Best Of Dallas

Music, Stage, & Sports Venues:

• AT&T Performing Arts Center
• Winspear Opera House
• Morton Meyerson Symphony Center
• Verizon Theatre
• House Of Blues Dallas
• Music Hall At Fair Park
• Bass Performance Hall (Ft Worth)
• (Dallas Cowboys) AT&T Stadium
• American Airlines Center
• The Star In Frisco
• (Texas Rangers) Globe Life Park
• (FC Dallas) Toyota Stadium
• Cotton Bowl Stadium

Movie Theaters:

Out Of The Ordinary

• iPic Theatre (Frisco – Opening 2017)
• iPic Theatre (Allen)
• Angelika Film Center (Plano)
• Look Cinemas (Addison)
• Angelika Film Center (Dallas)
• Magnolia Theatre (Dallas)
• Inwood Theatre (Dallas)

Neighborhood Cineplex

• Movie House & Eatery (McKinney)
• Stonebriar 24 (Frisco)
• Cinemark Frisco Square (Frisco)
• Cinemark West Plano (Plano)
• Cinemark Allen 16 (Allen)

Professional Sports:

Major League

• Dallas Cowboys (NFL) @ Cowboys (AT&T) Stadium
• Texas Rangers (MLB) @ Rangers Ballpark
• Dallas Mavericks (NBA) @ American Airlines Center
• Dallas Stars (NHL) @ American Airlines Center
• FC Dallas (MLS) @ FC Dallas (Toyota) Stadium

Minor League

• Frisco Rough Riders (MiLB Class AA) @ Dr Pepper Ballpark
• Texas Legends (NBA D-League)@ Dr Pepper Arena

College Sports (NCAA Division I):

Michigan

• Western Michigan University – Broncos (MAC) @ Kalamazoo
• University Of Michigan – Wolverines (Big Ten) @ Ann Arbor
• Michigan State University – Spartans (Big Ten) @ E Lansing

Dallas/Ft Worth

• Texas Christian University – Horned Frogs (Big 12) @ Ft Worth
• Southern Methodist University – Mustangs (AAC) @ Dallas
• University Of North Texas – Mean Green (Conf USA) @ Denton

Elsewhere In Texas

• University Of Texas – Longhorns (Big 12) @ Austin
• Texas A&M University – Aggies (SEC) @ College Station
• Baylor University – Bears (Big 12) @ Waco
• Texas Tech University – Red Raiders (Big 12) @ Lubbock
• Rice University – Owls (Conf USA) @ Houston

Performing Arts:

• Dallas Symphony Orchestra
• The Dallas Opera
• Texas Ballet Theater
• Dallas Summer Musicals

Museums & Other Attractions:

• Six Flags Over Texas & Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
• Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Gardens
• Sixth Floor Museum
• George W Bush Presidential Library & Museum
• Perot Museum Of Nature & Science
• Dallas Museum Of Art
• Nasher Sculpture Center
• Dallas Zoo
• Dallas World Acquarium
• Reunion Tower
• Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament
• Top Golf
• Klyde Warren Park (gourmet food trucks)
• Ft Worth Water Gardens
• Dallas Segway Tours / Segway Nation Tours Dallas
• iFly Indoor Skydiving
• Great Wolf Lodge & Water Park
• Texas State Fair (big Tex & everything fried)

Comedy Clubs:

• Improv Comedy Club (Far North Dallas)
• Improv Comedy Club (Arlington)
• Hyenas Comedy Club (Plano)
• Hyenas Comedy Club (Dallas)
• Hyenas Comedy Club (Ft Worth)

Music & Dance Clubs:

• Sambuca 360 (Plano)
• Glass Cactus (Grapevine)
• Blue Martini (Plano)
• Rockin’ S Bar & Grill (Frisco)
• Z Grill & Tap (Frisco)
• Sambuca Uptown (Uptown)
• Avenu Lounge (Uptown)
• Pete’s Piano Bar (Addison)

Dance Bands:

• Emerald City
• Downtown Fever
• LimeLight
• Party Machine
• Walton Stout
• Le Freak
• Jam Wows
• Good Question
• In10City

Jazz Clubs:

• Balcony Club (Dallas)
• SoHo Food & Jazz (Far North Dallas)
• Scat Jazz Lounge (Ft Worth)

Breakfast & Lunch:

Breakfast

• Ida Claire
• Norma’s Cafe
• The Original Pancake House
• The Cheesecake Factory
• Breadwinners Cafe
• McDonald’s
• Chik-fil-A

Burgers & Chicken

• Hopdoddy’s (burgers, craft beers, cool vibe)
• Liberty Burger
• Fuddrucker’s
• Five Guys
• Smash Burger
• Jake’s
• In-N-Out
• Hooters

Deli & Sandwiches

• Pot Belly
• La Madeline
• Corner Bakery
• Paradise Cafe
• Zoës Kitchen
• Eatzi’s Market & Bakery
• Which Wich
• Jimmy John’s

