Food destinations within easy reach of Dallas, worth the early start.
Food destinations within easy reach of Dallas, worth the train, the rental car or the early start.
Famous for Stockyards BBQ, Tex-Mex, Joe T. Garcia's legendary outdoor garden
Fort Worth is a city with its own identity, 35 minutes from Dallas, where the Stockyards historic district offers cobblestone streets, daily cattle drives.
Drive I-30 W or take the Trinity Railway Express from Union Station to Fort Worth T&P Station
Famous for Farm-to-table restaurants in 19th-century buildings; Food Walks of Texas guided tour
McKinney's historic downtown square holds 56 restaurants in preserved 19th-century stone buildings. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
Drive US-75 N to McKinney; no direct rail connection
Famous for 75-plus Hill Country wineries; Becker Vineyards; the annual Fredericksburg Food and Wine Festival
Fredericksburg is the Texas Hill Country wine capital with over 75 wineries along Highway 290. Booking recommended. A neighbourhood favourite.
Drive I-35 S to Austin then TX-290 W; or fly DFW to Austin-Bergstrom then rent a car
Famous for Smitty's Market (since 1948), Black's Barbecue (since 1932), Kreuz Market
Lockhart, designated the Barbecue Capital of Texas by the state legislature, holds three historic BBQ institutions within walking distance of each other.
Drive I-35 S to Austin then TX-183 to Lockhart; pair with an Austin stay
Famous for Courthouse square restaurants; Ida Mae's Soulfood; kolache bakeries
Waxahachie's Ellis County Courthouse square, a National Historic Landmark, is surrounded by independent restaurants in 19th-century limestone buildings.
Drive I-35 E S to Waxahachie exit; street parking on the historic square
Famous for Vietnamese pho corridor on Parker Road; Asia Times Square (Grand Prairie); Korean BBQ on Belt Line
The Parker Road Vietnamese corridor in Plano and Richardson holds the densest concentration of Vietnamese restaurants in Texas, alongside Korean BBQ.
DART Red Line to Parker Road station; or drive US-75 N to Plano
Famous for Lakeside dining; historic opera house district; Texas peach orchards nearby
Granbury's Hood County Courthouse square has an intact Victorian commercial district with restaurants, wine shops, and bakeries surrounding a working 1886.
Drive US-377 S from Fort Worth or I-20 W to Granbury exit
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