Drink Dogma Is Back!

I know; I’ve been a bad blogger. It’s not my fault though. You see, uhm, this thing called Anvil Bar & Refuge happened and everything else in my life stopped happening for a while. I’ve stopped telling people that I own a bar; instead I tell them that a bar owns me. Nevertheless, I am resisting and fighting the good fight. Maybe this blog can be an uncommon Phoenix in the blogosphere. I know that most bloggers inevitably lose the battle of life versus online content production, but I am not going to let this happen to Drink Dogma. Read more

Anvil Bar & Refuge Video Online

There is a new website online called Blockcast.TV, which is visiting Houston bars and posting video tours.  Blockcast is touring a wide spectrum of Houston bars, and recently, they came to see us at Anvil.  I spent some time talking with them during a recent shift, and now the video tour of Anvil is available.  I think the below video concisely gives a great tour of our bar, and I get to make a virtual version of one of my favorite cocktails, the Pisco Sour. So enjoy, and be sure to check back with Blockcast for more bar tours. Read more

The Making of Anvil Bar & Refuge

To say that my life has changed over the last three weeks would be an extreme understatement. Anvil’s dramatic transformation from a vacant construction site to a functioning bar has similarly changed me from a dusty, unshaven, demolishing, drywalling, painting, quasi-electrician to the clean, fresh juicing, firm shaking, vodka abolitionist that thrives behind the bar. For a long time, I didn’t feel like myself; funny how stirring a martini can change all of that. Read more

Anvil Bar & Refuge Update!

It is definitely time for an Anvil Bar & Refuge sneak preview. We’ve received so many requests for information about our upcoming opening date, cocktail program, and renovation that it has really become impossible to keep up. So, here’s a glimpse into the project at that has dominated our lives for the past months. Building a bar with my best friends has been a wonderful journey, but man, I can’t wait to start making Houstonians cocktails again. Read more

We Are Opening A Bar In Houston!

Ok, Houston, I guess the word is out. Yes, Anvil Bar & Refuge is coming soon, and we hope to bring back the long overdue nostalgia and joy of classic cocktails to our city. Our new bar, Anvil, located at 1424 Westheimer, will be opening soon. Beneath the decades of former bar structure and traffic, lies a beautiful building with priceless windows, historic brick, and exciting features that are certain to make Anvil a site to see.

Of course, there will be cocktails as well. This time, however, the cocktails will receive the same care they receive at the nation’s best cocktails bars. We will have several types of ice, an enormous supply of unique spirits, the best bartenders in the city, and a cocktail list that actively seeks to banish the apple martini forever from Houston! Read more