The Best Places to Eat and Stay in Dallas
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- Dallas Observer 2023 · Best Restaurant With No Extra Fees · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer Classic Dallas Restaurants · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
- D Magazine 2023 · Best Place to Celebrate an Anniversary · Best of Big D
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A former mid-century motel across from Southern Methodist University, Graduate by Hilton Dallas kept the bones and added a design-savvy refresh that fits more naturally in a coastal boutique than a Dallas zip code. The rooms are clean and modernist, the personality is intact, and the guests skew younger and lighter on luggage than the grand Texan hotel lobby down the road. The Michelin Guide lists it among its selected hotels.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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- Dallas Observer Neighborhood Staples and Gems · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Mediterranean · Best of Dallas
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Former Mayor's House · Best of Big D
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Rank 99. Zoli's Pizza
Pizzeria
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- D Magazine D Magazine: #29 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- Dallas Observer Dallas Observer: 2023 · Best Pizza · Best of Dallas
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Rank 106. Stillwell's
Steakhouse
An upscale steakhouse on the seventh floor of a hotel that bills itself as Swiss hospitality in Texas, which tells you something about the room before you even sit down. The draw is the house Akaushi beef, raised by the team's own breeding program just north of the Red River, and it shows up across a menu built around the classics. White-jacketed service, a clubby feel, and a cocktail list you'll need before deciding.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Dallas Observer Dallas Observer: 2025 · Best Steakhouse · Best of Dallas
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Rank 107. Barsotti's
Italian
Black-and-white floors and a curved bar overlooking an open kitchen set the mood at this Oak Lawn trattoria. Homemade pasta is the point, from spaghetti with meatballs to lasagna Bolognese, backed by an all-Italian wine list. The room is bright and lively, the kind of neighborhood spot where the menu reads short because the kitchen means it. A Michelin Selected Restaurant.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The menu has exactly one protein, and the place is named after it. This casual taqueria built its following on birria, the slow-braised beef that started on a food truck before the team landed a brick-and-mortar spot on Rosedale. Tacos, quesatacos, flautas, tortas, burritos, and quesadillas are all on offer, but it's all birria all the time, served to a lunch crowd that already knows what it's ordering.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 107. La Casita Coffee
Coffee
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- D Magazine 2025 · Best Day-to-Night Combo · Best of Big D
- Eater The 15 Coolest Coffee Shops in Dallas
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- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Place to Have Coffee and Not Work · Best of Dallas
- Eater The 15 Coolest Coffee Shops in Dallas
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Rank 107. Mercat Bistro
Bistro
Wood floors, marble-topped tables, round-backed chairs: Mercat Bistro commits to the French bistro formula without a trace of irony. Escargots in parsley butter, French onion soup, moules frites, a croque monsieur at lunch. Nothing on the menu is surprising, and that's entirely the point. Business lunchers and neighborhood regulars share the room, and the service handles both without fuss. Grab a seat near the open kitchen if you want a little more noise with your classics.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 107. Monarch
Italian
Perched high inside The National, this Italian fine-dining room looks out over Dallas in a way that makes everyone feel like they're closing a deal. The menu runs handmade pasta, wood-fired meats, and premium seafood, with a wine list broad enough to keep the table arguing pleasantly. Dress up, bring an occasion if you don't already have one, and let the room do the rest.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 107. Stock & Barrel
Texas American
Wagyu meatloaf and croissant bread pudding sit on the same menu, which tells you everything about how Stock & Barrel operates. It's a casual American restaurant in the Bishop Arts neighborhood, with an open kitchen, a convivial bar counter, and booths that fill fast with locals who clearly have a standing reservation in their hearts. The kitchen leans into Texas comfort food, then nudges it somewhere unexpected.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The parking lot is gone, replaced by outdoor lounge space, which tells you everything about how Valencia Hotel Group rethought the classic mid-century courtyard motel. This boutique hotel in the Dallas suburb of Irving keeps the bones and swaps the rest for contemporary rooms with high-end details. Two Mules Cantina handles Tex-Mex, a beer garden runs live music on weekends, and the Salt Tequila Bar is exactly what it sounds like.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The refurbished 1961 palm tree roadside sign out front tells you everything about what this boutique hotel is trying to do: resurrect a classic Texas motor court without the questionable plumbing. Car-seat upholstery, burlwood headboards, and headlamp-shaped fixtures carry the automotive theme through all 143 rooms. A restaurant, a social club, and a rooftop bar mean you can stay in all night, and AT&T Stadium is minutes away when you can't.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Specialty Lattes · Best of Dallas
- Eater The 15 Coolest Coffee Shops in Dallas
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- D Magazine 2024 · Best Tex-Mex · Best of Big D
- Eater Frozen Margarita · 14 Iconic Dallas Dishes Locals and Tourists Must Try
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- Texas Monthly Honorable Mentions · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- D Magazine The Best New Restaurants in Dallas
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- Dallas Observer 2023 · Best Chocolate Chip Cookies · Best of Dallas
- Eater The 15 Coolest Coffee Shops in Dallas
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- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: #9 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 121. Dayne's Craft Barbecue
Texas-Style Barbecue
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- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: #7 · The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
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Rank 126. B4 Barbeque & Boba
Texas-Style Barbecue
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- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
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Rank 126. North Texas Smoke BBQ
Texas Barbecue
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- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
