Newport's Seafood and Steaks

During the late 1800's, industry began to spring up in what is known today as The West End Historic District. Our building housed the Dallas Brewery and Bottling Works.This local company brewed and distributed Dallas Spirits, Tipperary, and Dallas Black beers. Pure artesian spring water, drawn from the cavernous well, as used to make these beers. As a result of prohibition, the Brewery was converted into the Grain Juice Company, eventually going bankrupt in 1926.

Blackland Properties purchased what was left of the original brewery in 1982 and began the first major restoration of the West End. During this restoration, our now-famous well was uncovered. At 31 feet wide and 55 feet deep, the well contains over 35 feet of water. Divers found smooth brick walls and flooring, with a smaller well in the center that is 12 feet in diameter. Due to downtown development since the turn of the century, the artesian spring that fed the well is primarily inactive today.

Newport's Seafood was the West End Historic District's first upscale restaurant, opening in 1983. The concept is simple. We purchase our fresh fish from brokers on all coasts every single day; we prepare it with simple elegance and serve it with sincerity, honesty and pride. And the concept seems to work, because Newport's has thrived for twenty six years inDallas - the city with the most restaurants per capita in the country.

The majestic model ship mounted over the well was discovered in a European antique shop. It originated from The Seaman's Chapel in Copenhagen, which served as a church for sea goers, where they would pray for a safe journey before setting sail.