Snake & Jake's Christmas Club Lounge

A tiny late-night room off Oak Street, with Christmas lights glowing all year. It opens deep into the night and has the close, dim atmosphere of a Carrollton neighborhood dive. Come for a drink well after most nearby bars have wound down.

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This Carrollton dive near Oak Street stays open late and keeps its Christmas lights up year-round. The small, dim room suits a drink after midnight.

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Snake and Jake's is a red-lit Uptown dive bar that stays decorated for Christmas all year, not just in December, with haphazard strings of lights and retro ornaments crowding the small horseshoe bar. The name itself nods to two earlier owners' signs that got combined rather than taken down. It keeps the same late-night dive bar hours and a simple drink menu built around a house shot-and-beer special. There is no seasonal switch to flip here since the holiday look never comes down.

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