Guidebook for Dallas

Amanda
Guidebook for Dallas

Food Scene

A top option for breakfast featuring a full bar and amazing pancakes, baked oatmeal and coffee.
Lakewood Heights
A top option for breakfast featuring a full bar and amazing pancakes, baked oatmeal and coffee.
A great quick option for breakfast or lunch, our favorite is the Acai bowl.
13 locals recommend
Unleavened Fresh Kitchen
1900 Abrams Pkwy
13 locals recommend
A great quick option for breakfast or lunch, our favorite is the Acai bowl.
Great green juices and smoothies!
Roots Juices
3527 Oak Lawn Ave
Great green juices and smoothies!
Breakfast and lunch made from locally grown ingredients.
48 locals recommend
Garden Cafe
5310 Junius St
48 locals recommend
Breakfast and lunch made from locally grown ingredients.
A bit farther away, but the donuts are legendary! Try the Homer or the Elvis Presley.
34 locals recommend
Hypnotic Donuts & Biscuits
9007 Garland Rd
34 locals recommend
A bit farther away, but the donuts are legendary! Try the Homer or the Elvis Presley.
A laid-back bar and restaurant with a very large outdoor patio, children’s play area, volleyball courts and dog parks, as well as live music.
26 locals recommend
The LOT
7530 E Grand Ave
26 locals recommend
A laid-back bar and restaurant with a very large outdoor patio, children’s play area, volleyball courts and dog parks, as well as live music.
If you are looking for great Tex-Mex in the area, look no further. The Bob Armstrong dip is legendary.
23 locals recommend
Matt's Rancho Martinez
1904 Skillman St
23 locals recommend
If you are looking for great Tex-Mex in the area, look no further. The Bob Armstrong dip is legendary.
Wood-fired Neopolitan pizza with great indoor and outdoor seating. Pizza is thin crust and cooks in just 70 seconds. The dessert pizza should not be overlooked!
40 locals recommend
Cane Rosso
7328 Gaston Ave
40 locals recommend
Wood-fired Neopolitan pizza with great indoor and outdoor seating. Pizza is thin crust and cooks in just 70 seconds. The dessert pizza should not be overlooked!
A Dallas favorite that just opened a location in the neighborhood, this is refined Mexican food that offers a lot of interesting cocktails and unique twists on your recognizable favorites. The Mexican lasagna is a great option.
67 locals recommend
Meso Maya Comida Y Copas
4123 Abrams Rd
67 locals recommend
A Dallas favorite that just opened a location in the neighborhood, this is refined Mexican food that offers a lot of interesting cocktails and unique twists on your recognizable favorites. The Mexican lasagna is a great option.
Our favorite restaurant in the area, this small gas-station-turned-restaurant features a take on Vietnamese food that you can’t find anywhere else. Garlic noodles and imperial rolls are favorite shared dishes. Reservations recommended, closed Sundays and Mondays.
20 locals recommend
Mot Hai Ba
6047 Lewis St
20 locals recommend
Our favorite restaurant in the area, this small gas-station-turned-restaurant features a take on Vietnamese food that you can’t find anywhere else. Garlic noodles and imperial rolls are favorite shared dishes. Reservations recommended, closed Sundays and Mondays.
41 locals recommend
Steel City Pops
2012 Greenville Ave
41 locals recommend
Drive through local coffee (the BEST chai latte and iced coffee around).
10 locals recommend
White Rock Coffee Express
4216 Abrams Rd
10 locals recommend
Drive through local coffee (the BEST chai latte and iced coffee around).

Drinks & Nightlife

A true dive bar with surprisingly gourmet food (and a great blue-plate special on Sundays).
27 locals recommend
Cock & Bull Neighborhood Pub
6330 Gaston Ave
27 locals recommend
A true dive bar with surprisingly gourmet food (and a great blue-plate special on Sundays).
A speak-easy with no sign (look for the bouncer!) that makes amazing craft cocktails in the heart of Deep Ellum.
33 locals recommend
Black Swan Saloon
2708 Elm St
33 locals recommend
A speak-easy with no sign (look for the bouncer!) that makes amazing craft cocktails in the heart of Deep Ellum.
Neighborhood Dive Bar
12 locals recommend
The Goat
7248 Gaston Ave
12 locals recommend
Neighborhood Dive Bar
Wine!
39 locals recommend
Times Ten Cellars
6324 Prospect Ave
39 locals recommend
Wine!
Beer!
8 locals recommend
The Ginger Man Lakewood
6341 La Vista Drive
8 locals recommend
Beer!

