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Day trips, seasons, game nights: what Dallas does when it is not at the table. Written by the people who do the thing, and every piece ends at a restaurant from The List.

3 pieces · Updated September 18, 2026 · The List these pieces end at →

Veterans in unit ball caps marching past art deco buildings at Fair Park in Dallas on a clear November day, spectators with small American flags on the kerb Veterans Day

Veterans Day in Dallas: the parade moved to Fair Park, the free meals, and where to eat after

By Dale Whitmire · September 18, 2026 Costumed visitors waiting in line at night outside an old brick warehouse haunted house, fog drifting from a loading dock doorway under red and orange light SEP 14, 2026Halloween

Haunted houses and Halloween nights in Dallas and Fort Worth, and where to eat after

By Mr. Fear → An angler on a rock riprap shoreline of Lake Ray Hubbard at sunrise, rod in hand, standing timber in the water and a highway bridge in the distance SEP 12, 2026Day trip

Fishing Lake Ray Hubbard from the bank, and where to eat after

By Ray Dodson →