Lower Greenville

A Lowest Greenville bar patron was shot to death on the Char Bar parking lot at 215am Thursday morning. The victim died at the hospital shortly afterwards and the police have the name of a person of interest in the case.

Click here to read the Dallas Morning News' story about this event

Click here to read the Dallas Observer's Unfair Park blog story about this event

Confirming what may be the most unsecret secret on Lowest Greenville in years, Public House is closing their doors for the last time Monday evening.

This will definitely be the final closing, after three false starts when TXU cut off the power for non-payment in the last few months. Sources tell BD they have been running really behind on rent payments for months, and after the final beer is poured, the landlord will change the locks and close the doors permanently.

This weekend marks the grand opening of Centennial Fine Wine's newest store, the corner of Ross and Greenville Avenues. BD got a quick tour of the store a few days before opening, and it is absolutely amazing. According to a Centennial press release issued about six months ago...

Once the renovations are complete, this store will boast one of the largest wine and spirit selections in the area with a tasting bar to host casual weekend tastings. Other upscale features of this store will include a walk-in humidor, specialty cheese selections and a full gourmet center in order to accommodate every type of occasion.

For years, bar owner Alex Salinas has been going around bragging about two of his titles - owner of Lowest Greenville's largest gangbanger bar, and being an 'official' of the City of Dallas. He had no problem pushing his 'official' status, waving his identification card (really a parking pass) as an alternate appointee to the City's Appraisal Review Board (read - he did not sit at the table unless else died) and even using it to tell Dallas Police officers to enforce a TRO against BD that did not even exist (see story - Ethics? We don't need no stinkin' ethics on Lowest Greenville...)

It might be hard to top the gangbanger bar owner title, but BD can say with absolute certainty, Alex, you ain't a City Official any more....

The almost final numbers for St. Patrick's Day events are in, per the Dallas Police Department.

• 32 calls to 911 and other city departments for services in the Lower Greenville area
• 29 arrests for Public Intoxication
• 5 arrests for other issues
• 29 citations from City departments not counting code (eg fire code, signs, etc)
• 6 code violations
• 542 parking citations
• 36 vehicles towed

The following numbers came in on Thursday afternoon, courtesy of the Dallas Police Department.

• DPD reports 4 DWI incidents, 1 DWI arrest, 1 arrest (not DWI) and 22 citations of other types
• Dallas County Sheriff's Office reports 24 arrests, 14 DWI incidents, 7 DUI Minor incidents, and 6 Public Intoxication arrests