GOING TO DALLAS FIRST TIME SURPRISE BDAY TRIP FOR MY SISTER AND HUSBAND NEED HELP!

[Anonymous]

Just went to Dallas. Honestly, it’s not a very interesting place. We loved the Perot science and nature museum. Was prob the most fun museum of that type, especially if you’re into dinosaurs. Skip the zoo. My tween said the animals looked very sad.

[Anonymous]

I live in Texas and honestly would go somewhere more fun like a combo of Austin and Fredericksburg.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: I was just there.

Yuck who does this?

If you must OP please do not tell anyone this was your idea.

Let’s assume OP knows her family better than DCUM does. She is trying to treat people she loves.

If all you can do is judge their tastes, please refrain from posting. Your superiority complex reeks .

Try tolerance.

Are you new here? Tolerance is not DCUM's forte.

But I am part of this community too, and can call out those who use it to display their ugliness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The caps. The grammatical errors. the cringe.

! stop yelling OP. Your post isn't that important

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I was just there.

Yuck who does this?

If you must OP please do not tell anyone this was your idea.

We do..is Texas really that bad? I would be happy to tell anyone its my idea, its not like I am going to Compton or Detroit for Pete's sake, get off your high horse, you sound utterly miserable.
I am treating two people I care for to a trip they have wanted to take, you want to criticize that, that's on you.

Hmmm, who lives there?
Your attitude will fit in perfectly in Texas.

[Anonymous]

Javier's is the spot in Dallas for tex mex.

However, based on your comments you would have a lovely weekend at the Fort Worth Stockyards. Stay at the Drover, catch a rodeo, see what's at Billy Bob's or there is a more casual live music joint. Lots of good restaurants at all price points.

[Anonymous]

I’d split the difference between D and FW
Fly into DFW, stay in Grapevine at Hotel Vin which is an Autograph hotel. It’s really cool with a European style food hall and it’s right on Historic Main Street. Grapevine has loads of local wine bars, so you can sample some of the local Texas wines. Head to BBQ in Texas. Lots of options, but Hard Eight is excellent. They have the meat pits outside and you can smell the smokiness from the parking lots.
On another day, take the grapevine vintage train to Fort Worth, it’s a fun trip, they drop you off at the stockyards, see the daily cattle drive, spend the day.
On the last day head to Dallas if you like. It’ll be a 30 minute drive. As others mentioned, it’s more cosmopolitan than anything, it’s like Chicago but less windy, and it’s hot lol. For a really nice dinner the Mansion at Turtle creek is great, and there are so many other options too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Javier's is the spot in Dallas for tex mex.

However, based on your comments you would have a lovely weekend at the Fort Worth Stockyards. Stay at the Drover, catch a rodeo, see what's at Billy Bob's or there is a more casual live music joint. Lots of good restaurants at all price points.

This is the right answer. I combed through four pages of terrible recommendations to finally get to it. Literal lol at Austin being ‘Texas culture.’ OP most of the people commenting have clearly never spent any amount of time here. Some additional food suggestions: Joe T Garcia’s in FW is famous, cash only. Add The Mexican to your Dallas Tex mex list. Highland Park Village is fun to spend an afternoon. Al Biernat’s is a great steakhouse.

[Anonymous]

This is a very sweet idea, OP. While Texas is worth a visit, I was surprised by the lack of
cowboy culture there.

You might later consider an additional trip to Cheyenne, Wyoming. They have an annual event called Cheyenne Frontier Days which is a huge rodeo. I happened upon it years ago and it was awesome and had that real cowboy/cattleman vibe.

https://cfdrodeo.com/

Durango, CO also had an old western cowboy vibe too, if I recall correctly.

And believe it or not, Vegas has a big annual rodeo.

[Anonymous]

If you want a mix of high end Dallas and cowboy culture stay in Dallas at the Mansion (home of the world’s best tortilla soup and a gorgeous hotel) or the Crescent or the Adolphus downtown. Do some shopping at Neiman Marcus downtown, Highland Park Village or NorthPark (best mall ever), visit the Sixth Floor downtown, and then drive to Fort Worth one day. It’s less than an hour drive, and you pass Cowboys stadium as an added treat. Visit the stockyards, buy some boots, and then eat at THE definitive Tex Mex restaurant, Joe T Garcia’s, as others have mentioned. Get a table on the huge beautiful patio. It’s family style - just order the regular meal and let them take care of the rest.

As for the rodeo, I think Fort Worth is only in January? I could be wrong. But Mesquite rodeo outside of Dallas goes all year long I think.

Dallas is a fun and attractive city if you stay in the right places. Those who say it’s all strip malls have not been staying in the right places. But still, don’t get your hopes up too high OP- it’s not all as “Texan” or as exciting as you seem think, with the exception of the touristy stockyards in Fort Worth.

[Anonymous]

I lived in Dallas for six years but haven't been back since before the pandemic. I think you have the wrong impression of the city, which is understandable. Dallas would very much like to be LA or Miami, so think more along those lines than classic Texas vibes. The whole place is one big scene, lots of money, labels, the gym parking lot will look like a Maserati dealership, etc. The one classic dive we went too was Lee Harveys, but wouldn't call it a honky tonk necessarily. Just a very classic dive with live music on the weekends.

Other posters are right, if you want rodeo and honkey tonk, you need to go to Ft. Worth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d split the difference between D and FW
Fly into DFW, stay in Grapevine at Hotel Vin which is an Autograph hotel. It’s really cool with a European style food hall and it’s right on Historic Main Street. Grapevine has loads of local wine bars, so you can sample some of the local Texas wines. Head to BBQ in Texas. Lots of options, but Hard Eight is excellent. They have the meat pits outside and you can smell the smokiness from the parking lots.
On another day, take the grapevine vintage train to Fort Worth, it’s a fun trip, they drop you off at the stockyards, see the daily cattle drive, spend the day.
On the last day head to Dallas if you like. It’ll be a 30 minute drive. As others mentioned, it’s more cosmopolitan than anything, it’s like Chicago but less windy, and it’s hot lol. For a really nice dinner the Mansion at Turtle creek is great, and there are so many other options too.

Hahaha, this OP.

But yeah, this. I grew up in Dallas, still have family there, and this nails it. Grapevine is a fantastic little town.