🍴 Eat & Drink

Award-winning brisket, worth the line

📍 2702 Main St, Dallas · Deep Ellum

Austin legend's Dallas outpost — beef ribs the size of your forearm

📍 3025 Main St, Dallas · Deep Ellum

Texas Monthly's #1 BBQ in the whole state. Weekends only, line up early

📍 4645 Dick Price Rd, Fort Worth · Fort Worth

Open Thursday–Friday only, sold out by 1pm. Plan accordingly

📍 13628 Gamma Rd, Dallas · Farmers Branch

Brisket birria tacos minutes from AT&T Stadium

📍 205 E Front St, Arlington · Arlington

Backyard smoker turned cult favorite — get the brisket elote

📍 201 E Hattie St, Fort Worth · Near Southside

Famous bacon burnt ends on the Magnolia strip

📍 1109 W Magnolia Ave, Fort Worth · Magnolia

Kreuz Market lineage — no forks, no sauce, no problem

📍 400 W Davis St, Dallas · Bishop Arts

Cowboys-coach-era institution; the brisket tacos are the move

📍 4322 Lemmon Ave, Dallas · Oak Lawn

Family-run Tex-Mex since 1986 — order whatever mama's making

📍 4714 Maple Ave, Dallas · Oak Lawn

FW institution since 1935. Cash only, garden patio for a thousand of your friends

