Sweet Bar Dallas / Marvin Regalado Application
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An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development District No. 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, west of N. Crowdus Street AKA 2650 Elm Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Sweet Bar Dallas / Marvin Regalado Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000135
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Compare bar permit conditions across four Deep Ellum hearings
Why now: The same application was held over from August 6, August 20, and September 3, 2026 to September 17, 2026, each time with staff recommending approval subject to a site plan and conditions, and planner Justin Lee is named on every setting.
What to do: Request planner Justin Lee's staff recommendation packets from the August 6, August 20, September 3, and September 17 settings and line up the recommended conditions side by side to see whether they changed between deferrals. If conditions were revised without a new notice or updated site plan, that is the question to raise on the record before the commission votes, not after.
Act before: After the requested staff recommendation packets are produced
Confirm bar site plan conditions before fourth Elm Street hearing
Why now: Staff recommended approval subject to a site plan and conditions at all four settings — August 6, August 20, September 3, and September 17, 2026 — for Tract A in Planned Development District 269.
What to do: Pull the site plan and staff's recommended conditions for the 2650 Elm Street bar permit before the September 17 hearing and confirm the operating conditions (hours, capacity, floor layout) match what your build-out and liquor licensing assume. Staff has recommended approval every time, so the sticking point is in the conditions and site plan — not the use itself, and a condition locked in at approval is expensive to amend later.
Act before: After the September 17, 2026 City Plan Commission action on this item
Ask why staff-backed Deep Ellum bar permit stalled three times
Why now: Item 10 carried 15-0 on both recorded occasions while the same 2650 Elm Street application was continued from August 6 to August 20 to September 3 to September 17, 2026, always with a staff approval recommendation.
What to do: Ask planner Justin Lee and the Council District 2 office why a bar permit that staff recommended for approval has been pushed four times since August 6, and whether the delays stem from neighborhood opposition, security or hours conditions, or an incomplete site plan. The two recorded votes were unanimous 15-0, so this is not a divided commission — something outside the vote record is driving the postponements.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Review hours and noise limits for new Elm Street bar
Why now: The application for a bar, lounge, or tavern at 2650 Elm Street carries a staff approval recommendation subject to a site plan and conditions and is set for its fourth hearing on September 17, 2026, in Council District 2.
What to do: Before the September 17 hearing, ask the planner for the recommended conditions attached to the proposed bar at 2650 Elm Street on the south side of Elm just west of North Crowdus — these set closing hours, occupancy, and any security or outdoor-area limits for your block. Once the permit is approved with those conditions, changing them requires a whole new application.
Act before: After the September 17, 2026 City Plan Commission action on this item
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What we said then vs what happened next
We said (Aug 5, 2026):
Check hours and layout for proposed Elm Street bar
What happened (Aug 20, 2026):
Carried: 15 to 0
We said (Aug 5, 2026):
Obtain written conditions for Deep Ellum bar permit
What happened (Aug 20, 2026):
Carried: 15 to 0
We said (Aug 5, 2026):
Confirm site plan limits before opening bar on Elm Street
What happened (Aug 20, 2026):
Carried: 15 to 0
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An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development District 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, west of N. Crowdus Street, AKA 2650 Elm Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Sweet Bar Dallas / Marvin Regalado U/A From: August 6, 2026, August 20, 2026, and September 3, 2026. Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000135
An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development District No. 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, west of N. Crowdus Street, AKA 2650 Elm Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Sweet Bar Dallas / Marvin Regalado U/A From: August 6, 2026 and August 20, 2026. Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000135
An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development District No. 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, west of N. Crowdus Street, [AKA 2650 Elm Street]. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Sweet Bar Dallas / Marvin Regalado U/A From: August 6, 2026. Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000135
Vote: 15 for, 0 against
hold under advisement until September 3, 2026
An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development District No. 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, west of N. Crowdus Street AKA 2650 Elm Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Sweet Bar Dallas / Marvin Regalado Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000135
Vote: 15 for, 0 against
hold under advisement until August 20, 2026