Bar Colette
The Carrot Cake at Bar Colette is built on bonded rye, cream sherry, malt, spiced carrots and egg, which is a savoury drink pretending to be a dessert.1
Why go
Ruben Rolon runs this bar, and before Dallas he was at L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Miami, where the inaugural Florida MICHELIN Guide gave him its 2022 Exceptional Cocktails award.1 The James Beard Foundation made the room a semifinalist and then a nominee for Best New Bar in 2025.3 What you are drinking has usually been made hours earlier: PaperCity calls it a pour of a pre-made mixture that looks simple but has gone through an entire process in the back kitchen,
and the lab kit it goes through is in the back.1 The bar belongs to the Cohanim brothers, who also run Namo next door and the starred Mamani.4
Order this / avoid
- Order: the Carrot Cake. It is the savoury one and it is where the technique shows.1
- Order: the Provence,
a clarified milk punch creation with Eau de Vie de Rasin and rosé poached pear.
1 - Order: the Fresh Quince of Bel Air if you want tequila, or the Wimbledon if you want strawberry.2
What locals & experts say
- PaperCity, Megan Ziots, 2026:
The bar program is led by Michelin-recognized bar director Ruben Rolon.
2 - PaperCity on the room:
earth-tone terrazzo floors, wood-adorned walls, custom butterscotch velvet booths, gilded tables, high-top blush pink chairs, and warm backlit lighting behind the bar.
2 - The James Beard Foundation made it a Best New Bar nominee in 2025. It did not win.3
Good to know
Verdict
must-visit — A bar director who won MICHELIN's cocktail award in Miami, running clarified milk punches and a savoury build on bonded rye, cream sherry, malt and spiced carrots out of actual lab kit in the back. Order the Carrot Cake first and the Provence second, and expect the glass to arrive looking simpler than it was.