re: First trip to Dallas...must do's and must eats

I never really cared for Snuffer's, although the only one I really ever went to was the one attached to The Grenada. I was usually drunk every time I went there. There was a drug-related gun murder there one afternoon when I lived right down the street.

I disagree about Dallas not having any good food. There are more restaurants there per capita than most cities according to some vague statistic I recall being told once.

I loved Gloria's (El Salvadorean), MiCocina, Uncle Julios, all the local DFW chain places like that. There's so much good Tex-Mex there that it will make you cry.

Being that its in kind of a nature-wasteland, all there really is to do for recreation in DFW is eat, drink, and shop. Dallas does very well in all of those categories. I've forgotten more great restaurants in Dallas than I can remember.

It doesn't have a big cluster of unique real fine dining establishments within a few square blocks like some cities, but there's a lot of good food in Dallas.