Eat & Drink

Food & Drink

Texas takes hospitality seriously. Bring an appetite — brisket, queso, breakfast tacos, and ice-cold margaritas are non-negotiable.

Texas BBQ

Slow-smoked brisket, beef ribs the size of your forearm, and house-made hot links. Order by the pound at the counter.

Pecan Lodge
Deep Ellum, Dallas
Brisket + jalapeño sausage
Goldee's BBQ
Fort Worth
Texas Monthly's #1 — go early
Terry Black's
Deep Ellum, Dallas
Beef rib + cream corn

Tex-Mex & Mexican

Enchiladas, sizzling fajitas, breakfast tacos, and chips that arrive before you sit down. DFW is the spiritual home of Tex-Mex.

Mi Cocina
Highland Park Village
Mambo Taxi + Brisket Tacos
Joe T. Garcia's
Fort Worth
Family-style dinner + margarita pitcher
Revolver Taco Lounge
Deep Ellum
Duck carnitas tacos

Coffee & breakfast

Whether you need a pour-over or a queso-laden plate of breakfast tacos, DFW has you covered before kickoff.

Ascension Coffee
Multiple locations
Flat white + avocado toast
Tacodeli
Multiple
Cowboy Taco for breakfast
Hypnotic Donuts
Lakewood, Dallas
Evil Elvis + dirty horchata

Bars & breweries

Watch the away matches with locals. From craft beer halls to ice-cold honky-tonks, DFW takes its drinking culture seriously.

The Truck Yard
Lower Greenville, Dallas
Outdoor beer garden + ferris wheel
Rahr & Sons Brewing
Fort Worth
Texas Red lager + brewery tour
Billy Bob's Texas
Stockyards
World's largest honky-tonk