Date Spots in Dallas, TX

Dating in Dallas

Dallas dates often start with coffee and a wander. You can meet at Sandoitchi, Parterre, White Rhino Coffee, The Berni Bean Coffee Co., Full City Rooster, Café OLIVIA, Merit Coffee, Cafe Brazil, Noble Coyote Coffee Roasters, or The Meteor, then take a walk through Klyde Warren Park, Texas Discovery Gardens, Willis C. Winters Park, Pacific Plaza, Halperin Park, AT&T Discovery District, Pegasus Plaza, Civic Garden, Lubben Plaza, or Carpenter Park. For culture, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, African American Museum, Oswald Rooming House Museum, Meadows Museum, and Museum of Illusions give you plenty to talk about. It is an easy, flexible way to spend an afternoon together.

Evenings can be just as varied. Dinner might be Italian at Porta di Roma or Campisi's, Mexican at Uno Mas, Tex-Mex at La Ventana, Japanese or sushi at Hibiki, burgers at Chop House Burger or Velvet Taco, Asian at Sky Blossom Bistro, seafood at Commissary, or American at The Metropolitan on Main. Then choose drinks at Sixty Vines, Pegasus City Brewery, Electric Shuffle, Ruins, Manhattan Project Beer Company, Desert Racer, The Old Monk, Sor Juana, Frankie's Downtown, or Punch Bowl Social. For entertainment, catch something at Majestic Theatre, Wyly Theatre, Meyerson Symphony Center, Moody Performance Hall, Winspear Opera House, Texas Theatre, Angelika Film Center, The Hoglund Foundation Theater, Undermain Theatre, or Kitchen Dog Theater. Dallas gives you a lot of ways to build a date that fits your mood.

Neighborhoods in Dallas

These areas are called out in the local notes for this city. They can help you keep a date to one part of town.

• Downtown Frankie's Downtown, The Metropolitan on Main, AT&T Discovery District, and Pegasus Plaza offer a mix of drinks, dinner, and outdoor space for a downtown date.
• AT&T Discovery District This outdoor spot can be a relaxed stop, and it pairs with downtown dinner or drinks like Frankie's Downtown, The Metropolitan on Main, or Sixty Vines.
• Dealey Plaza The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza makes this a culture-focused area, and you can add coffee or a meal from the wider Dallas list.
• Klyde Warren Park A park for a simple outdoor date, with coffee options like Sandoitchi, Parterre, or White Rhino Coffee and museums like the Dallas Museum of Art and Nasher Sculpture Center to pair.
• Pacific Plaza An outdoor plaza where you can walk and talk, then choose coffee at The Meteor or Cafe Brazil and dinner at The Metropolitan on Main.