Holiday is coming soon, life is basically back to normal, you have guests coming to town. Of course, you will want to be a savvy host, master the dining venues in Dallas, and prepare a series of restaurants when needed.

As part of our annual tradition, for our December edition of "Where to Eat", we will provide recommendations on the best restaurants to attract your holiday visitors and show them the services Dallas has to offer. (If you just want to take out, please click here to see our list of restaurants that offer Christmas takeout.)

Here are 10 restaurants that can accommodate foreign guests:

Dakota's steakhouse Dallas is famous for its rich steakhouses. If there is no entrance to the steakhouse, the list of any Dallas restaurant is incomplete. Dakota's-a gem we almost lost, rescued by a restaurant owner who loved its 37-year legacy-exceeded the bill. They serve Prime steaks from the famous supplier Allen Brothers. Dakota grills and finishes them in Montague broilers at 1200 degrees. You can add more than a dozen luxurious treatments on them, from blue cheese to wild mushrooms to lumpy crabs. They have all your classics: wedge salad, shrimp cocktail, oyster rockefeller. But what makes Dakota on the must-do list is its unique underground location, which can only be reached by elevators that disappear on the sidewalks of downtown Dallas-sure to amaze, amaze and delight your guests.

E-Bar Tex-Mex Just as you need a steakhouse, you also need a Tex-Mex. Dallas has many. But few operators can compete with Eddie Cervantes. The like-minded host cultivated an early loyal following after he first opened Primo's in 1981. Having been doing Tex-Mex for many years, he brought this experience when he opened E-Bar in 1981 Haskell Avenue, where he has been packaging them since it opened in 2013. In June 2021, he opened a second outpost on Greenville Avenue, where he serves the flawless enchiladas, nachos, and tacos that he knows, but with new elements, including the occasional high-end steak And homemade tortillas. If you just want to show your guests how Tex-Mex is done, please go to the original version of Haskell Avenue; if you are in the mood to take a walk after dinner, then go to Greenville Avenue.

Cattleack Barbeque Like steak and Tex-Mex, BBQ is one of the other indispensable cuisines in the area. The Dallas barbecue world has improved in the past few years as more and more restaurants crack the meat in hot metal boxes. It’s been a mystery for hours. Cattleack is the only restaurant in Dallas to make it into the top 10 in the October issue of the Texas Monthly Magazine, which provides them with valuable credibility. In addition, they have very limited opening hours — from Thursday to Friday from 10:30 am to 2 pm, and the first Saturday of each month — making them even more attractive, because we all want us to Arrived. They are good at home-made sausages and alternative dishes in the usually calm barbecue world, such as beef bologna, spicy beef pudding and wagyu pastrami ribs. Things are sold out very quickly, so you will get the additional benefits of possible disappointment and further craving.

The Exchange of the AT&T District Downtown Dallas complex, owned by AT&T and managed by the Hospitality Alliance, shows how a food hall should be built. This is about quality. This is about consistency. Whether you visit on a busy weekend or on a quiet Thursday afternoon, you will get a high standard of food, whether it’s Jaxon’s exciting frozen champagne margarita or Rise + Thyme’s fresh avocado toast, Bean sprouts and chili sauce, or a burger made with Wagyu beef at Bobbers. There are more than a dozen restaurants to cater to all tastes, as well as an exploration zone, which is a pleasant outdoor oasis in the city center, offering immersive exhibitions and entertainment.

Homewood If your holiday guests are gourmets and need to demonstrate the skills of a chef, then Homewood is your best choice. Here you can find your gremolata, your fermented honey/pecan seasoning, your matsutake rice noodles. Homewood’s official cuisine is high-end comfort food. The main course includes half chicken, grass-fed sirloin and wagyu ribeye. There is also a raw bar with oysters, bluefin tuna and dried beef tartare. But the chef, Matt McCallister, restless and creative, keeps launching crazy specials (you can check it on the restaurant’s Instagram page), and his mysterious description will definitely give you arrogance. Friends are impressed. Most importantly, dishes like the iconic Parker House rolls, paired with a dipping sauce made from Parmesan cheese and chicken gravy, are really in place.

The Mermaid Bar and Restaurant at the Neiman Marcus store in the center of Northpark is the younger brother of the iconic Zodiac Room of Neiman Marcus in downtown Dallas (the restaurant reopened in November and has been fully booked by the end of 2021, can you believe it). Mermaid inherited Zodiac's impeccable DNA and classic dishes such as strawberry jam popcorn, white bean chicken chili and orange souffle. The mermaid allows you to experience the zodiac in different environments, decorated with Bjorn Winblad's peculiar mermaid statue, and is a place to stop and relax before or after shopping in NorthPark.

Vegan Taqueria Denton in Pepita is a great place for a day trip, with classic Texas downtown plazas, courthouse museums on the plazas, and various shops. A visit provided an excuse to dine at Pepita's, a family-owned Mexican vegetarian restaurant that opened in July. Mexican cuisine is a relatively easy "vegetarian" cuisine. In recent years, many Mexican vegetarian restaurants have been opened around DFW. Pepita's is one of the best in the Landeros family-not only "Mexican vegetarians" but also "vegetarians"-they are in the original Mexican restaurant Milpa (still open in Denton, it’s a great place) ) Maintain a high standard starting with one of their more than 100 margaritas). Pepita uses high standards for dishes such as portobello fajitas and enchiladas, with fillings such as Beyond Meat ground beef, jackfruit chicken, soy pastor, and jackfruit breast.

The Taco Y Vino Bishop Arts District is one of Dallas' best tourist attractions. With its walkable personality, brick storefronts and dazzling array of shops, you and your holiday troupe can easily spend an afternoon. After your appetite has opened up, you can enjoy some tacos and a glass of wine at Taco Y Vino, where they cleverly achieve their goal of blurring the line between fancy and leisure. The range of tacos is wide, from the classic Barbacoa with coriander crema to vegetables with jackfruit. It is difficult to find a more gregarious owner than Jimmy Contreras, who has a wealth of wine expertise, so you can rely on selected boutique brands without lowering prices.

Between Dallas’s vibrant Korean-American population and Toyota’s recent relocation of its headquarters to Plano, Dallas-Fort Worth’s new Asian restaurants have proliferated, bringing unprecedented diversity and authenticity. Choosing one is a challenge, but Taste of Peking at 3131 Custer Rd., #182, Plano has a lot to recommend, including juicy soup dumplings, plump wontons and Peking duck, cut into pieces, mashed, and crispy. Skin. The biggest attraction is hand-pulled noodles, which are made to order and served in dishes such as beef noodle soup. Special Bonus: Now, they have Charlie Chang, one of Dallas' most famous noodle people, swinging and stretching his noodles in a funny show. (They currently don't have a website, but a menu is posted here.)

Thunderbird Pies You can authoritatively brag to your customers how the Dallas pizza market has improved drastically over the past ten years, with better quality and more variety-this will take you to the White Rock Lake area, the hometown of Thunderbird Pies, Detroit A style of throwaway pizza, created by Cane Rosso and the team behind Zoli's Pizza. What makes Thunderbird great is the crust; developed by world pizza champion Lee Hunzinger, it is crispy, crunchy, breathable and has a yeasty smell. T-Bird also supplies some of Cane Rosso's popular products, including fried artichokes. If you don't like Detroit style, there is a Cane Rosso next door, they are baking authentic Neapolitan pies. There are two types of pizzas to choose from in one place, which is an ideal place to relax while dragging your guests along the lake.

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