Stan’s Blue Note, one of Lower Greenville’s longest-running haunts, quietly changed hands last Wednesday. The new bosses say regulars will still recognize their favorite bar while it gets some careful touchups and a revived upstairs mezzanine that will return as an e-lounge.
Familiar faces took over on April 1
As reported by The Dallas Morning News, Mo Sherbi and Reid McRae finalized the transfer on April Fool’s Day and made it clear they are not looking to reinvent a neighborhood institution. McRae is the son of Mike McRae, who ran Stan’s for the past decade, and both new operators describe themselves as longtime patrons who want to keep the bar’s personality intact rather than scrub it away.
A builder who deals in quartz
Sherbi comes in with a construction resume. He is a Dallas home builder and the founder of Sherbi Stone, a local stone company whose about page notes that it sells quartz slabs for kitchen islands and countertops. That nuts-and-bolts experience, the duo says, is shaping a slow and careful approach to repairs inside the bar.
Renovations, an e-lounge and menu tweaks
The new operators told The Dallas Morning News they plan to overhaul all four bathrooms in stages so Stan’s can keep pouring beers throughout the work. They also intend to bring the shuttered mezzanine back to life as a rentable e-lounge stocked with five TVs and video games.
On the food side, they are keeping the hits: burgers, mozzarella sticks and Gabe’s spaghetti dinner stay put. Joining them will be a smashburger, a chicken Caesar wrap and new wing sauces, including Stan’s Sauce, lemon pepper and garlic-parm. McRae said prices are not going up and Busch Light is still the reigning favorite at the taps, with promotions like 75-cent Busch Lights on the first Friday of the month sticking around.
Stan’s place on Greenville
Stan’s has anchored Lower Greenville since the early 1950s. The bar’s website notes it opened in 1952 and still pulls in kickball teams, alumni groups and weekday regulars who treat it like a second living room. The address and menu posted online reinforce the pitch from the new owners: expect the same cheap drafts and big-group-friendly energy while the building itself gets a few upgrades. Stan’s Blue Note lists its hours, menu and specials on its official site.
