The bar reopened Monday in its old location after its new facility was forced to shut down on Friday night, July 10.įor the owners, employees and loyal customers of the Dallas Eagle, last Friday night’s grand opening of the gay bar’s new digs was a dream five years in the making. JOHN WRIGHT/Dallas Voice Bill Walling, a bartender at the Dallas Eagle, pours a drink Tuesday afternoon, July 14 inside the original Dallas Eagle. Failure to update address on liquor license led to shutdown