LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING BACK THIS YEAR and providing awesome paintings and caricature drawing…read more come by and see us! The line looks longer than it really is! Many times, you will have 4 people in line with only 1 child getting painted or drawn! We all are highly experienced artists and will work at the fastest pace we can!

What a big suprise this was amazing ligjhts food shows loved every moment Can't wait to see…read morethe Christmas ones

Review #2 of 2023!!…read more First time attending the parade but it wont be my last! I heard about this through a simple google search after hear something about it on the radio. Sure enough it seems legit so I made the drive from fort worth to Dallas. I left with early to find parking because I know one thing for sure is that Dallas is always short on parking. I did some research and saw a park not too far away from the parade route and decided that is where I would park. It was easy to find parking if you don't mind walking a bit. There was a soccer game going on so already there were lots of cars but when I got there I was glad to see people dress in mardi gras colors walking to the parade route! People brough their coolers and lawn chairs to enjoy the parade. I also thought about this but since it was just me it would be more of an inconvenience to carry them haha. There was a tent near the parade route that looks like it was headquarters for the 5k fun run for the parade. In that area they had food trucks, a variety of vendors and most important beer haha! There were also bouncy houses for the kids, a phot booth (free of charge) and plenty of porta potties! Inside the tent they had more vendors that were actually part sponsor of the parade so they had some freebies for anyone that stopped by their table. The weather was nice and it was not too hot but I did see some people bring their own umbrella stand for shade (smart). The parade itself was nice, lots of classic cars, high school marching bands, neighborhood associations, local musicians and plenty more. The parade was around an hour and a half so get here early for a good seat because the closer it got to kick off the more crowded I saw it get. After the parade was over I walked over to the bishop arts disctrict where the 'after party' continued and omg yall It was packed! You could hardly walk outside because it was so crowded! They blocked off the street and even then it was such a hassle, the lines for food were enormous that it discourage me from supporting the local restaurants there. Lets say you did get some food there were no places to sit down, inside or outside. I guess you have to get here before the parade is over so you can have a good seat to eat. I did enjoy the fact that they had a band and a DJ along the street and there were local artist selling their crafts. I saw some cool plant stuff but I resisted temptation and just keep swimming. Eventually I ended up leaving after checking out some of the other businesses that where right outside that main area. Everywhere you walked a restaurant seem to have some kind of festivities going on and I will keep that in mind next time I go. I suggest making it a day in Dallas if you go to make the best use of your time out here.

I came here not expecting much and was very impressed. This park is one of our little jewels. Free…read moreparking and 9 bucks for an awesome seat. The beer is only $2, with $2.75 hot dogs. Great deal!!! I came here with my 3 year old and he had so much fun. They have a kids playground area where he just went wild. They even have a sports bar and grill in the outfield. Since I was with my son I did not partake of adult beverages, but I shall return with great thirst. Only concern was that the park did not have a lot of fans. would have been nice if more people would take advantage of the cool little ball park.

For many reasons, Minor League Baseball is better than Major League Baseball: cheap tickets ($6 for…read moreGA), cheap beer ($1 beer on Thursday nights), cheap and great hot dogs ($4 for a big one) and FREE parking. All in all you can go check a game out for under twenty bucks if you do it right. AND there are always tons of goofy between-innings promotions. The stadium itself is great. It doesn't have the old school charm of LaGrave in Fort Worth or all the glitz and glamor of the Ballpark in Arlington, but it serves the purpose. The suites are nice if you get a chance to go in there and the rest of the seats are great. Cup holders, plenty of leg room, not a bad seat, etc. For the kids there is a basketball court and some sort of wiffle ball field over on the side, if you have those kid things. I love this place. I love a good deal for a high quality product and this place is it. Go on Thursday nights; much fun.

