Dallas Date Ideas

The Coffee House Cafe is a locally-owned community gathering place in North Dallas that is open for breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner and serves a variety of delicious homemade fare and specialty coffee. Owner Carrie Stein and her talented culinary team present a menu of light, healthy food such as cage-free egg specialties, fresh meat, and seafood dishes, crisp salads and vegetables, and a range of freshly baked pastries and sweet treats. Beverages range from house-squeezed juices to a delightful wine selection, and 100% certified organic, fair trade and shade-grown hand-selected coffee and espresso beans. The Coffee House Café hosts a variety of events throughout the month, including live music, poetry readings, and more.

Coffee House Cafe, 6150 Frankford Road, Dallas, Texas, 75252, Phone: 972-232-2333

Easy Slider is a casual food-truck-inspired restaurant in historic Deep Ellum that serves freshly-made, innovative mini-burgers all over Dallas. Owned by Caroline Perini and Miley Holmes, Easy Slider began as a food truck, and the city’s only slider truck that served fresh, creative made-from-scratch mini-burgers with Certified Angus Beef patties, freshly baked buns, and sides and salads from the crispiest farmers market produce. Today, three food trucks and the brick and mortar restaurant in Deep Ellum still serves delicious handcrafted burgers with sauces made in-house, and decadent desserts prepared fresh for a sweet treat at the end of the meal or a mid-morning sugar rush.

Easy Slider , 2701 Main St., Suite 110, Dallas, TX 75226, Phone: 469-917-7111

Peticolas Brewing Company is a family-owned and operated brewery in Dallas that produces an award-winning range of handcrafted craft beers and ales. The brewery boasts a modern industrial-style space with a tri-level tasting room dedicated to showing off 18 of the brewery’s beers with plenty of bars and table seating, a games loft with bar seating, televisions and a variety of games, and a secluded seated area for private tastings. Guided tours of the brewery are available on certain days, as well as tastings of the brewery’s top brews, which include Velvet Hammer, Golden Opportunity, Royal Scandal, Great Scot!, and Clandestine, among others.

Peticolas Brewing Company, 1301 Pace St, Dallas, TX 75207, Phone: 214-234-7600

Hide is all about amazing cocktails where expert bartenders skilled in the science behind eye-popping beverages create incredible craft cocktails in a trendy space in Deep Ellum. Boasting floor-to-ceiling windows, dimly lit nooks and a bright stage-like atmosphere around a central bar with a behind-the-bar herb garden, Hide is a veritable cocktail den that is perfect for pre-dinner cocktails or a first date drink. The bar also serves a menu of light bites and snacks like crispy ahi poke tacos to accompany the extensive list of libations, which include classic cocktails, and specialty drinks created with homemade bitters, syrups, and tinctures.

Hide, 1928 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX, Phone: 214-396-8050

Unique Date Ideas

Located in the Windhaven Plaza on the Dallas Parkway, Sixty Vines is a casual New American kitchen and wine bar that serves a menu of light bites and wines on tap in spacious, designer surrounds. The Plano hot spot boasts breathtakingly high ceilings with exposed wooden beams; an open kitchen with a dazzling copper-domed pizza oven and fresh pasta hanging from the pipes; long communal tables with oversized lanterns filled with foot-tall candles; an area filled with comfy couches for the lounging crowd; a quiet greenhouse patio. Sixty Vines has a high-quality kitchen that serves an Italian-inspired menu of appetizers, wood-fired pizza, house-made pasta, fresh salads, and sharing platters of artisan cheeses and meats, along with 41 wines on tap by the half-glass, glass, double-glass or bottle, plus three beers brewed on the premises and a list of guest beers and ciders.

Sixty Vines, 3701 Dallas Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093, Phone: 469-620-8463

Founded in 1999 by restaurateur Phil Romano, Nick & Sam’s Uptown Steakhouse is one of Dallas’ most popular dining destinations. The elegant Uptown chophouse serves an array of exceptional prime steaks and chops, including the best selections of Japanese Wagyu in the country, fresh seafood, and world-class sushi, along with an award-winning wine list, and outstanding customer service. The acclaimed restaurant boasts a classy, elegant ambiance with soft lighting, dark wood floors and dark wood ceilings framed dark painted walls, leather seating, and a vibrant bar scene. The menu features half a dozen cuts of prime USDA beef and seven varieties of Japanese Wagyu, which are cooked to perfection and served with homemade sauces and an array of sides like creamed spinach, roast mushrooms, and the to-die-for lobster mac and cheese. Other items on the menu include fresh seafood and sushi, and an extensive wine list which boasts over 450 selections, including 20 offered by the glass.

Nick & Sam’s Uptown Steakhouse, 3008 Maple Ave, Dallas, TX 75201, Phone: 214-871-7444

Henry's Majestic is an industrial-chic Dallas bar and restaurant that promises good food and strong drinks in a laid-back, community gathering space atmosphere. The restaurant, which has been praised by USA Today, Bravo, and Zagat, is home to two large bars, which serve up craft microbrews on draft, an extensive wine list, and impressive separate cocktail menus for brunch, day, and evening service. Lunch, dinner, and late night menus emphasize unique fusion comfort food, including Korean barbecue chicken, street tacos, bone marrow burgers, and Texas-style pho bowls. A dog-friendly outdoor patio offers a spacious fireplace and televisions playing major sporting events.

Henry's Majestic, 4900 McKinney Ave, Dallas, TX 75205, Phone: 469-893-9400

Pie Tap Pizza Workshop and Bar is a delicious pizza joint in Dallas' Design District, opened in 2016 by Sicilian-born chef Giovanni Mauro. The restaurant brings Mauro's family culinary traditions to the Lone Star State, highlighting a world-class crust recipe that took 30 years to perfect, crafted without sugar to maximize airiness and healthiness. Pies are baked on twin Italian ovens in the restaurant's open-plan kitchen, crafted with top-tier ingredients like sliced-to-order prosciutto and housemade ricotta. Pizza options include favorites like margherita, pepperoni, or prosciutto, served up alongside gourmet variants like rotisserie chicken bourbon barbecue or cremini and shiitake mushroom with farm eggs and fontina. Extensive liquor menus feature local craft brew favorites, cask wines, and artisanal house cocktails.

Pie Tap Pizza Workshop and Bar, 2708 N Henderson Ave, Dallas, TX 75206, Phone: 972-432-7800