Dallas area grub??

[bobbie]

Hey there. I'm heading down to mckinney, tx for a 3 day pickleball academy. While I'm in the Dallas area, can the locals give me some ideas for some must-haves for food?? I fly in august 17th and leave the 21st.

Thanks!!

 

[txav8r]

Absolutely! We love the salsa and warm chips there as well as the Shrimp Brochette... Papasito's Mexican, the Richardson location is nearest to McKinney. Excellent but not the cheapest, but well worth it!

Lots of good BBQ here, some better than others for certain meats or choices, from more name brand to the local ones. I like Dickey's and Sonny Bryans, but there are some really good ones down in Dallas.

We have a local chain for pizza, called Palios, you can BYOB to most locations and they have a number of pizzas to choose from, we like "the king", no mushrooms but add fresh garlic.

I'll try to get some time to put more in here later...welcome to Texas!

 

[bobbie]

Thanks Mel! @txav8r

 

[Scottintexas]

Are you just going out in the evening? Any special type of food?

Tex-Mex or BBQ is going to be the easiest (you'd probably find just as good of one of those in McKinney) we have a couple of BBQ that only open for limited hours or until they run out and then a couple of fancy food (sushi, steak houses, etc..) in Dallas that are 5 star (I've never been)

It can be a hard drive between McKinney and Dallas depending on traffic.

 

[bobbie]

@Scottintexas . I fly in around dinnertime on the 17th. The first and third day are 3-9pm so will hit some places for lunch. Sat we get out at 4:00pm so one evening for dinner. So hopefully those hours will avoid some traffic

 

[tocelli]

Hard 8 BBQ ... https://www.hardeightbbq.com/locations.html

I had never seen anything like it even being from Kentucky and we have BBQ. Everything is bigger in Texas I think the location below is closest to McKinney as we live in Little Elm now which is also North Dallas area.


THE COLONY


Location: 5300 State Hwy 121, The Colony 75056
Phone: 972-625-8888

Hours:
M - Th: 10:30 am – 10:00 pm
Fri - Sat: 10:30 am – 11:00 pm
Sun: 10:30 am – 9:00 pm

 

[richardp1557]

If you are into thin crust pizza "Cadillac Pizza" in downtown McKinney is your place.

Rick's Chophouse in downtown McKinney has a killer "Cowboy Ribeye" steak!

 

[Ancient canoe]

Please don't go Dickey's for BBQ. That's fast food BBQ. It's fine if your other options are McDonalds or BK, but it doesn't hold a candle to actual food.

 

[bobbie]

Ha! @Ancient canoe we have a dickey's in a suburb of portland. I will not get suckered in!! Thanks @richardp1557 and @tocelli for the suggestions!

 

[Cory]

20 year resident of McKinney

Best BBQ would be Hutchins on the east side, hands down

McKinney has a historic square downtown, lots of good places there

Sugarbacon on the square is good upscale-ish fare
Butcher block next to it has great sandwiches
Harvest on the square is good farm to table fare
Rye is my favorite place to eat, but it only seats about 15 people so its hard to get in
Square burger is a good burger joint.

along 75 has the chains, Rockfish, Texas Roadhouse, Saltgrass, Fuddruckers, fast food etc.

about 5-7 miles south at 75 and Stacy there are a lot of food places, again mostly chains but a few good ones in there

let me know if you are looking for something specific and I'll point you there.

Cory

 

[Cory]

I'll second the above vote for Hard Eight if you are willing to drive 15 miles or so, its the best in the metroplex I think.

I won't second the vote for Ricks, if you watched the first season of BBQ pittmasters, the head chef at Ricks lost every single episode for good reason.

 

[bobbie]

Thanks @Cory!

 

[Shuck Water]

X2 on Hutchins! Only place comparable would be Pecan Lodge, but that's near downtown. Hard Eight is cool, but I'm a little bit of a BBQ snob....been in Texas too long.

The one night out, if you are going with a few folks, check out Del Frisco's in uptown for drinks. The just opened and have a great upstairs bar. For dinner, go to Javier's...it's a real cool mexican restaurant with a cigar lounge. More expensive options would be Perry's or Nick in Sams. Uptown Dallas is the happening place and the "scenery" is top notch. Some of the best talent can be viewed at the Katy Trail Ice House. Very causal place with mostly outside seating. It's along the Katy Trail which is the walking/jog trail in uptown, so grab a beer and watch the show.

Alternatively, if you want to hit downtown Dallas during the day. Jimmy's Food Store is a MUST. It's off the beaten path, but for a lunch stop it's got the best sandwiches! Google it.

The drive downtown is about 45 minutes, so if you want to stay closer, check out Shops at Legacy http://shopsatlegacy.com/ . They just opened the new phase Legacy West https://legacywest.com/ Lots of great places. It's the mixed use with the urban "feel" in the suburbs or as we call it in the real estate world "surban".

 

[Cory]

I'll second all the above as well. I haven't been to Legacy west yet, didn't realize it was open yet.