Jettison

Jettison is a thoughtfully quiet cocktail lounge tucked away in the Sylvan Thirty development on Sylvan Avenue in West Dallas. After a closure in late 2024, it reopened in mid-2025 with renewed energy, a new bar team, and a more open approach to reservations and events. Inside, the space is cozy and low-key — meant for conversation, sipping, and discovery rather than high volume. The ambiance draws on “jazz-kissa” inspiration (Japanese jazz café culture), emphasizing music, lighting, and atmosphere as integral to the experience. The bar describes itself as a “cozy, classy neighborhood bar.” The cocktail program is ambitious and creative. The revived menu includes signature drinks such as Concrete Jungle (with Balcones TX Rye, black sesame paste, Benedictine, orgeat, egg white), along with a focus on low-ABV options and mocktails. In past seasons, their menu offered cocktails like La Quatre, Mezcal me an Uber, Fancy Nancy, Red Headed Oaxacan, Matcha Mucho, and more. Pop-up chef dinners and curated food pairing events are also part of the reopened vision. The new direction includes a summer supper club — for example, a 5-course dinner paired with drinks — and a more flexible, no-reservations policy. The earlier incarnation of Jettison was accessible through Houndstooth Coffee (Sylvan Thirty location) — you’d walk through the coffee shop, past a hallway, into a narrow, moody cocktail space. That layout remains part of its character: a “speakeasy within a building” feel. Because of its revival, some operational shifts have been made: No more reservations (in the reopened format) Introduction of daily happy hour (5:00–6:00pm) with discounted drinks Thematic nights like vinyl & sherry nights or tropical drinks + music on Tuesday–Thursday Jettison presents itself as a neighborhood sanctuary — not a flashy bar, but a place where the music, the drink, and the mood are carefully curated. Its small scale means the details matter: lighting, sound, intimacy, and what’s in your glass.