Off The Cuff sits on Elm Street in the middle of Deep Ellum, and it earns its sports-bar billing by carrying NFL Sunday Ticket and keeping the kitchen open long after most of the block stops serving food.
The pitch here is simple and it holds up. Off The Cuff runs every game across a wall of TVs, pours a deep beer list, and serves a burger-led menu until midnight, which in this district counts for plenty. The bar's own listing leans on three things: the late-night food, the happy hour, and the screens, and a former bartender will tell you that is the right order of priorities for a room that fills up after the venues let out.
The room
The space is a long Deep Ellum box with the bar down one side and screens worked into every sightline. Harlow's bad-seat test matters in a room this shape, because a single-wall TV layout can leave the back tables squinting. Off The Cuff avoids that by spreading the screens, so a corner two-top still keeps a clean line to the main game. It runs loud on weekend nights once the live-music crowd spills over from the surrounding clubs, and that energy is the trade-off for the location.
What to order
This is a draft-and-burger room, so order to its strengths. Work the beer list, take the late-night burger that the kitchen builds its reputation on, and keep the food coming until the midnight cutoff. At the $$ price level the value sits in the combination of a cold draft, a plate that arrives fast, and a screen you can actually see. Skip the idea of this as a cocktail destination and the room rewards you.
The crowd and best time to go
Hours run 5pm to 2am Monday through Friday and noon to 2am on weekends, with food service holding until midnight. The crowd is Deep Ellum through and through: a post-work set early, a younger late-night crowd as the clubs empty, and a Sunday football contingent chasing the Ticket. Come for an early-window NFL Sunday for the calmest version, or arrive before kickoff on a marquee Saturday slate to claim a table near the main wall.
What regulars say
Reviewers on Yelp and the OpenTable listing point to the late-night kitchen, the screen coverage, and the Deep Ellum location as the draw, with the usual notes about weekend noise and street parking. The repeated advice is to treat it as a games-and-food stop rather than a quiet drink, and to lean on the midnight food window.
Who it is for
Off The Cuff is for the Deep Ellum local who wants the game on and a real plate after 10pm, and for the football fan hunting Sunday Ticket without leaving the district. It suits groups bouncing between venues who want a screen and a kitchen in one stop. Skip it if you want a quiet booth away from a late-night bar scene.
The verdict
Off The Cuff wins on the two things a Deep Ellum sports bar has to get right. The first is coverage, where the spread of screens and NFL Sunday Ticket mean you never lose the game from a back table. The second is the kitchen, which keeps serving until midnight when most of the block has shut its food down. The honest caveat is the setting, where weekend nights run loud and parking is the standard Deep Ellum scramble. Come for an early game, work the beer list, ride the late-night menu, and the room does the rest. A bigger-screen alternative two blocks over is KANVAS Sport + Social on Main Street.
For the rest of the city's game-day options, see our guide to the best sports bars in Dallas and the wider sports bars by occasion. The full local scene is mapped in the Dallas bar guide.
Sources: Off The Cuff official site, otcdallas.com (2026); OpenTable listing; Yelp reviews; Dallas Observer venue directory.
