DALLAS DISTRICTS
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Why We Love It Arts & Culture
American Airlines Center: Dallas’ biggest arena hosts professional basketball and hockey games and concerts by music superstars. AmericanAirlinesCenter.com
Major Art Museums: Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), Nasher Sculpture Center and Crow Collection of Asian Art are located adjacent on Flora Street. Take advantage of free admission at DMA and Crow. TheDallasArtsDistrict.org The Perot Museum of Nature and Science: Opening its doors in December 2012, this hands-on learning museum is very popular with children and adults. Weekends often sell out by Friday. Buy tickets ahead of time at PerotMuseum.com. World-Class Performing Arts Venues: Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre and Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center host Dallas’ opera, theater, ballet and symphony performances. TheDallasArtsDistrict.org Wild Bill’s Western Store: A Dallas shopping institution for more than 40 years, Wild Bill’s Western Store is a cornerstone in cowboy culture. Visit the shop in Downtown’s historic West End and create your own custom cowboy boots or browse timeless fur felt and straw hats. wildbillswestern.com
Food, Drink & Nightlife hree Types of Mexican Food in One Building: El T Fenix nearly invented Tex-Mex cuisine in 1918, in the same building where it operates today. Recent
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renovations added Mexican-Mayan cuisine at Meso Maya restaurant and tacos via a takeout window dubbed Taquería La Ventana. ElFenix.com, MesoMaya.com, TaqueriaLaVentana.com
tampede 66: S Nationally acclaimed chef Stephan Pyles opened this restaurant in November 2012 with a stunning, contemporary Texan interior and food inspired by cowboy, Southern and Mexican cuisines. Stampede66.com Tei-An: Incense and Japanese art provide the backdrop to fine dining twists on housemade soba and udon noodles. Take the elevator to the rooftop patio for a close-up snapshot of the downtown Dallas skyline. Tei-An.com W Dallas – Victory Hotel: Start with a gastropub dinner at Cook Hall, then meander past the reception desk to The Living Room Bar for late-night fun with DJs, cocktails and glamorous people-watching. StarwoodHotels.com
Outdoor Experiences lyde Warren Park: Dallas’ new green gem features K a children’s play area, daily free activity classes, lawn games, a dog park, free Wi-Fi and outdoor concerts and films. KlydeWarrenPark.org The Dallas World Aquarium: It’s technically indoors, but it feels like you’re walking outside in a rainforest and then venturing under the sea. DWAZoo.com
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