Parks & Nature

A must-visit arboretum at White Rock Lake. Known especially for their tulip festival in the spring, these gardens are unlike anything you've ever seen. There are some cafes on the premises as well. Great for kids and adults alike!
710 locals recommend
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
8525 Garland Rd
710 locals recommend
A must-visit arboretum at White Rock Lake. Known especially for their tulip festival in the spring, these gardens are unlike anything you've ever seen. There are some cafes on the premises as well. Great for kids and adults alike!
An amazing lake with a 9.2 mile trail for running, walking or biking.
502 locals recommend
White Rock Lake
2810 White Rock Rd
502 locals recommend
An amazing lake with a 9.2 mile trail for running, walking or biking.
Walk to this park from the house - there's a playground and large open spaces! The park also connects to the Santa Fe Trail, which for the ambitious runner can take you all the way to White Rock Lake.
Lindsley Park
Walk to this park from the house - there's a playground and large open spaces! The park also connects to the Santa Fe Trail, which for the ambitious runner can take you all the way to White Rock Lake.
A park built above the highway! Truly unique to Dallas - this is outside of the Art's District and there are almost always food trucks parked there to enjoy as well.
884 locals recommend
Klyde Warren Park
2012 Woodall Rodgers Fwy
884 locals recommend
A park built above the highway! Truly unique to Dallas - this is outside of the Art's District and there are almost always food trucks parked there to enjoy as well.

Arts & Culture

Free admission - open late on Thursdays!
790 locals recommend
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 N Harwood St
790 locals recommend
Free admission - open late on Thursdays!
Amazing event venue - check out the current offerings and see a show!
97 locals recommend
Winspear Opera House
2403 Flora St
97 locals recommend
Amazing event venue - check out the current offerings and see a show!
Museum devoted to J.F.K. close to the Grassy Knoll
421 locals recommend
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
411 Elm St
421 locals recommend
Museum devoted to J.F.K. close to the Grassy Knoll

Entertainment & Activities

A unique movie theater concept that shows current movies but also has fun special features, such as monthly 90's singalong nights!
119 locals recommend
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
1005 S Lamar St
119 locals recommend
A unique movie theater concept that shows current movies but also has fun special features, such as monthly 90's singalong nights!
See a basketball or hockey game, or enjoy one of the many concerts that come through.
546 locals recommend
American Airlines Center
2500 Victory Pk Ln
546 locals recommend
See a basketball or hockey game, or enjoy one of the many concerts that come through.
37 locals recommend
State Fair of Texas
3809 Grand Ave
37 locals recommend

Essentials

289 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
2510 McKinney Ave
289 locals recommend
Not 24 Hours!
95 locals recommend
CVS
1411 Main
95 locals recommend
Not 24 Hours!
10 days for $10 pass - Janie's class on Sundays is a local legend!
Uptown Yoga Lakewood
7330 Gaston Ave
10 days for $10 pass - Janie's class on Sundays is a local legend!
9 locals recommend
Faulkner's Fine Dry Cleaning
1912 Abrams Pkwy
9 locals recommend
The BEST massage ever - book in advance and e-mail Norma if there is no availability showing online, she can usually get you in.
360 Massage Therapy
360 massage street
The BEST massage ever - book in advance and e-mail Norma if there is no availability showing online, she can usually get you in.

Sightseeing

Iconic observation deck with city views (go at night then eat at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant in the tower afterward!)
470 locals recommend
Reunion Tower
300 Reunion Blvd E
470 locals recommend
Iconic observation deck with city views (go at night then eat at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant in the tower afterward!)