Visiting DFW? Live here? Either way, these are places I've been and loved! Almost all are family and kid-friendly! (Have to be with me having a 2 and 4 year old!)
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Outdoor Activities
LOVE the food here! The vendors are great and so are the pop up shops. Love it all. Great local produce, bread, food, all the things.
Frisco Fresh Market
So gorgeous. Great walk, great views, just amazing.
Fort Worth Botanic Garden
I LOVE this place. They take such good care of the butterflies, and the rest of it is gorgeous.
Texas Discovery Gardens: Public Garden in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous year round, but also amazing in the fall and spring.
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Restaurants
Just love this place. EAT THERE so you can get their stone bowl!! It makes the rice at the bottom all nice and crispy.
Burning Rice
They have great italian food! Pizza tooo!
Amore Pasta & Pizza The Colony
Donut place in the morning (Twinkle Donuts) and The Rice Bar in the afternoon/evening! SOOO good! Just all around, amazing. My toddlers love it too!
The Rice Bar
Y'all. They have made all the lists and are 100% worth the hype. BONUS they serve Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters coffee! Get yourself a latte or an Americano! Cronuts are great too! All the things.
Twinkle Donuts
Eat at their Dallas location, it never disappoints. Also, their cucumber jalapeno margarita is…well…let's just say it inspired me to learn how to make one at home! SO GOOD!
Meso Maya
Get the Honey Bastard and the Lady Bird, thank me later.
Cane Rosso
So good that I have to stop anytime I'm in the area! Great fries.
Fred's Downtown Philly
Coffee, Breakfast, and Ice Cream!
I know it's a donut shop, but they also have GREAT coffee!
Twinkle Donuts
Great food, great community, great coffee, all around greatness.
The Nest Cafe
Get there early if you want to sit in the cool spot upstairs! They have great coffee and breakfast tacos!
Summer Moon Coffee (Frisco - Legacy & 121)
GREAT owners, great food pop ups, and great beer. It's a local secret.
ODD Muse Brewing Company
This place has the worlds best chocolate and ice cream (not offense to Blue Bell or Tillamook!). Get you the blue moon, superman, or Mackinac Fudge!
Kilwins Ice Cream - Chocolate - Fudge
Their food is AMAZING. They have more locations than just Dallas, but it's just so good. Seasonal menu is always great too!
Snooze, an A.M. Eatery
Arts & Entertainment
Immersive, fun, things to do indoor and outdoor. GREAT restaurantes near by AND Klyde Warren Park is right there. Same with the Dallas Musem of Art.
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
They always have traveling exhibits, speaker events, AND Klyde Warren Park is right in front of it with all their food trucks!
Dallas Museum of Art
Movies, sports, all the things. It's SO COOL!
Cosm Dallas
Love walking around this place! The kids love it too! You can bring food, or they have good food there.
Dallas Zoo
Another great option! The zoo is a great place to visit and known around the country if I recall!
Fort Worth Zoo
Just walking through this history is…there are no words. Everyone should go.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
This place is so informative. There is so much to learn even if you've studied it before.
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Always a great time!! You don't have to sing, but it's so entertaining!
