📍 Park Cities, Dallas

Dallas institution since 1977 from owner Javier Gutierrez, who grew up in Mexico City and wanted to bring continental Mexico City cuisine — fresh seafood, filets, and classic prepa...

Pan-Asian restaurant and sushi bar opened in 2006 by Lynae Fearing and Tracy Rathbun in Inwood Village. 'Shinsei' means 'rebirth' — the two-story space was the restaurateurs' first...

One of the largest collections of Spanish art outside of Spain, housed on the SMU campus. The Meadows holds significant depth across centuries of Spanish painting and sculpture. Th...

Church Coffee operates out of Highland Park Presbyterian Church at 3821 University Boulevard, a specialty coffee shop built as a gathering spot for church members, students, and th...

Cavero is a coffee cafe in Preston Center serving local roasts, craft lattes, and pastries, including a chimney cake roll that nods to its co-founders' Transylvanian and Hungarian ...

SMU-adjacent pizzeria open since 2007 at the corner of McFarlin and Hillcrest, serving two distinct original styles side by side: Southern Italian (Neapolitan) and Northern Italian...

Hedda Dowd's dedicated souffle salon in Inwood Village, open since 2008 and still Texas' only restaurant built entirely around the souffle. Chef Cherif Brami handles both savory an...

Vandelay Hospitality's old-Hollywood-glamour restaurant and lounge in Inwood Village, from Hunter Pond's group behind Hudson House and East Hampton Sandwich Co. Tufted booths, gold...

The presidential library sits on the SMU campus in a Robert A.M. Stern-designed building surrounded by 15 acres of restored Texas prairie. A full-scale Oval Office replica and the ...

Tiny eight-seat yakitori omakase from Masayuki Otaka, one of Dallas's OG Japanese chefs (formerly of Teppo). Skewered chicken parts grilled over binchotan charcoal, served as a mul...