Almost eight years after it opened, Dallas’s famous Gas Monkey Bar N ‘Grill is ready for a new look.
The restaurant and live music venue will be given a completely new look and name – Amplified. Located on 10261 Technology Blvd. In Dallas, Amplified will officially launch on October 5th in conjunction with a live concert by the indie rock outfit Manchester Orchestra, the venue said in a press release.
Amplified will have a renovated interior and exterior, an updated sound system, massive LED TV walls and a new menu with old Gas Monkey favorites, as well as new products like chicken marsala and shrimp, chicken and sausage etouffée.
“We’re excited to introduce Amplified and show D-FW what we’ve been working on,” said managing partner Alex Mendonsa in a statement. “After a lot of hard work, we redesigned this room inside and out, focusing on sound quality, guest comfort and our menu.”
In 2014, the Gas Monkey Bar N ‘Grill was named one of the hottest concert venues in Dallas. Founded by Fast N ‘Loud star Richard Rawlings, the venue became the center of litigation between Rawlings and the venue’s managing partner from 2018.
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Rawlings was a founder and served as the face for Gas Monkey Live, but Mendonsa, who previously ran the House of Blues Las Vegas, ran the operations.
The $ 6 million lawsuit against Rawlings alleged that he defamed his business associates who operated the venue and made “willful and fraudulent attempts” to get out of his contract, which called the Gas Monkey to the operators of the venue licensed. Rawlings denied the claims and sued for $ 1 million in 2019.
According to the lawsuits, the disagreement over the administration of the venue stems from its construction.
Gas Monkey Live, the separate music events portion of the Gas Monkey Bar N ‘Grill, was temporarily closed in March 2020 due to COVID-19. After that, the live music store was finally closed and the live music store merged into the Gas Monkey Bar N ‘Grill on KulturMap. At the time, an employee told CultureMap that the closure of the venue had less to do with the pandemic and “more with landlord problems”.
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