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Dallas-Fort Worth

The Best of Dallas

Big-city dining, deep barbecue history, and a wedding scene that spans warehouses to ballrooms.

14 guides published for Dallas, Texas

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Moving Companies

The Best Moving Companies in Dallas

Seven Dallas moving companies ranked against the TxDMV and federal carrier registers, because an unlicensed mover is the single biggest risk in a Texas move.

7 picks
A custom house in the Preston Hollow neighbourhood of Dallas, Texas Dallas

Home Builders

The Best Custom Home Builders in Dallas

Eight Dallas custom builders checked against the city's own permit file and the state franchise tax file, because Texas does not license home builders at all.

8 picks
Turtle Creek Park seen from the Katy Trail in Dallas, Texas Dallas

Med Spas

The Best Med Spas in Dallas

Six Dallas med spas ranked by the one thing you can check, namely the named physician behind the needle and what the Texas Medical Board file holds on them.

6 picks
A house in the Preston Hollow neighbourhood of Dallas, Texas Dallas

HVAC Companies

The Best HVAC Companies in Dallas

Seven Dallas heating and air companies ranked on a state licence you can look up in a minute, because unlike roofing, Texas really does regulate this trade.

7 picks
Houses in the Swiss Avenue Historic District in Dallas, Texas Dallas

Roofers

The Best Roofers in Dallas

Seven Dallas roofing companies ranked on credentials you can verify, because Texas does not license roofers and licensed and insured means very little here.

7 picks
Downtown Dallas seen across the Trinity River from Oak Cliff Dallas

Web Designers

The Best Web Designers in Dallas

Seven Dallas web and digital firms with a verifiable Dallas street address, ranked, plus the Los Angeles and Nashville shops that rank here as if local.

7 picks
Klyde Warren Park in downtown Dallas, built over the Woodall Rodgers Freeway Dallas

Family Fun

The Best Free Things to Do in Dallas

Seven Dallas attractions that cost nothing, each verified free on its operator's own site, from two free art museums to a 1776 Declaration broadside.

7 picks
Jefferson Boulevard in the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas, Texas Dallas

Tacos

The Best Tacos in Oak Cliff

Seven Oak Cliff taquerias ranked, from the Texas Monthly pick near Kiest Park to the Jefferson Boulevard spit tacos, with addresses and the cash-only warnings.

7 picks
Hanging lamps strung above an outdoor restaurant patio in the evening Dallas

Restaurants

The Best Restaurants on Lower Greenville

Seven Lower Greenville restaurants worth the trip, ranked, with addresses, the nights each one is closed and an honest note on which rooms have changed hands.

7 picks
The twice-daily longhorn cattle drive at the Fort Worth Stockyards Dallas

Day Trips

The Best Day Trips from Dallas

Nine day trips within 100 miles of Dallas, ranked, with drive distances, the day of the week each one is actually open, and what to do once you get there.

9 picks
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Wedding Videographers

The Best Wedding Videographers in Dallas

Ten wedding videographers filming in Dallas, ranked on public review records, published pricing, and where each studio is actually based in the Metroplex.

10 picks
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Barbecue

The Best Barbecue in Dallas

Five Dallas barbecue joints worth planning a day around, from a limited-hours pit in a Farmers Branch office park to the beef ribs that made Deep Ellum famous.

5 picks
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