- Desiree Gutierrez, Dallas Observer

Uptown’s historic bar, Stoneleigh P, is celebrating its golden anniversary with a final shindig at the current Maple Avenue location.

The bar will host a 50th-anniversary party on Saturday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to closing. Dallas’ Dingo’s Band, a cover and original rock and R&B group, will kick off the party. DJ Mark Ridlen will take over at 7 p.m. with a vinyl set, spinning music that spans decades.

“My goal is just to have every generation, everybody that’s ever had a good time here, to just be here on one day,” says Laura Garrison, Stoneleigh P general manager and daughter of owner Tom Garrison. “I really just want everybody to come together and talk about ‘The P,’ to just celebrate this piece of Dallas history.”

The anniversary party will close out a half-century of history for both the Garrisons and Dallas: It is the beginning of the end for the Maple Avenue location. The iconic bar is looking for a new location after not being able to renew the current lease. It will close in 2024 on its 51st anniversary.

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