Dylan Asher, new chief operator for Redfield’s Neighborhood Tavern.
UPDATE: In response to questions regarding ownership of a spokesperson for Redfield’s replied: “Scott Cecil has stepped out entirely and Joe [Tillotson] has stepped back to allow Dylan [Asher] to operate as he sees fit. Dylan will be issuing a statement on Redfield’s social media tomorrow [Saturday, Dec. 12] at 10 am.”
UPDATE: As we noted in a post earlier this week, the bar and grill formerly known as Redfield’s Tavern, which shut down in October after a former manager released an audio tape in which owners Scott Cecil and Joe Tillotson could be heard telling the manager to stop hiring gay employees, announced via social media on Dec. 7 that it would be re-opening on Dec. 14. Today, Dallas Voice received a press release announcing that the business, now named Redfield’s Neighborhood Tavern, is re-opening under new management, including Chief Operator Dylan Asher, “a member of the LGBTQ community.” Read the press release in its entirety below:
“After a nearly two-month hiatus and operating under new management, the popular community pub formerly known as Redfield’s Tavern will reopen its doors as Redfield’s Neighborhood Tavern on Monday, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m.
“Located in the heart of the Dallas Medical District, Redfield’s plan has always been to create a welcoming space for locals to gather, engage and celebrate since its original opening in October of 2019. Live music, interactive games and community partnership were staples written into the business model of the tavern, and the reopening will focus on those pillars among others.
“Dylan Asher, former bar manager at Maple Landing, was chosen to spearhead the management transition and will serve as Redfield’s Chief Operator, overseeing the management and staff, programming and events, outreach and community development and all day-to-day operations.
“We’ve got a lot of work to do in order to reconnect with our neighbors,” Asher said. “We’ve taken time to step back and evaluate all of the communities that we serve and we are going to work around the clock to ensure that everyone feels welcomed and appreciated the moment that they walk in our doors.”
“The new hours of operation will be Monday through Friday from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m., and Saturday & Sunday, from noon-2 a.m.. Learn more at www.redfieldsneighborhoodtavern.com.”
ORIGINAL POST: Numerous posts on social media last week featured photos of the newly-repainted signage of the building at 2213 Butler St. — signage that now reads “Redfield’s Neighborhood Tavern” rather than “Redfield’s Tavern” — indicated that the Medical District bar and grill would be re-opening soon. A post on the Redfield’s Neighborhood Tavern indicates the bar and grill will re-open next Monday. Dec. 14.
Redfield’s closed in late October after a former employee released audio tape of the owners declaring that they never intended for the business to be a gay bar and instructing the then-manager not to hire anymore LGBTQ staff. Some social media posts said that the owners caught on the audio tape are no longer affiliated with the business. Dallas Voice has sent a message via Facebook and voicemail asking for clarification. We will update this post when we hear back from them.
The post announcing the re-opening date read: “We’ve taken the time to step back and reflect, listen & learn, and on Monday, December 14th, we will welcome back our neighbors – from all of our communities – to Redfield’s Neighborhood Tavern.
“There will be more to come in the next several days, but know this: we’ve missed you, and we are eager to get back to serving you and creating a friendly, welcoming space for all.
“There are brighter days ahead. #Redfields”
— Tammye Nash
Thank you Tammye for the article written about me in this weeks issue. I appreciate the mention and time you took to let North Texan lgbt readers know how you feel. But I do have a few issues I’d like to address.
1. Since when did republicans preach hate and terror against gay people?
2. Since when did I ask for violence against my fellow gays?
3. If you really cared about being inclusive and wanting equal rights then why don’t you allow other viewpoints from gays owns lesbians in your publication?
I have a proposition for you: allow me to write a weekly or monthly column in your publication about current events but from a republican lgbtq perspective. In return I will sponsor or pay for that column or whatever you choose to charge me for space to publish my writings I will donate to the gay and lesbian or trans charity of your choice.
The choice is yours. I’m trying to be fair to other LBGT readers like myself. Let me know your thoughts.
-gaytrumpsupporter
We always welcome different voices. Your comments are only deleted because you insist on using anti-LGBTQ slurs and on trying to be insulting for the sake of being insulting. If you want to submit a column to the Voice, you are welcome to do so. The only requirement is that you submit that column using your actual name. You don’t have to pay — although you are more than welcome to purchase advertising space if you want. If you submit an op-ed, it is subject to editing but only for punctuation, spelling, etc. Keep it around 800 words because that is about as much as we have op-ed space for each week. If you send something that is too long, I will send it back and ask you to cut it. Normally I would edit it down myself, since that is my job, but I wouldn’t want to take the chance of editing out something you felt important, since you already think we don’t allow different opinions.
Email me your submission to nash@dallasvoice.com. Remember: if all you want to do is insult people and use anti-LGBTQ slurs, I will reject the submission. But we don’t turn down op-eds because someone on staff disagrees with the writer.
As for republicans advocating hatred of LGBTQ people, I believe the record speaks for itself.
I’d love that but prefer to use my alias gaytrumpsupporter as the author. I’ve seen how liberals operate. Don’t need people slandering my business when they disagree should they know who I am.
