Eat in Design District, Dallas

Slow Bone

• ★ 4.3
• Texas Bbq
• $$

Order Smoked pork chop, a cut most Dallas BBQ joints skip. Beef brisket by the half-pound.

A Design District lunch institution that closes when the meat runs out. The smoked pork chop has built a cult following since the restaurant opened.

Wayward Coffee Co. (Design District)

• ★ 4.1
• Specialty Coffee, Multi-roaster
• $

Order Rotating guest roaster V60; oat milk cortado

Design District multi-roaster cafe serving rotating beans from Cat and Cloud, Little Wolf, Mae, and Hydrangea in a clean-lined space popular with designers.

Wayward Coffee Co.

• ★ 4.2
• Coffee roaster
• $$

Order Guest roaster V60 (changes weekly); seasonal batch cold brew

Multi-roaster cafe that curates rotating beans from standout national and regional micro-roasters, giving Dallas coffee drinkers access to roasters they.

Lemma Coffee

• ★ 4.4
• Coffee roaster
• $$

Order Fluid-bed-roasted Ethiopia natural; precision AeroPress tasting

Design District specialty roaster that introduced a Typhoon fluid-bed roaster in spring 2025, bringing a new dimension of clarity and brightness.

Community Beer Co.

• ★ 4.0
• Bavarian beer garden
• $$$

Order Mosaic IPA; seasonal German-style lager on the biergarten

Dallas's largest brewery campus with a 70,000 sq ft two-story facility, outdoor biergarten, and weekend brunch, anchoring the Design District's craft beer.

Peticolas Brewing Company

• ★ 4.5
• Brewery
• $$

Order Velvet Hammer (extra strong ale); Wintervention (seasonal); Classic Man (English amber)

Design District award-winner with two Great American Beer Festival gold medals and a reputation as one of the most serious beer programs in Texas.

Texas Ale Project

• ★ 4.1
• Brewery
• $$

Order Ruthie Golden Ale; TAP WTR non-alcoholic hop water; seasonal rotating small-batch

The first brewery built from the ground up in the city of Dallas since the late 1800s. Located in Design District. At 1001 N Riverfront Blvd.

Dallas Margarita Festival

• ★ 4.2

Dallas's dedicated margarita and Tex-Mex festival, gathering the city's best bartenders and restaurant groups for competitive margarita judging and unlimited.

The Cookery Dallas

• ★ 4.3

Design District hands-on cooking studio hosting dinner-party style classes where guests cook and then sit down to eat the full meal together.

Dallas Mav Brewing BBQ Class

• ★ 4.1

Seasonal pairing class combining Community Beer Co. brewery tour and tap tasting with a private chef-led BBQ cooking demonstration, teaching brisket rub.