Allen/McKinney in Dallas Observer
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Bresnan’s Bread & Pastry is a small spot in McKinney’s quaint downtown area that is a grab-and-go establishment as well as an online-only pre-order business that has developed a loyal following; orders are picked up in the Design District in Dallas on Saturday mornings. Bresnan’s coffee offerings are supplied by Noble Coyote Roasters, and there […]
Cavalli was the Dallas area’s first pizzeria to become VPN certified, and while they’ve since let that award go, they’ve recently added an APN certification, which focuses on the pizzailoi directly. Either way you’re likely to get a solid pie in both their Irving and McKinney locations.
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We know something about hamburgers, even Wisconsin hamburgers, such as those you’ll find at Culver’s, the lone outpost of a Dairy-State chain in the metroplex. Yes, we have literally grilled thousands of them at a little hamburger joint in a small town that deserves to remain unnamed. We thought, in fact, that our little place […]
Wouldn’t your middle school years have been way more rad if you’d had a skate park to hang out at? The lucky kids of northern ‘burb Allen have just that with The Edge, which boasts not only a concrete skate park complete with plenty of handrails, bowls, boxes and ledges just begging to be ollied, […]
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Visit the grounds for examples of native wildlife and plant life.
This Hibachi grill sushi restaurant is heavy on Elvis (there’s a King swivel hip clock in the sushi bar) and other rock rambunctiousness. Though the food isn’t stellar, it is very good (Cajun volcano roll is a zesty power chord), and the staff is as affable and considerate as the best in the city. Raw […]
McKinney has one of the oldest thriving historic downtowns in Texas. The downtown commercial district offers more than 100 unique shops and a dozen or more unique restaurants. Art galleries, furniture stores, antique, gift and home d
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Hutchins is one of the best all-around barbecue joints in the area with locations in Frisco and McKinney. The appeal here is that everything across the board is excellent, from the thick slices of fatty brisket to the banana pudding for dessert. The original McKinney location is a no-nonsense, old-school dining room. A bonus is […]