Going to my first NFL game

[Derekmtl85]

Not sure where to post this, but i am going to dallas for the first time ever, for my first nfl game in october.

Just thought id ask if there is any restaurants people can recommend in the area for my first taste of real texas bbq. Thanks for the help!

 

[CouchCoach]

Not sure where to post this, but i am going to dallas for the first time ever, for my first nfl game in october.

Just thought id ask if there is any restaurants people can recommend in the area for my first taste of real texas bbq. Thanks for the help!

Welcome and yes, this is the right place as there are several others with questions about their first visit. Enjoy and welcome to the Zone.

 

[Runwildboys]

Welcome to the Twilight.... err, Cowboys Zone!!

Hey CC, isn't restaurants your area of expertise?

 

[CouchCoach]

Welcome to the Twilight.... err, Cowboys Zone!!

Hey CC, isn't restaurants your area of expertise?

Not in that area and not for some time. My dining out experiences have dwindled considerably. Besides that, I can drink as much as I want to at home and not have to remember where I parked the car, if I drove here. And I know the chef and maître d' really well, I think they're brothers, hell, could be twins. And they like the same tunes I like, gentlemen of refinement and taste.

I could help out if he was in the Dallas area but the Arlington area wasn't my hood. But then, the restaurant scene in Dallas is really dynamic and trendy. There are some BBQ joints in the Texas Monthly Top 50 that I haven't even heard of but then that's happening around the Austin area as well.

Derek, you didn't say where you live so, depending on how many nights you're going to be there, I would suggest BBQ and Tex-Mex for indigenous grub. If there's good seafood or steak joints where you live, no need to spend the dough in the Metroplex because it's not any better than most other large cities. The Metroplex is the name for the area. Comforting and warm, isn't it? When I lived there, I snuggled down in my bed every night like a screw in the tool box.

 

[Diehardblues]

Not sure where to post this, but i am going to dallas for the first time ever, for my first nfl game in october.

Just thought id ask if there is any restaurants people can recommend in the area for my first taste of real texas bbq. Thanks for the help!

Here’s the Holy Grail listing by Texas Monthly ranking top 50 in Texas. There’s one in Dallas, Desoto, Ft Worth and McKinney all within about 30 minutes .
https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/the-list-the-top-50-barbecue-joints-in-texas/

Cattkeack BBQ in Dallas
https://www.texasmonthly.com/s/the-golden-age-of-barbecue/

Unfortunately the DFW area doesn’t the best or most notable BBQ places in Texas which are in Austin area and South and Central Texas.But Texas Monthly is best guide. I’ve been to several and none disappointed.

 

[CouchCoach]

Here’s the Holy Grail listing by Texas Monthly ranking top 50 in Texas. There’s one in Dallas, Desoto, Ft Worth and McKinney all within about 30 minutes .
https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/the-list-the-top-50-barbecue-joints-in-texas/

Cattkeack BBQ in Dallas
https://www.texasmonthly.com/s/the-golden-age-of-barbecue/

Unfortunately the DFW area doesn’t the best or most notable BBQ places in Texas which are in Austin area and South and Central Texas.But Texas Monthly is best guide. I’ve been to several and none disappointed.

Yep, they do a good job and Austin is going nuts and overboard as they usually do with anything concerning food. Food trucks? Nah, let's have an armada.

That TM Top 50 list is a great guide and it would not surprise me if both Louis Mueller's, the Dean of Pitmasters, grandkids break in the next time, they made Honorable Mention this last time.

 

[Diehardblues]

Yep, they do a good job and Austin is going nuts and overboard as they usually do with anything concerning food. Food trucks? Nah, let's have an armada.

That TM Top 50 list is a great guide and it would not surprise me if both Louis Mueller's, the Dean of Pitmasters, grandkids break in the next time, they made Honorable Mention this last time.

They’ve been on there before if I recall correctly and deservedly so.

 

[CouchCoach]

They’ve been on there before if I recall correctly and deservedly so.

John was on there with his perm-a-truck set up like Franklin used to have before going brick and mortar. But they're both on the new and hot list that they've recently added.

I like BBQ, it is not my favorite and no way I am standing in a freakin' line for hours just to get some. The last time I did that, my older son talked me into it at John's truck set up and we stood in line for 2 hours watching them cross items off the menu as we got closer. And the city stopped them from setting up complimentary Bloody Mary/Screwdriver bars so I get my Q out of my own smoker. Is it as good? No, but it's close enough that standing in line isn't worth it.

Tell ya Greg, getting older and curmudgeon like (I have a paper card,b not the plastic full time one) has me at a point of not waiting in line for anything. I am very close to being that "you kids, get out of my line!" guy.

At the end of my life, I will lay there lamenting the time spent waiting for a table in Dallas restaurants.

 

[Diehardblues]

John was on there with his perm-a-truck set up like Franklin used to have before going brick and mortar. But they're both on the new and hot list that they've recently added.

I like BBQ, it is not my favorite and no way I am standing in a freakin' line for hours just to get some. The last time I did that, my older son talked me into it at John's truck set up and we stood in line for 2 hours watching them cross items off the menu as we got closer. And the city stopped them from setting up complimentary Bloody Mary/Screwdriver bars so I get my Q out of my own smoker. Is it as good? No, but it's close enough that standing in line isn't worth it.

Tell ya Greg, getting older and curmudgeon like (I have a paper card,b not the plastic full time one) has me at a point of not waiting in line for anything. I am very close to being that "you kids, get out of my line!" guy.

At the end of my life, I will lay there lamenting the time spent waiting for a table in Dallas restaurants.

Yea, I’ve been to the others in Austin but I’m not waiting in line at Franklins either.

Unfortunately with my heart healthy diet now I’m very limited to eating BBQ and when I do is normally chicken and turkey and maybe a tease of brisket and or a rib. Pork of any kind is almost totally off limits for me.

 

[CouchCoach]

Yea, I’ve been to the others in Austin but I’m not waiting in line at Franklins either.

Unfortunately with my heart healthy diet now I’m very limited to eating BBQ and when I do is normally chicken and turkey and maybe a tease of brisket and or a rib. Pork of any kind is almost totally off limits for me.

BBQ is down my list and I would rather have catfish, salmon or trout off my smoker than meat. At my age, I shouldn't be eating too much of it and would rather get my dose in burgers or steaks.

 

[Diehardblues]

BBQ is down my list and I would rather have catfish, salmon or trout off my smoker than meat. At my age, I shouldn't be eating too much of it and would rather get my dose in burgers or steaks.

Unfortunately beef is off my menu too most of the time. I’ll eat a grass fed steak now at home maybe 3 or 4 times a year and I havent eaten a hamburger out in over 4 years.

Fins and Feathers is my regular diet now. No caffeine, low carbs, sugar and sodium free as much as possible. And I feel great. Playing some of the best Golf of my life and working out at the gym regularly trying to extend the life of my new Heart valve.