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Dallas

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If you can get past the already-unbearable heat, this weekend could be one of the best so far in the past two years entertainment-wise.

Everything Fun You Can Do in Dallas This Weekend

Houston

The Annie Café & Bar


Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

Best Restaurants & Bars - Places to Eat & Drink - Thrillist

Whether a café, fully fleshed out bistro, or a food-truck concept, it’s always a big deal when a new restaurant launches in Houston.

12 Old-School Restaurants in Houston for a Classic Night Out

Miami

Mr Black Spirits

Though the Heat and Panthers are both in the playoffs this weekend, they’re also both playing road games.

Everything Fun You Can Do in Miami This Weekend

Austin

The Far Out Lounge and Stage


There’s no doubt you’ve been bombarded by the heat this week—and we don’t mean just the physical presence of 100-degree temperatures, but the news about it as well.

Everything Fun You Can Do in Austin This Weekend

Cafe Pacific

Dallasites like to eat, and there are countless dining options dotting the landscape.

10 Old-School Restaurants in Dallas for a Classic Night Out

New Orleans

Brennan's Restaurant


There’s no place where you’re guaranteed a classic restaurant experience quite like New Orleans.

12 Old-School Restaurants in New Orleans for a Classic Night Out

The New Smoke

Everything you need to know about barbecue and grilling.

The New Smoke: All About BBQ & Grilling

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Top Chef Houston had an entire episode paying homage to our city’s brisket.

The 17 Best Barbecue Joints in Houston, According to Local Pitmasters

San Antonio

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Of all the things that put San Antonio on the map—the Alamo, the River Walk, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure—barbecue has never really risen to the top of the culinary bucket list like the city’s beloved Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants.

The 15 Best Barbecue Joints in San Antonio, According to Local Pitmasters

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Few topics—besides religion, politics, football, and Tex-Mex—have the ability to bring people together for several choruses of “Kum Ba Yah.”

The 25 Best Barbecue Joints in Dallas, According to Local Pitmasters

Atlanta

The city of Atlanta is home to a few of the best restaurants in the country, and when looking for a place to eat, sometimes you need a bit more than just a great meal.

15 Old-School Restaurants in Atlanta for a Classic Night Out

Charleston

Barbecue is its own religion in the South, a region where smokestacks and rib joints sing their sauce-laden siren songs from the mountains to the coast and every pocket in between.

These Pitmaster-Approved BBQ Joints in the Carolinas Are Worth the Road Trip 

When Buffalo Bills wide receiver and budding barbecue mogul Isaiah McKenzie was a kid growing up in Miami, barbecue didn’t mean much more than a catchy jingle for a chain restaurant.

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Everything Fun You Can Do in Dallas This Weekend

We’ve got you covered with more festivals than you can shake a rib at.

12 Old-School Restaurants in Houston for a Classic Night Out

From Bananas Foster and turtle soup to chicken fried steak and soul food, check out these classic restaurants in Houston.

Everything Fun You Can Do in Miami This Weekend

From Espresso Martinis all over town to drinking beer with Chris Bosh, we’ve got you covered.

Everything Fun You Can Do in Austin This Weekend

From a speedboat race to a queen-sized tribute to Cher, we’ve got you covered.

10 Old-School Restaurants in Dallas for a Classic Night Out

From mashed potatoes and onion rings to chicken fried steak and Tex-Mex, check out these classic Dallas Restaurants.

12 Old-School Restaurants in New Orleans for a Classic Night Out

These are the places that made the New Orleans food scene what it is today.

The 17 Best Barbecue Joints in Houston, According to Local Pitmasters

Bottled beer, beef brisket, and (vegan) burnt ends.

The 15 Best Barbecue Joints in San Antonio, According to Local Pitmasters

Meet the ambitious, meat-savvy pioneers putting Alamo City on the low-and-slow map.

The 25 Best Barbecue Joints in Dallas, According to Local Pitmasters

Wagyu beef brisket is just the beginning.

15 Old-School Restaurants in Atlanta for a Classic Night Out

For classic throwback interiors at Atlanta institutions and bucket list meals, look no further than these standbys.

These Pitmaster-Approved BBQ Joints in the Carolinas Are Worth the Road Trip

Everything but the squeal.

The 8 Best Barbecue Joints in South Florida, According to Top Pitmasters

Meet the ambitious smoked meat pioneers finally giving Miami its low-and-slow due.