story published Sept. 25, 2024 and updated Nov. 18, 2024 after Old Monk Oak Cliff opened.

In trip after trip to Oak Creek, the bar’s regulars — and the town’s irregulars — told me how much they missed what the Elk’s meant to them. The logo became an elk.