The best of Dallas

Restaurants: In fact more restaurants of all kinds per capita than New York City!

Mansion at Turtle Creek: 2821 Turtle Creek Blvd.; 214/559-2100. Jacket and reservations required.

John F. Kennedy Memorial: Corner of Main and Market streets

Sixth Floor Museum: 411 Elm St.; 888/485-4854 or 214/747-6660; $10 admission; www.jfk.org

World Aquarium & Zoological Garden: 1801 N. Griffin; 214/720-2224; $16 admission; www.dwazoo.com

Fair Park: 3809 Grand Ave, on outskirts of downtown; 214/670-8400 or 214/421-9600; www.bigtex.com

African American Museum: 214/565-9026; free admission

The Women’s Museum: 214/915-0860; $5 admission; www.thewomensmuseum.org

The Dallas Museum of Natural History: 214/421-3466; $6.50 admission; www.dallasdino.org

Texas Discovery Gardens: 214/428-7476; free admission

Age of Steam Railroad Museum: 214/428-0101; $5 admission

The Science Place: 214/428-5555; $7.50 admission; www.scienceplace.org

Hall of State: 214/421-4500; free admission; www.hallofstate.com

The Dallas Aquarium: 214/670-8443; $3; www.dallas-zoo.org/aq/aq.asp?page=aq

Sammy’s Barbecue: 2126 Leonard St; 214/880-9064; open 11am-3pm, closed Sunday.

Nasher Sculpture Center: 2001 Flora St., 214/242-5100, $10 admission; www.nashersculpturecenter.org

Dallas Museum of Art: 1717 N. Harwood St.; 214/922-1200; $10 admission; www.dm-art.org

Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection: 2010 Flora St.; 214-979-6430; free admission; www.crowcollection.org

The Dallas Zoo: 650 South R.L. Thornton Freeway; 214/670-5656; $8.75 admission; www.dallas-zoo.org

Southfork Ranch: 3700 Hogge Road; 972/442-7800; $8.95 admission; http://southfork.com

Abacus: 4511 McKinney Ave.; 214/559-3111; reserverations essential

Dallas Cowboys: 972/785-4800; www.dallascowboys.com

Mavericks: 214/747-MAVS; www.nba.com/mavericks/

Texas Rangers: 817/273-5100; www.texasrangers.com

Frisco Rough Riders: 972/334-1909; www.ridersbaseball.com

Dallas Stars: 214/GO-STARS; www.dallasstars.com

FC Dallas: 888/FCD-GOAL; www.mlsnet.com/MLS/dab/

Texas Motor Speedway: 817/215-8500; www.texasmotorspeedway.com

Mesquite Championship Rodeo: 800/833-9339 or 972/285-8777; www.mesquiterodeo.com

Contemporary Theater of Dallas: 5601 Sears St; 214/828-0094; www.contemporarytheaterofdallas.com

Deep Ellum Blues: 2612 Main street; 214-760-9338; www.deepellumblues.com

Double Wide Bar: 3510 Commerce Street, (214) 887-6510; www.double-wide.com

Club Dada: 2720 Elm St 214/744-3232; www.clubdada.com

Club Clearview: 2803 Main St.; 214/939-0077; www.clubclearview.com  

Pauline Frommer is the creator of the new Pauline Frommer Guidebooks which will be debuting in bookstores this July.

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