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Rank 126. Partenope Ristorante
Neapolitan Pizzeria
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- D Magazine #25 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- D Magazine 2025 · Best Pizza · Best of Big D
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Sandwich: The Super Jeff · Best of Big D
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- D Magazine #13 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Tacos · Best of Big D
- D Magazine 2023 · Best Vegetarian-Friendly · Best of Big D
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Rank 126. Sabar BBQ
Texas-Style Barbecue
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- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
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- D Magazine D Magazine: #5 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 126. Smoak Town BBQ
Texas-Style Barbecue
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- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
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Rank 126. Yearby’s Barbecue & Waterice
Texas Barbecue
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- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
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Rank 135. Alamo Club
American
The owner is often spotted bussing tables or running food on a busy night, which sets the tone for this Lower Greenville bar and American kitchen that manages to feel like it's been around forever. Cozy enough for a quiet date, loose enough for drinks with friends, it occupies that useful middle ground between neighborhood bar and proper dinner spot. An English chef handles the kitchen, keeping things grounded rather than showy.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Bars In Dallas
- D Magazine D Magazine: #46 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- Dallas Observer Dallas Observer: The Ultimate Dallas Bar Guide
- The Infatuation The Best Bars In Dallas
- D Magazine #46 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- Dallas Observer The Ultimate Dallas Bar Guide
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Rank 135. Apothecary
Avant-Garde Cocktail Bar
You will walk past it. That's by design. Apothecary is a dark, hushed cocktail lounge on Greenville where the seasonal menu gets a full thematic overhaul each year and bartenders can narrate the origin story of every pour from memory. The team spends months developing each recipe, and it shows. A James Beard Outstanding Bar Semifinalist, it draws the kind of crowd that actually reads the menu before ordering.
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- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
- Eater Eater: The 38 Essential Dallas Restaurants
- Dallas Observer Dallas Observer: The Ultimate Dallas Bar Guide
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
- Eater The 38 Essential Dallas Restaurants
- Dallas Observer The Ultimate Dallas Bar Guide
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Rank 135. Ari Korean BBQ
Korean Barbecue
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- D Magazine D Magazine: #48 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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- D Magazine D Magazine: #34 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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- D Magazine D Magazine: #47 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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- Dallas Observer 2023 · Best Restaurant with a Mission · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer Classic Dallas Restaurants · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
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- Dallas Observer Neighborhood Staples and Gems · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Philly Cheesesteak · Best of Dallas
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- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best New Restaurant · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer Splurge Worthy Spots · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
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- D Magazine D Magazine: #39 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- D Magazine D Magazine: 2024 · Best Chinese · Best of Big D
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- Dallas Observer Classic Dallas Restaurants · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Chicken-Fried Steak · Best of Dallas
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- Dallas Observer Neighborhood Staples and Gems · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Oxtail · Best of Dallas
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Rank 135. Namo
Sushi
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- D Magazine D Magazine: #32 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- D Magazine D Magazine: 2023 · Best Vietnamese · Best of Big D
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- Dallas Observer New Restaurants on the Observers’ Top 50 · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Carnitas · Best of Dallas
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- Dallas Observer Neighborhood Staples and Gems · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best State Fair Hack · Best of Dallas
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- D Magazine D Magazine: #45 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Restaurant for a Special Occasion · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer Splurge Worthy Spots · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
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- D Magazine D Magazine: #37 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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- D Magazine D Magazine: #41 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 135. Zoli's Pizza
Pizzeria
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- D Magazine D Magazine: #29 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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- Dallas Observer Dallas Observer: 2025 · Best Restaurant in Oak Cliff · Best of Dallas
- D Magazine D Magazine: The Best New Restaurants in Dallas
- Dallas Observer Dallas Observer: 2025 · Best Side: Grilled Leeks · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Restaurant in Oak Cliff · Best of Dallas
- D Magazine The Best New Restaurants in Dallas
- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Side: Grilled Leeks · Best of Dallas
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- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Chicken Wings · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer Barbecue Shops · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
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The enchiladas arrive sizzling on the plate, which tells you everything about the style of Tex-Mex this old-school Dallas institution runs on. The original McKinney Avenue location is a cavernous, sprawling room with a rowdy bar and tables packed with multigenerational families who have been coming here forever. Order the enchiladas, get a frozen margarita alongside them, and don't overthink it.
