Cold City, Warm Pub
(Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?)
The bad news first: for those outside the US in general and outside of Texas in particular, we had a bit of weather at the end of January. It wasn’t as bad as the deep freeze of February 2021, where power was out over almost the whole state for a week, or the beginning of 2010, when we had the deepest snowfall since the Pleistocene ended, or the end of 1989, where we hit one of our coldest days on record on Christmas Eve, but it was still enough ice to make Dallas streets a hockey rink. More importantly, after the ice and snow stopped, general temperatures were so far below normal that we still had ice in shaded areas nearly two weeks later, which is saying something for an area where the best thing about winter weather is that all traces are usually gone by the weekend. Even with a seasonally expected warming, ice was still in spots, and precious few people had any interest in getting out. That kinda impacted events on the Feast of St. Remedius, but it’s hard to get anybody out after a freeze in this town no matter the circumstances. Live and learn.
The good news: Sarah and I are not much for standard bars, and I’m very pleased to share that Cannon’s Corner Irish Pub is most assuredly not a standard bar. It’s also not a standard Americanized Irish pub, either: It’s a very friendly and warm pocket of Oak Cliff that was probably just as friendly and warm two weeks ago when the ice started, and it was friendly and warm as the sidewalk outside finally started losing said ice. The drinks were good (so I understood from other patrons: Sarah prefers chardonnay and I can’t drink), the pub food was exceptional (after my little bout of appendicitis two years ago and the subsequent change to my intestinal flora, I can’t handle much fried food, but the fish & chips were worth the risk, and my best friend would have loved the Gaelic mac & cheese), the TV screens following the Dallas Mavericks basketball game weren’t too loud for conversation, and the general vibes were exactly what we needed after two weeks of being shut inside. Yes, I’m going to try more events here when things get warmer: in particular, Mondays are a BOGO fish & chips night, so if you lot don’t want to come out, that’s just more fish for me.
As for further St. Remedius events, there’s always more to do in Dallas when you’re dead (tired). February not only has two Silent Read events, one at the Flying Saucer in Garland and one at the Half Price Books flagship store, but then there’s also the Valentine’s On Tap late-night event at the Perot Museum of Nature & Science on February 12. Get your tickets for that now if you want to get in, as they tend to sell out quickly. If you can’t make it in person, the plan is to start more virtual events throughout 2026, so there’s always next time.
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