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Montrose · Dive with good drinks

Poison Girl

This is the bar you end up at by accident and stay at on purpose. No cover, no dress code, a genuinely deep whiskey list for a dive, and a patio that's as much the draw as the bar itself.

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Neighbourhood
Montrose
Style
Dive with good drinks
Known for
Over 400 Texas whiskeys behind the bar · A large, art-covered back patio · A deep bank of pinball machines
Prices
$ · cocktails under $14
Getting in
Walk-ins only
Food
Drinks only
Hours
Daily, no cover, roughly early evening to 2am
Address
1641 Westheimer Rd Ste B, Houston, TX 77006

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Checked: Current listing on Kineticist (last updated April 2025) and inclusion in a 2026-updated Montrose bar roundup confirm it's still operating. Checked Oct 2026.

Photo: an illustration of the mood, not this bar.

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