Following Texas governor Greg Abbott’s order allowing bars across the state to reopen at 25 percent capacity, bars in the city’s busiest entertainment district threw open the doors this weekend.

Bars in Deep Ellum were met with eager crowds of Dallasites clearly ready for a sense of normalcy after weeks of staying at home. Lines snaked around the buildings in the neighborhood, working their way through the streets as throngs of partiers waited to get into establishments like Vidorra, Stirr,