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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.