Stay Warm at Okee Dokee’s
While the entrance may not be inviting, the regular crowd at Okee Dokee's makes this bar a must-visit The sleet is done, but the worst isn’t over for ice-fearing SETXans. If you’re feeling cabin...
View ArticleMeet your bartender: January at Okee Dokee’s
January Young making her signature shot, the Ex-Boyfriend. Beth Rankin/cat5 Every once in a while, I just want to sip a whiskey in a bar. Not a nightclub or a music venue or the place where everybody...
View ArticleHot Pick: Tacky Christmas Sweater Party
Throw on the tackiest Christmas sweater you’ve got and head to the Doke this weekend for a party Benefitting the Southeast Texas Food Bank. There will be an auction, live music, jello shots and a...
View ArticleHot Pick: John Evans at Okee Dokee’s
Joe Winston/cat5 Our favorite Lamar-quarterback-turned-rockabilly-rock-star is returning to Beaumont this weekend with a show that we can already tell is gonna get down, dirty and fantastic. Evans is...
View ArticleHot Pick: John Evans at the ‘Doke
John Evans. Photo by Joe Winston/cat5 Texas rockabilly rocker John Evans returns to Okee Dokee’s Friday night and if it’s anything like his last show at this College Street dive, we’re expecting quite...
View ArticleHot Pick: Lee Pelly’s Birthday Bash
Lee Pelly performing at Dylan's. Tammy McKinley/cat5 Local musician Lee Pelly — of Knuckle Deep and Six String Mafia — hosts a raucous birthday bash each year. Now in its eighth year, this edition...
View ArticleHot Pick: John Evans Band at the ’Doke
Johns Evans, pictured with upright bassist the Rev. Sidecar Sweetass. Joe Winston/cat5 Driving Texas rockabilly in a dive bar will never get old. It’s always a party when John Evans Band plays Oke...
View ArticleA bar for every romance – or no romance at all
I am not the type of person who awaits Valentine’s Day with a heart-shaped sticker on their calendar. Any holiday that causes an increase in the price of chocolate is dead to me. But being hateful is...
View ArticleTexas country on the rock ‘n roll edge
Matt Fracht & the Contraband In Texas dive bars, no sounds are more beloved than Southern rock and country. Local band Matt Fracht & the Contraband delivers on both counts. Frequenting rooms...
View ArticleOkee Dokee’s has new owners, same faces behind the bar
January Young pours a Honey Badger – made with Rumchata and Jim Beam Honey – at Okee Dokee’s in Beaumont. Guiseppe Barranco/@spotnewsshooter More than three years ago, I interviewed former Okee Dokee’s...
View ArticlePinch, peel, suck: The top 5 SETX crawfish spots of 2015
JuJu's Cajun Crawfish Shak I should have seen it coming: 99 likes, 51 shares and 275 comments. That’s what I get for asking local Facebookers to share their favorite Southeast Texas crawfish spots....
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