LRHS: To the Locals

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

To the Locals

Have any of you ever been to the Stockyards over in Fort Worth? If so, please review. Any ideas for a place that is Texas-y or Western to show our Long Island visitors next month. Something like the Alamo, but closer. Dallas is unfortunately mostly malls. Not very cowboy.

6 comments:

john clarke said...: Fort Worth is definately the place to take out-of-towners. It's fun to wander around downtown Fort Worth and the Stockyards. I'm not sure if it's still in operation, but you can catch the Tarantula Train, a restored old school train, at the Stockyards station and ride it out to Grapevine and back.

For food, I'd say head to Angelo's barbeque on White Settlement Road. It's the best BBQ in North Texas, hands down. And they have the coldest scooners of draft beer anywhere --- the beer usually freezes in the mug. If you want to spring Mexican food on the visitors, go to Joe T. Garcias just off North Main. It's basic Tex-Mex served up family style. The atmosphere is good there.

The Fort Worth Zoo rules --- way better than Dallas'. The Kimball and the Modern are awesome art museums. And there's always an Imax film playing at the Science museum.

And you can drive by a small yellow brick duplex at 4101 West 4th Street. Tell the New York folk that a young man named john_clarke used to live there. And it made him happy.; 12:04 PM
john clarke said...: One other possibility. If your friends are baseball friendly, check to see if the Fort Worth Cats are in town. What's cool about the Cats is they play the same place, La Grave Field, as they did from 1925 till the 1950's. The Cats, part of the independant historic Texas League, restarted a couple of years ago. I don't have to tell you how much cheap fun you can have at a minor league ball game.; 12:08 PM
Tara said...: I knew I could count on John for info like this...thanks! By the way, one of the main reasons they are coming is to see the Official Minor League Baseball player of the LRHS, Tim Rall, play in Frisco...one of our visitors is his brother. I'd love to go to a Cats game sometime though. I am a fan of Fort Worth.; 12:33 PM
Robert_M said...: Listen to the great Bob Wills featuring Tommy Duncan, and drink Shiner.

That or just swing by the Galleria, and Northpark.; 1:44 PM
The Hatleyman said...: Stockyards are good. West End is a must for tourists. Nasher Center downtown Dallas is great. GILLY'S! BILLY BOB'S! BBQ, no doubt will need to be Sonny Bryan's original location off of Harry Hines. Pete's Dualing Piano Bar in Addison. Mexican food should be Pappasito's, Chuy's (Knox-Henderson and 75), Blue Goose, or Cozymel's.

Guidelive.com will be your best bet to find anything on the dates they are in town. Have fun!; 7:04 PM
whitneydonkey said...: bob said there is a great store called "cowboy cool" in uptown.
its in some new center with cobblestone streets off mckinney.; 8:58 PM