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Rank 171. Fletcher’s Corny Dog
Food Truck
A corn-dog-on-a-stick that's been a State Fair of Texas fixture for generations, now available year-round from a permanent food truck in Klyde Warren Park, which means skipping the August heat and the parking odyssey. The batter recipe is a family secret the Fletchers have kept close, and nobody has managed to copy it convincingly. Mustard is the traditional move. Cash, a short wait, and low expectations for your diet are all you need to bring.
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Rank 171. Hutchins BBQ
Texas Barbecue
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- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: #2 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
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Leon Bridges played the open mic here before he played anywhere else, which tells you something about Opening Bell's ear for talent. It's a coffee shop that moonlights as a live music venue, with one of the longest-running open mic nights in DFW and occasional national touring acts rounding out the calendar. Beer and wine are on hand if coffee isn't your thing, and there's food beyond pastries: sandwiches, soups, salads.
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- Dallas Observer Dallas Observer: The Ultimate Dallas Bar Guide
- Eater Eater: The 15 Coolest Coffee Shops in Dallas
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Rank 171. Tolbert's Restaurant & Chili Parlor
Texas American
A bowl of red without a single bean in sight, served the way Frank X. Tolbert intended when he more or less rewrote the rulebook on Texas chili decades ago. This casual chili parlor in Grapevine keeps his recipe going, ladling out small and large bowls with cheese and crackers, or folded into a Frito pie if you're feeling committed. It's a reason to make the suburban drive, and Main Street has enough to browse while the chili lingers.
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The chicken tikka taco built this place's reputation, and it's still the reason the line forms. Velvet Taco is a fast-casual taco chain that leans global, folding Indian, Thai, and Southern flavors into flour tortillas without making too big a deal about it. The Deep Ellum flagship is the original, with a paid lot out back for anyone who's circled the block twice already. Finish with the red velvet cake, which is exactly what it sounds like.
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The "trashcan" nacho, Dallas's contribution to stadium-snack culture, gets a serious upgrade at this Deep Ellum restaurant. The format is the same towering chip stack drowning in cheese, black beans, pico, guac, and pickled jalapeños, but the cheese here is worth caring about. The crowd skews young and loud in the best Deep Ellum tradition, which makes the nachos feel like exactly the right thing to order.
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Rank 196. Las Almas Rotas
Mexican
Las Almas Rotas is a Dallas agave bar that stocks small-batch mezcal, bacanora, and raicilla instead of celebrity tequila, which means the flights can include pechuga mezcal, distilled with raw poultry, and bottles that fit no known category. It was a James Beard Outstanding Bar Program semifinalist. Margaritas and palomas let the spirits do the talking, and carne asada tacos and pozole rojo keep the evening from getting too educational.
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- D Magazine D Magazine: 2024 · Best Agave Bar · Best of Big D
- D Magazine D Magazine: 2025 · Best Agave Bar · Best of Big D
- D Magazine D Magazine: 2023 · Best Agave Bar · Best of Big D
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Agave Bar · Best of Big D
- D Magazine 2025 · Best Agave Bar · Best of Big D
- D Magazine 2023 · Best Agave Bar · Best of Big D
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- D Magazine D Magazine: 2024 · Best Bakery · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer Dallas Observer: 2025 · Best Bakery · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer Dallas Observer: 2023 · Best Bakery · Best of Dallas
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Bakery · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Bakery · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer 2023 · Best Bakery · Best of Dallas
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- D Magazine D Magazine: 2025 · Best Bar Clone · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer Dallas Observer: 2025 · Best Fish and Chips · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer Dallas Observer: 2024 · Best Bloody Mary · Best of Dallas
- D Magazine 2025 · Best Bar Clone · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Fish and Chips · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Bloody Mary · Best of Dallas
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