Deep Ellum, Texas
Dallas's once-industrial east-of-downtown neighbourhood, reinvented again. Texas blues bones, warehouse architecture, and a creative quarter that takes its booking sheets seriously.
By Ruth Brindle
Deep Ellum — Dallas's once-industrial east-of-downtown neighbourhood — has reinvented itself again. Once the home of Texas blues, then a warehouse district, then a creative quarter, it now mixes street art, craft breweries and music venues that take their booking sheets seriously.
Stalwart Trees still books guitar nights; Pecan Lodge's barbecue queue stretches around the block; and a slow walk through the murals that line Main and Elm makes a Sunday afternoon disappear.
Within walking distance: the Crescent Hotel for a coffee at the Rosewood lobby; the Dallas Museum of Art if you'd rather a quieter morning. Deep Ellum is the kind of neighbourhood that rewards going slow and arriving early — the best places open at noon and stop seating new groups around ten.
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