Officially open in November of 2012, Craft & Growler’s warm mahogany interior initially seems better suited for a New England setting, although the beer list proves otherwise. The bar’s 30 taps cover a diverse selection of craft beers, with a focus on Texas and Dallas-area microbrews. Apart from an incredibly knowledgeable and friendly staff of […]
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A plethora of Victorian-style houses, pioneer homes and other old tyme-y buildings were brought in from neighboring cities and reassembled here to create a sort of interactive museum-slash-city park that’s a popular field-trip destination for the grade-school set. You can putter around in the old general store, watch a blacksmith hammering away, explore a 19th-century […]
Featuring 95 acres of natural habitats that include many rare and endangered species, an award-winning two-acre gorilla habitat, the Lacerte Family Children’s Zoo and more.
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Oak Cliff’s newest taco sensation is the second location of a business that first opened in McKinney. But Del Sur Tacos has upped its game to compete with Jefferson Boulevard’s crowd of rival taquerias, with inspired specialty tacos featuring fillings like a chile relleno, excellent carnitas, cochinita pibil and birria. Grab some mulitas, too, and […]
What used to be an old Thai restaurant is now serving upscale seafood dishes. An aggressive remodel transformed the space, now tricked out in dreamy ocean blues with sculptures of driftwood and sand dollars and starfish strewn about. The fish is wicked fresh and specials showcase odd sea creatures of all sorts. Grilled shrimp, golden […]
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The Bishop Arts District chocolatier owned and operated by Katherine Clapner has a sweet gig going. Consistently heralded among the best purveyors of sweets, this shop pushes the envelope of cocoa standards. Clapner changes the selections seasonally, offering spicy curry-flavored confections one season and a roasted beet and Texas olive oil chocolate the next. Foil-topped […]
Some of the best enchiladas verdes in Dallas can be found here, and if you agree with us, you can order them in an enormous platter of six; or just get two as they come with sides of ride and beans. There are other hits on the menu too, including picadillo gorditas, lengua tacos and […]
A Tex-Mex institution in Oak Cliff, El Ranchito lives up to every mariachi-serenaded stereotype and has a kitchen to back up the bragging. One house specialty is cabrito – kid goat – but El Ranchito offers many more ways to celebrate the cuisines of Monterrey, northern Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley. Grab a portion […]
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It must have taken some brass balls to open up a shop that sells nothing but pies at the tail end of the Great Recession, so if supporting the gumption of the lovely young ladies behind Emporium Pies isn’t enough to get you in the door of their Victorian bungalow on Bishop Avenue, perhaps the […]