The shot wheel photographed from an angle against the bar's graffiti wall

The house speciality

Spin
the wheel.

Over 400 drinks is too many to choose from. So we made choosing somebody else's problem.

How it works

You don't get
to choose.

Tell a bartender you can't pick. They spin. Whatever the pointer lands on is what you're drinking. No swaps. No second spins. No "can I just have the other one".

Three rings, each spinning on its own, which means the combination you land on has almost certainly never come up before and will never come up again.

Spinning is free. You only ever pay for the shot it lands on, and between 4 and 8 on a weekday that is $4 for anything on the back two wheels and $5 on the Death Wheel.

See what's on it
Close on The Shot Cellar's three-tier shot wheel: Flatliner, Motor Oil, 151 Ways to Die, Liquid Heroine and dozens more named around the rings

The three rings

Not all of them
are trying to hurt you.

Which ring the pointer lands on decides how the next thirty seconds of your life are going to go.

  1. 3 The big one at the back Our most popular pours and the best value on the wheel. Goes down easy, whoever you are. First time here? This is the ring you're praying for.
  2. 2 The middle one Where it gets fun. Drop shots, bombs and house favourites. Still a surprise. A friendly one.
  3. 1 The Death Wheel The little one at the front. Every shot on it is horrible on purpose: a dare, and a test of character. Far and away the most popular thing in this building.
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The wheel during the Fort Worth Stock Show, with the inner Death Wheel renamed Rodeo Queen, Lane Frost, Bulldogger and Barbwire
The Death Wheel during the Fort Worth Stock Show.

About the Death Wheel

It isn't always
a kick in the teeth.

The little one gets swapped out. For the Stock Show every shot on it takes a rodeo name. Halloween is its own thing, so is Pride, and now and then a distillery takes it over for a week.

The two outer rings stay put. So the question is never whether you'll get something you like. It's which version of the little one is up tonight.

Worth asking before you commit. Or don't ask. Honestly, don't ask.

See what's on it right now

The old one

It's still here.

The original hand-painted wheel spun behind this bar for years. It's retired now, hung up on the wall with the neon on it, like a jersey in the rafters. Give it a nod on your way past.

The original hand-painted shot wheel, now hanging on the wall under a neon sign
When
Mon–Fri 4pm–2am · Sat–Sun 12pm–2am