Heim executes the classics superbly well, but don’t sleep on its more unorthodox plates - like brisket and mac and cheese sandwiches or baked potatoes heaped with BBQ and chives. Brisket and jalapeño pork sausage are Texas classics, doled out on trays covered with butcher paper and paired with white bread, pickles, and jalapeños. Heim BBQ, on Magnolia, slings some of Fort Worth’s finest smoked meats, but be prepared to brave long lines. Dallas, notorious for glitz and glam and raucous nightlife, is about 45 minutes east of Fort Worth, and the two cities together - an area referred to as the Metroplex - represent the most heavily populated region of Texas.įor food, libations, and people-watching in Fort Worth, head down to Magnolia Avenue, a strip of stores and restaurants with hipster vibes that’s also an ideal place to find an affordable, centrally located Airbnb.
Considered the entryway to West Texas, CowTown, as it’s affectionately dubbed, is steeped in the mythology of the frontier and the cowboy, two of the most enduring and cherished symbols of the West and America’s spirit writ large.