Tex-Mex & Other

• Taco Bueno
• Cafe Express
• Dickey’s

Restaurants & Gastropubs:

Frisco

• Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille
• 54th Street Restaurant & Drafthouse
• Estilo Gaucho
• Barn Light Eatery
• Hutchins BBQ
• Sake Toro
• Cheesecake Factory
• Gloria’s
• Crudo Wood Fired Bistro & Tavern (nice bar, great service)
• Vicini (Italian)
• Mash’d
• Bonnie Ruths
• LaHacienda Ranch
• Babe’s (winner winner chicken dinner)
• Best Thai
• Thai Noodle Wave
• Trattoria al Giardino
• Rockfish Seafood Grill
• Three Squares

Plano (Legacy Shops, Legacy West, & Granite Park)

• Del Frisco’s Grille
• Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse
• Jasper’s (Kent Rathbun)
• The Capital Grille
• Seasons 52
• Bob’s Steak & Chop House
• Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
• Mexican Sugar
• Fireside Pies (gourmet pizza)
• Gordon Biersch
• Benihana
• Taco Diner
• Kenny’s Smoke House
• Campisi’s
• The Blue Fish @ 121
• Shake Shack

Plano

• Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion ( chocolate soufflé)
• Maggiano’s
• Whiskey Cake
• Sixty Vines
• Urban Crust (rooftop ice bar, great pizza)
• Breadwinners Cafe (great Sunday brunch)
• Bone Daddy’s (BBQ sports bar)
• II Brother’s
• Kenny’s Burger Joint
• Kona Grill
• Princi Italia
• Mia Dia From Scratch
• Jorgs Cafe Vienna

McKinney

• Harry’s At The Harbor
• Cavalli Pizza
• Daddy’s Tacos
• Eclair Bistro & Jazz Lounge (Wed night upstairs party)
• Square Burger (square burgers & 30 tap beers)
• Sugar Bacon
• Harvest Seasonal Kitchen

Allen

• Bonefish Grill
• Wild Salsa
• PaneVino Wood Fired Pizzeria & Bistro
• PF Chang’s
• The Cheesecake Factory
• Black Walnut Cafe

Richardson

• Aboca’s Italian Grill

Flower Mound/Coppell/Lewisville

• BJs Brewhouse
• Anamia’s Tex-Mex
• Yellow Rose Steak House
• Rockfish Seafood Grill

Southlake/Grapevine

• Truluck’s
• Bonefish Grill (bang bang shrimp)
• PF Changs
• Carrabba’s
• Texan Station Sports Bar
• Ferrari’s Italian Villa
• Grimaldi’s Pizzeria

Far North Dallas

• Table 13
• Chamberlain’s Fish Market Grill
• Osteria PaneVino
• Kenny’s Wood Fired Grill
• Ruth’s Chris Steak House
• III Forks
• Pappas Bros
• PF Changs
• Carrabba’s
• Gloria’s

North Dallas/Park Cities

• Nick & Sam’s Grill
• Hopdoddy’s (burgers, craft beers, cool vibe)
• Sprinkles Cupcakes (artsy & sweet)

Knox-Henderson

• The Porch
• Sissy’s Southern Kitchen & Bar (Sissy’s fried chicken)

Lower Greenville

• The Grape Restaurant
• HG Sply Co

Uptown

• Stampede 66 (modern Texas cuisine & fried chicken)
• The Standard Pour (gastropub, great cocktails)
• Savor Gastropub
• The Social House
• Nick & Sam’s
• Lark On The Park
• Coal Vines
• Truluck’s
• Del Frisco’s Grille
• Abacus (Iron Chef winner)
• The Capital Grille
• Morton’s Steakhouse
• The Rustic
• Breadwinners Cafe (great Sunday brunch)
• Katy Trail Ice House (outdoor biergarten)

Arts District

• Flora Street Cafe (Stephan Pyles)
• Proof & Pantry

Deep Ellum

• Local Dallas
• Braindead Brewing
• Pecan Lodge (best Texas BBQ)

Downtown

• Five Sixty Wolfgang Puck (Reunion Tower)
• Eddie V’s Prime Seafood
• Al Biernats
• Dakota’s Steakhouse
• Pyramid Restaurant & Bar
• The Meddlesome Moth (gastropub, world beers)
• The Cedars Social (gastropub)
• Victory Tavern (next to American Airlines Center)
• Hard Rock Cafe
• House of Blues
• Campisi’s

High-End, Upscale Shopping:

• Galleria Dallas
• North Park Center
• Stonebriar Center
• Southlake Town Square
• The Shops At Willow Bend
• Collin Creek Mall
• Highland Park Village
• Allen Premium Outlets
• Shops At Park Lane
• Preston Center

Last updated 12-Oct-2021.