The Chat Room Pub is not technically a live music venue. However, we do have a small stage at the rear of the bar and will on occasion have shows. Generally, shows occur under circumstances of social duress, favor-callings-in, or arm-twistery. Shows tend to happen one to two times a month on average, and generally cost $3-$5 to help pay the bands who do their best to drown out that terribly awkward conversation you\'re trying to have with "that one chick I always see up here." At other times, donations will be taken by the bands themselves in order to alleviate alienating customers that would rather go somewhere else than pay to sit in their favorite bar and listen to a band they have no desire to hear. Though entirely subjective, we try our hardest only to have shows that we will enjoy and that we think our customers will enjoy. So, if you see a show posting on this website, there\'s a good chance that you will like the band playing if you like this bar and the people herein. Please do not contact us about booking through this website. The best thing to do if your band has an unquenchable desire to play here is to simply come up to the bar and have a nice talk with any one of our friendly bartenders. They will be glad to assist you with such matters in a timely and efficient manner. That is, unless it\'s last call. On the other hand, if you still wish to book your band through this website, click here. (link the word here to this website: http://www.cantrip.org/stupidity.html)

Fancy a drink? Fancy art? No, not fancy art. Not to say that the art isn't fancy. Like, do you like art? Fanciness is all relative, really. Right? Well, regardless of the inanity of any previous statements, in conjunction with local art consortium The Metrognome Collective, The Chat Room Pub is pleased to offer monthly installments by some of D/FW's finest emerging artists. All work displayed may be purchased. Details are available.. well, here. Come on by! Check out the Featured Artist section on our homepage to see whose work we're currently fancying- er, featuring.

The Chat Room Pub is located at 1263 West Magnolia, in the heart of Southside's diverse and historic Fairmount district. We share a neighborhood with a host of eclectic and delicious restaurants, such as King Tut (great Egyptian food), Spiral Diner (Ft. Worth's only completely vegan restaurant), and Scampi's (great Mediterranean cuisine). We are also surrounded by a residential area as diverse as the food you can find on this side of town. We are not a niche bar- we are a neighborhood pub whose demographic is not clearly defined by some pre-fabricated image. The people that congregate here reflect our image- a melange of artists, musicians, sportsmen, roustabouts, ne'er-do-wells, al'ys-do-wells, carefrees, carefulls, nice women, mean men, mean women, nice men, men-women, nice-means, and cliques of every size and shape. Basically, if Melvin King's idea for the Rainbow Coalition transmutated into a local bar, it'd probably be this one. You may have a hard time having a bad time here.

Like mindless diversions? Is it not sometime the case that alcohol alone won't drown out the sense of impending doom that plagues your every waking moment? Well, not to worry! How does four strategically placed televisions (one of which is a giant big screen), broadcasting any number of sporting events, home shopping, or Rocky movies translated into spanish, sound to you? No? More the interactive type, eh? A doer! I like that. Well, for you, we have a pool table- a staple in any decent bar. Hmm? You're not good with sticks? Well, on either side of the bar itself, we have TouchMaxx touchscreen game machines, fondly referred to by our regulars as "crackboxes." And, as the old saying goes, "The family that plays Photohunt together stays together." We've also got a video game in the back- y'know, one of those rolly ball numbers. But, check it out- not just golf. Not just bowling.2 It's got golf AND bowling- all on the same machine! And just because we care, we've also included skee-ball and basketball, again, all on the same machine! And, as if that weren't enough, we are the only bar in town that has not only one, but two pinball machines. So, if hot ball-on-ball action is what you crave, come try your hand at our Starship Troopers machine, or better yet, try the Playboy machine out. They're both ridiculously fun, and before you know it, those ol' doldrums of yours will be washed away in a sea of Mansion Mania and big board madness. We challenge, nay, defy you to find a bar with a better selection of games and fun times within 1,200 feet of our bar. Music fans need not worry either. We know that some of you simply like to sit at the bar chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all coolin' just listening to some songs from a jukebox. Now that you have the theme song from Fresh Prince stuck in your head, why not come on out and play your favorite song on the jukebox to wash away the nineties? What better way to tell the world just what kind of person you are by blaring Rammstein over the p.a.? You can do that here. In fact, most music snobs are right at home at the Chat- we have an internet jukebox. Almost anything you can think of can be played over our speakers. But please, use some discretion. And don't worry, there's still plenty of Journey and Ice Cube to be had.

The Chat Room Pub isn't just a clever name. Well, actually, it is. But, it's certainly not meaningless, because in addition to all the attractions that make the Chat what it is, we also have six computers hooked up to the electronic universe. Yes, you are merely one mouse click away from showing all your friends that hilarious video of the fat kid falling down stairs at any moment during your time here. And, although we cannot verify this statement, we are fairly certain that our bar alone has logged more Myspace hours than all of Tarrant and Dallas counties combined. So, if being able to add, edit, or delete your friends based on actual happenings in a social situation in real time at the bar isn't a drawing point for you, well then, what is, sir? What is?