Eat in Bishop Arts, Dallas

Lucia

• ★ 4.7
• Italian
• $$$

Order House-cured salumi board; foie gras-stuffed prunes; housemade cacio e pepe.

Chef David Uygur's chef-owned Italian in Bishop Arts, where the pasta is made daily and every salumi is hand-cured. Open tue-sat 6pm-10pm, closed sun-mon.

Lockhart Smokehouse

• ★ 4.5
• Texas Bbq
• $$

Order Shoulder clod cooked 18-20 hours over post-oak. Brisket with no sauce on butcher paper.

The Dallas outpost of the Lockhart BBQ tradition, run by descendants of the original Kreuz Market bloodline. Open sun-thu 11am-9pm, fri-sat 11am-10pm.

Encina

• ★ 4.3
• New American
• $$$

Order Blue corn pancakes with cajeta drizzle; weekend brunch tasting menu.

Chef Matt Balke's Bishop Arts neighbourhood restaurant in the former Bolsa space. Priced at $$$. Kitchen leans new american. At 614 W Davis St.

Oddfellows

• ★ 4.1
• American All-day
• $$

Order Chicken and waffles. The coffee programme is serious enough to visit before the brunch rush.

The Bishop Arts all-day cafe that holds its ground regardless of what opens around it. Kitchen leans american all-day. Open mon-sat 7am-10pm, sun 7am-9pm.

Emporium Pies

• ★ 4.4
• American
• $

Order The seasonal pie of the month. The Drunken Nut on the permanent menu.

A specialty pie shop in a 1930s Victorian bungalow in Bishop Arts, with handmade pies that change seasonally. Kitchen leans American desserts and pie.

Village Baking Co. (Bishop Arts)

• ★ 4.2
• Bakery
• $

Order Almond croissant; jambon et fromage sandwich; cortado

Bishop Arts outpost of Dallas's best French artisan bakery, offering almond croissants, pain au chocolat, and jambon et fromage sandwiches alongside quality.

Encina (Coffee)

• ★ 4.4
• Cafe
• $

Order Blue corn butterscotch pancakes; house-baked sourdough toast

Bishop Arts farm-to-table restaurant that doubles as one of Dallas's best weekend brunch cafes, famous for the blue corn butterscotch pancakes with salted.

Blind Bishop

• ★ 4.6
• Wine bar
• $$$

Order Blind tasting flight with curation by Dilek Caner; any producer dinner pairing

Texas's only Master of Wine Dilek Caner curates this intimate Bishop Arts wine bar and shop with about 300 labels. Kitchen leans wine bar, wine education.

Ampelos Wines

• ★ 4.3
• Wine bar
• $$$

Order Orange wine by the glass; pet-nat sparkling; any staff-pick bottle

Dallas's first exclusively natural wine bar and bottle shop run by Genevieve Weaver and Jessica Martinez. Kitchen leans natural wine bar, bottle shop.

Neighborhood Cellar

• ★ 4.1
• Wine bar
• $$$

Order Wine-club staff pick by the glass; seasonal charcuterie plate

Approachable Bishop Arts wine shop and bar stocking Australian, French, Argentinian, and South African labels. Kitchen leans wine retail bar.

Valle

• ★ 4.2
• Mexican
• $$$

Order Baja California tempranillo; mezcal negroni with Mexican dry vermouth

Dallas's first Mexican wine lounge from the Vinito owners: 100+ Mexican wine labels across every varietal, plus mezcal negronis with Mexican dry vermouth.

Little Blue Bistro

• ★ 4.3
• Natural Wine Bistro
• $$$

Order Burgundy escargot with herb butter and Oak Cliff Bread baguette; stracciatella.

An 80-year-old refurbished Bishop Arts cottage turned natural-wine bistro from Oliva Genthe, with a sustainable by-the-glass list and a tightly edited.

Lockhart Smokehouse (Pit Window)

• ★ 4.4
• American BBQ
• $

Order Texas-size beef rib (weekend only); brisket by the pound; jalapeno sausage link

Bishop Arts outpost of the Central Texas-style BBQ family, serving beef ribs, brisket, and hand-crafted sausage links straight off the pit on butcher paper.

Incloodie Bishop Arts Tejano Trails Tour

• ★ 4.6

Incloodie's Tejano Trails walking food tour through Oak Cliff's Bishop Arts District combines Little Mexico landmarks with progressive tastings.

Cinco de Mayo Festival (Bishop Arts)

• ★ 4.5

Oak Cliff's largest annual street festival, filling the Bishop Arts District with authentic Mexican food vendors, margarita competitions, live mariachi.

Blind Bishop Wine Class

• ★ 4.0

Texas's only Master of Wine, Dilek Caner, teaches wine education and blind tasting from beginner intro through sommelier certification in Spain and France.

Lockhart Smokehouse (Bishop Arts)

• ★ 4.4
• American BBQ
• $

Order Half-pound brisket; jalapeño sausage link; pinto beans

The most accessible of Dallas's top BBQ spots, open seven days a week unlike Pecan Lodge or Cattleack. Open mon-thu 11am-9pm, fri-sat 11am-10pm, sun 11am-9pm.