The Dallas I know is a metropolitan city with a stunning skyline, a rocking arts scene and creative restaurants that led to it being named the 2019 Restaurant City of the Year by Bon Appetit. It also doesn’t help that the city is a confusing mass of highways, and often misconstrued as a Western honky-tonk, thanks to the 1980s TV show Dallas (it’s anything but that – trust me). Beyond the Dallas Cowboys and the Texas State Fair, Dallas’ attractions are more low-key and focused on neighborhood exploration. Here’s the thing: as someone who has lived in Dallas since 2015, I can totally understand why the city has flown under the radar as a travel destination.
The most common is, “I’ve never really thought about visiting Dallas.” The other? “I’ve visited but I didn’t really know what to do or where to go.” When I tell people I live in Dallas, I receive two responses.