📍 2201 N Commerce St, Fort Worth · Stockyards

Joe T's sister bakery — breakfast tacos and pan dulce

📍 2122 N Main St, Fort Worth · Northside FW

Octopus tacos up front, taco omakase in the back room

📍 2701 Main St, Dallas · Deep Ellum

James Beard-noted trompo tacos, red-tortilla style

📍 Oak Cliff, Dallas · Oak Cliff

Trompo and suadero done right, open late

📍 2513 N Fitzhugh Ave, Dallas · Lower Greenville

Chef-driven tacos hiding in a strip mall

📍 9661 Audelia Rd, Dallas · Lake Highlands

Mariscos in a converted Oak Cliff house

📍 415 W 12th St, Dallas · Oak Cliff

Born a food truck, now a FW taco staple

📍 Fort Worth (multiple) · Fort Worth

Carhop service since 1965 — No. 5 with cheese and a cold one on your window tray

📍 6537 E Northwest Hwy, Dallas · Northwest Dallas

No-frills griddle burger; the line moves fast

📍 4810 Maple Ave, Dallas · Oak Lawn

Deep Ellum corner-bar burgers and dogs since 1990

📍 2726 Commerce St, Dallas · Deep Ellum

Weird-good burger matchups; local mini-group, FW original

📍 2836 Bledsoe St, Fort Worth · Fort Worth

TCU-side patio burgers

📍 3009 S University Dr, Fort Worth · TCU

Outlaw cooking, Diablo burger, gravel-lot charm

📍 915 Currie St, Fort Worth · Fort Worth

Mile-high cream pies and chicken-fried everything since 1956

📍 1123 W Davis St, Dallas · Oak Cliff

Migas, biscuits, and Texas-music soul

📍 2934 Main St, Dallas · Deep Ellum

24-hour German pancakes since 1962 — the 2am great equalizer

📍 1509 S University Dr, Fort Worth · Fort Worth

Oxtails, smothered chops, and the realest plate lunch in Dallas

📍 2840 E Ledbetter Dr, Dallas · South Dallas

Upscale Vietnamese with patio seating

📍 6047 Lewis St, Dallas · Lakewood

Bánh mì worth crossing town for

📍 1902 S Lamar St, Dallas · The Cedars

Encyclopedic Vietnamese menu, open late

📍 Dallas · Garland Rd

Late-night ramen on Lower Greenville

📍 1802 Greenville Ave, Dallas · Lower Greenville

Hand-pulled noodles from a Deep Ellum takeout window

📍 2933 Main St, Dallas · Deep Ellum

Neighborhood dumpling house on Peavy

📍 1146 Peavy Rd, Dallas · East Dallas

Counter-service lobster rolls and fish & chips

📍 1160 Peavy Rd, Dallas · East Dallas

Intimate Italian, tasting menu only — book ahead

📍 287 N Bishop Ave, Dallas · Bishop Arts

Italian grocery with legendary hot subs since 1966

📍 4901 Bryan St, Dallas · East Dallas

The Neapolitan pies that started Dallas's pizza wars

📍 2612 Commerce St, Dallas · Deep Ellum

Cane Rosso's NY-slice sibling

📍 14910 Midway Rd, Addison · Addison

Stockyards institution since 1947 — order the bone-in ribeye

📍 2458 N Main St, Fort Worth · Stockyards

Hare Krishna temple courtyard dining — calmest meal in Dallas

📍 5430 Gurley Ave, Dallas · East Dallas

Historic craftsman house, great patio

📍 1601 W 7th St, Fort Worth · Fort Worth

Gourmet grilled cheese fleet; Klyde Warren Park regular

📍 Roams DFW — check schedule · Roaming Dallas

Sliders from the truck that graduated to a Deep Ellum bar

📍 Roams DFW + Deep Ellum bar · Deep Ellum

Gator bites and crawfish étouffée wherever the truck lands

📍 Roams DFW — check schedule · Roaming DFW

Rotating daily food-truck lineup at the deck park

📍 2012 Woodall Rodgers Fwy, Dallas · Downtown Dallas

Junkyard beer garden with rotating trucks and a treehouse bar

📍 5624 Sears St, Dallas · Lower Greenville

Beer garden right off the Katy Trail — everyone's post-run reward

📍 3127 Routh St, Dallas · Uptown

Honky-tonk dive — write on the wall, order the burger

📍 2624 Commerce St, Dallas · Deep Ellum

Backyard dive with fire pits and dog Saturdays

📍 1807 Gould St, Dallas · The Cedars

Trailer-park-themed dive; order the Yoo-Hoo Yee-Haw

📍 3510 Commerce St, Dallas · Expo Park

Lovingly resurrected 1947 dive

📍 1613 Greenville Ave, Dallas · Lower Greenville

NOLA-style neighborhood bar — frozen Irish coffee, no attitude

📍 2640 Elm St, Dallas · Deep Ellum

Lab-grade cocktails on Elm Street

📍 2816 Elm St, Dallas · Deep Ellum

Subterranean cocktail den under The Joule

📍 1530 Main St, Dallas · Downtown Dallas

Eleven-seat mezcal and amaro nook at Sylvan Thirty

📍 1878 Sylvan Ave, Dallas · West Dallas

Near Southside's craft cocktail standby

📍 1408 W Magnolia Ave, Fort Worth · Magnolia

Near Southside neighborhood dive, zero pretense

📍 1263 W Magnolia Ave, Fort Worth · Magnolia

Speakeasy hiding under a bookstore facade

📍 900 Houston St, Fort Worth · Downtown FW

Stockyards honky-tonk with live country every night

📍 106 E Exchange Ave, Fort Worth · Stockyards

Home of the Velvet Hammer; taproom with pickup basketball

📍 1301 Pace St, Dallas · Design District

Mosaic IPA and a taproom big enough for the whole crew

📍 3110 Commonwealth Dr, Dallas · Design District

The Temptress milk stout lives here

📍 2302 Executive Dr, Garland · Garland

Fort Worth's OG craft brewery; Saturday tours are a ritual

📍 701 Galveston Ave, Fort Worth · Fort Worth

Pickle-beer chaos on the Trinity — somehow it works

📍 220 S Sylvania Ave, Fort Worth · Fort Worth

Riverside taproom north of downtown

📍 501 N Main St, Fort Worth · Fort Worth

McKinney's backyard brewery with live music

📍 402 E Louisiana St, McKinney · McKinney

Brewpub with experimental taps and weekly trivia

📍 7701 Lemmon Ave, Dallas · Oak Lawn

South Dallas BBQ-soul hybrid — come for brisket, stay for the cornbread

📍 2825 Grand Ave, Dallas · South Dallas

South Dallas brewpub with comfort food plates

📍 3118 Elm St, Dallas · South Dallas

Drunken noodles and pad see ew until midnight

📍 2704 Elm St, Dallas · Deep Ellum

Richardson Chinatown dim sum staple

📍 1212 E Belt Line Rd, Richardson · Richardson

Creative Indian over the Trinity River skyline

📍 3015 trinity Groves Ln, Dallas · Trinity Groves

Oak Cliff jerk chicken — the heat is real

📍 1200 E Kiest Blvd, Dallas · Oak Cliff

Trinidadian doubles and Caribbean comfort

📍 10233 Garland Rd, Dallas · East Dallas

Carrollton Koreatown K-BBQ with serious banchan spread

📍 2615 Old Denton Rd, Carrollton · Carrollton

Lechon and lumpia — Filipino family cooking

📍 2100 E Abram St, Arlington · Arlington

Thin-crust on the Henderson patio

📍 2820 N Henderson Ave, Dallas · Lakewood

Bishop Arts slice shop — grab one and walk

📍 411 N Zang Blvd, Dallas · Bishop Arts

Levantine spread — hummus, shawarma, family-style

📍 131 W Belt Line Rd, Richardson · Richardson

Mediterranean buffet that doesn't feel like one

📍 3750 Belt Line Rd, Addison · Addison

Spanish tapas and sangria on a leafy patio

📍 112 E Abram St, Arlington · Near Southside FW

Peruvian ceviche and pisco sours

📍 Fort Worth · Columbia Heights FW

All-day Lakewood cafe — coffee, brunch, dinner, drinks

📍 1520 E Louisiana Ave, Dallas · Lakewood

Farm-to-table Southern in downtown Dallas

📍 508 N Harwood St, Dallas · Dallas

Historic craftsman house turned brunch favorite

📍 1601 W 7th St, Fort Worth · Fort Worth

Detroit-style with the crispy cheese crown

📍 6324 La Vista Dr, Dallas · East Dallas

Modern Thai street food with serious cocktails

📍 2821 Commerce St, Dallas · Deep Ellum

Casual Lakewood sushi with happy hour deals

📍 4620 N Abrams Pkwy, Dallas · Lakewood

Uptown cocktail lounge with garden patio

📍 2120 McKinney Ave, Dallas · Uptown

Late-night slices + beef jerky — Deep Ellum fuel

📍 2611 Main St, Dallas · Deep Ellum

German comfort food and big pretzels in Bishop Arts

📍 111 N Zang Blvd, Dallas · Bishop Arts

Breakfast tacos doused in green chile — no frills needed

📍 3525 White Settlement Rd, Fort Worth · Fort Worth