Coming to Texas: Need Advice

i would stay in uptown. hit lower greenville for drinks and blue goose for some tex mex. downtown dallas’ west end and downtown ft worth are other options as well. and yes, you’ll need a car.

I live in dallas & work in downtown dallas… however, I would suggest staying in Downtown fort worth and hitting up some Joe T’s margaritas and sundance square at night after games….

And they swear by the Sheraton Fort Worth, just off downtown. Easy walking distance to Sundance Square and the bars, and easy access to highway 30 which is the go to way to get to the stadium.

The Flying Saucer is pretty much a must. Almost 100% certain you’ve never seen that many beers in a single bar before.

The Saturday of Game 3 the traffic won't be bad at all. However, the Sunday of Game 4 the Cowboys have a 3:15 game against Tennessee. They will have over 90,000 and combine that with 50,000 for the Rangers playoff game and you have a lot of people.

Chicken Express. God did bless us with his own hand with that place.

Hit up pete’s dueling piano bar

Not that you haven’t before..but it’s awesome. heh.

You probably don’t need advice on where to go out in Dallas, but here is a list of bars that I enjoy (and I can’t emphasize enough: DO NOT go to Deep Ellum or the West End, period. They are dead, as in no businesses…with even fewer people.)

Meddlesome Moth
Three Sheets
The Loon
The Quarter
Idle Rich
Blackfriar Pub
Bar Celine (back of Park Restaurant)
Old Monk
Vickery Park
Capital Pub

Just google these joints if you are coming in to Dallas.

BBQ places in downtown ft worth. just walk around and you’ll find them

Every Saturday from 1-3 they have a deal where you buy a pint glass for $10 and you get 3 “free” beers.

It used to be really cool until a lot of people started showing up. It’s still fun, but it’s getting to be too crowded.

Note: It’s across the Trinity so you’ll have to drive.
7th Haven
Poag Mahone
Lola’s
Capital Bar
Fred’s (diner with good burgers)
Pop’s Safari (for the cigars)

If you want to stay within walking distance, there’s 8.0s and Flying Saucer near the court house. I prefer Flying Saucer. Patty Red’s is also pretty good if you walk South enough. If you like jazz, there’s Scatt, but I remember cover being ridiculous the one time I tried it. And of course Billy Bob’s.

Restaurant suggestions:
Ellerbe’s
Fuzzy’s Tacos
Angelo’s
Gloria’s
Patrizio’s
Buttons

Things to do:
Tour Cowboy’s stadium
Hangman’s house of Horrors
Rahr Brewery tour
Four Day Weekend improv comedy

Well, you’re already there. There’s all kinds of stuff in and around Sundance Square. There’s some other stuff if you go up North Main into the Stockyards as well.

Boring and sterile. Too many chains. Flying Saucer is a chain. I haven’t been there in many years but found it uncomfortable there, and a lot of that is because they only sold beer. No liquor at all, but maybe that has changed. Sundance Square has actually gotten better over the years in my opinion, but I guess its early days skewed my perception of it. There are other places in Fort Worth to have a good time, but it may be a little dangerous. There are some good blues bars on the east side if you’re not scared of black people.

Uptown Dallas is full of douches. Greenville is much the same in my opinion. The West End was always really contrived, and as has been said Deep Ellum died a painful death a long time ago.

Denton is good, but small, and the crowd is young. Austin is great. I’d honestly stay in Austin and drive up for the games. Maybe you could even take the amtrak though I don’t remember what the schedule is. Either way, nightlife in Dallas isn’t what it used to be and for a city of its size it was never a lot to begin with. Fucking sad state of affairs, it is. There are a couple of cool places, sure, but to have any real music scene you need to have more than a couple cool places.

If I ever get rich I will single handedly turn the Cedars into what Deep Ellum used to be (and more). Lots of good space for clubs over here. Rail access. Near to the police. I’d go so far as to pay bands from other cities to relocate here so they can start a scene. If I were only a billionaire.

Seeking investors.