I am sorry but we don’t allow op-ed written under an alias. We have on occasion published unsigned letters to the editor, but only when we know who the writer is. But an op-ed, you writing your opinion about a topic, has to have your name. If you don’t want to put your name on your opinion, you are welcome to keep commenting here, and as long as you are not trying to just insult people or using slurs, we are not going to delete the comments. Like I said, we welcome all voices in our op-ed column. And I encourage you to submit something.
If you can’t take the heat stay out of the kitchen
Bahahaha what. You don’t belong in the gay community when you actively support an ideology that wants to make us second class citizens. You don’t get to sit with us when you work against us behind our backs.
I don’t understand the self-loathing gay republicans who support tRump and ignore the anti-LGBTQ+ agenda. Less than two hours after Trump and his virulently anti-LGBTQ activist Vice President Mike Pence were sworn into office, all mentions of LGBTQ issues were removed from the official White House webpage. How can they say the Trump administration supports the LBGTQ+ community? Four years have set the gay community back decades.
Last time I checked there was still gay marriage and trump has gay cabinet members. Gays are not executed or be headed in the streets like in other countries. We have it pretty damn good here I would say!
“Gays are not executed or be headed in the streets like in other countries. We have it pretty damn good here I would say!” That’s a pretty low bar, don’t you think? They won’t kill us–but they will not allow us equal employment protection, housing equality, and equitable healthcare coverage, to name just a few areas where discrimination again us is legal. They appoint judges who are biased against us. They support churches that espouse hate against us. They fund schools that punish people like us, and they force all taxpayers to subsidize these schools (and churches) with tax benefits. Maybe YOU have it pretty damn good here, but I see many more here who are still suffering because they are gay.
The bar is located in PD-193 which is Oak Lawn! They still can’t admit they are in Oak Lawn! That is the real neighborhood they are located in….the “medical district” isn’t a neighborhood. I don’t think they have learned ANYTHING! I won’t step foot in there again as long as these owners will profit!
Absolutely not. They would need to “show the receipts “ so to speak… to prove the original owner or offender has absolutely nothing to do with the entire entity. Not planning on spending a penny in there until that happens. I’m sure the new manager is fantastic and I mean no offense to him but the entity as a whole… you don’t just get to hire a token gay and call it done. That or a dunking tank where the offending owner has to get dunked in a tank of something nasty and apologize every time he pops up. That would work for me lok
I mean they GENUINELY only have 2 options if they want to ever have a chance of getting LGBTQ dollars back.
1. Actually get COMPLETELY rid of anyone involved in the original incident
2. Own it and make sincere and public apologies… over and over again. Literally do some kind of publicity stunt like I joked about…. have them set up a dunking tank full of goo where we can come dunk them. Have them apologize to people IN PERSON. Set up certain hours where a portion of the proceeds from bar sales go to a local LGBTQ cause.
That’s about it. What they have done so far is not working for anyone I know or talk to.
Relax, then don’t patronize the establishment. This is the issue I am other gay republicans have with democrats…. just because someone doesn’t support 100% your viewpoint doesn’t make them bad or evil. Simply move on and don’t go there if you don’t like it.
Republicans fought and continue to fight to limit our civil rights, fight to allow us to be tortured as children, and fight to allow businesses to turn us away as untouchables. This is the United States yet the Republicans fight to make LGBT people a different, discrimination prone class. Republicans also fought to limit our access to health care and insurance and treatment and grants during the AIDS crisis. Plenty has been written.
Tammye on here acting like this is a real paper. This is a gossip column! Find HONEST work. Digging up crap on business owners will get you sued, especially when it’s 1/2 truth.
BIlly Jean. The info in this post came from a spokesman for the owner. Nobody “dug up” anything
That’s not true. You didn’t bother to get the full story from the owners. Just ran with the story on the 1/2 truths that were told to you and an out of context recording.
That GM and other bar leadership now work for Caven (JR’s)? Well isn’t that just convenient. I’d say it was an inside hit job. Telling a bunch of owners that have their own brand that they HAVE to have drag shows, they HAVE to hire gay bartenders. They didn’t want to be a gay bar. That’s understandable, just look at all the drama our community causes. But it’s not a gay bar and is in MEDICAL DISTRICT. Wycliffe is the cutoff sweethearts, LOL. It didn’t sound good what was said on the recording, but when you’re taking it out of context, when a GM is telling you “we have to be a gay bar or we’ll fail” – B.S. Let them be who they want to be, isn’t that what WE are asking them to do? It’s their brand, stop influencing someone to change THEIR establishment.
I wouldn’t move my Dallas based business to Oaklawn for anything. Sooner or later we will have nothing because a bunch of caddy queens ran them off. That’s not ok, we have to have a good reputation or we will have NOTHING. Silly state of affairs if you ask me.
Once again. Everything in that blog came from a public relations agent representing the owners.
This is the issue with liberals. The Second hall don’t agree with someone you’ll destroy their business and send them to hell just because they have a different viewpoint. If you don’t agree with the owners, don’t go to the restaurant. Grow up, move on!
Why is there such commotion over this bar in the outskirts of the Oaklawn. Why are the gays trying to control everything and everyone. They are acting as bad as the right wingers they vilify and harass until they bend to their demands.
Sadly, the far left will continue to push their agenda into every aspect of our lives.
As a gay leader in the community, it saddens me that a select few take on a role of defender, prosecutor and judge. This behavior by the DV and the staff is despicable when they decided to attack business owners.
Not all gays are the same or equal.