I am glad I waited 3 years to write this review. This…read morefestival is getting worse and worse and we won't return next year. We are lucky we live close by so we always bike here, so at least we can beat the traffic and the horrific price for parking. First year they ran out of gyros, no joke!!! Second year, no baklava sundae , ran out. This year, not enough that the prices skyrocketed, some vendors didn't even make an effort to print new menus, they literally just crossed prices and put whatever they wanted. Or, they wanted to go with the last year price but seeing all other vendors increased theirs... hmmmm ,, yeah !! Us too! We tried the gyro, no flavor, mediocre at best, so expensive , $12 for just the pita and the meat. No side, and they all wrapped up on trays, God knows how long they stay there. Lamb sliders and fries was our next choice, nothing special there either. Again, store bought slider buns and not enough meat, not tasty, fries also stay under a heat lamp, the frozen type of course. Like can you guys make some effort at least??? Fast paced, long lines, order, pay, GET OUT!!! We were not impressed at all. Best thing was the baklava sundae for sure. So... bye bye OPA! Greek festival. We had enough of your traps.

Food is amazing. 3 days of fun music and incredible food. Lamb, pork, chicken , gyros, salads…read moreand enough pastry and desserts to sink a ship! And I am told they donate a huge % of the funds to organizations outside the walls of the church. Excellent!!!!

Taste of Oak Cliff…read more Cute mini food festival for people to try out the many TASTY foods of Oak Cliff! They had a couple of events going on when I was there. The salsa competition was fun. There was a variety of food trucks and a bar to get some drinks. Everything was very good. Tip: It was a little hot during the day time so make sure to check the weather before coming out!

A worthy effort but a bit overpriced. $15 for parking? Yikes! Still a good variety of vendors and…read morefood options. I had a great strawberry mint lemonade, a good peach cobbler cookie, and tasty jerk chicken tacos. The talent show and other activities were a nice way to keep people engaged.

I thought going to the zoo in South Dallas was a long trek to make for 3 ounce beer samples, but I…read morealready had the tickets and nothing else going on that night. If not for the coupon deal that allowed me to buy tickets at half off the entry price, I don't know that I would have gone. Regarding the location, the only animals I saw were a pair of flamingos in a pond. Most of the activity was focused near the entrance to the zoo. In addition, there aren't really any lights near the animals, so it's not like you really had the chance to share a beer with a gorilla or giraffe. When you walk into the zoo, you are given a small, plastic 3 oz. beer glass and 8 tickets. Eight tickets? There was nothing on the website that said I'd be limited to 8 tickets. Fortunately for me, there was disorganization at the entrance that allowed me to go through twice and grab 8 more tickets. I also got a 2nd glass so I could fill up two at a time. They were selling additional sample coupons, but I had no need for them. Once I got to the main portion of the event, I was surprised by large number of people in attendance. My surprise quickly turned to annoyance once I saw how long the lines were. Great. On the plus side, they had a large number of brewers in attendance. Unfortunately, I think they were also overwhelmed by the number of people and couldn't pour samples fast enough. To my benefit again, the brewers sometimes forgot to collect tickets. I was pretty much ready to give up on this event and go home due to the long beer lines until I found one section of vendors away from the rest that didn't have as big of a crowd. There were good beers in this section: Rahr & Sons, Leinkugel, Stella and Franconia just to name a few. Their location resulted in smaller lines, which finally made this event enjoyable for myself. Beer after beer, I sampled them all. I got to the point where I didn't offer up the ticket unless they asked. Some did, some didn't. It was obvious there were some kinks in the event. I'm going with 3 stars because of finding the spot that worked out best for us. I think the organizers can learn from the initial year if they plan to do this again. They primarily just need to be ready for the amount of people.

The Margo Jones Theatre / Magnolia Lounge is such a gem of a Performing Arts Theater, tucked away…read moreacross the street from the Old Mill Inn at Fair Park on the State Fair of Texas Fairgrounds! This beautiful little Art Deco Theatre is comfortably small and intimate. Hubby & I attended the critically acclaimed production of, "Hedwig and The Angry Inch" Friday night, 03/07/15, to see my daughters boyfriend, who is playing in "The Angry Inch" Rock Band. WOW......the band / music is amazing! Robert Rain, as Hedwig, and Jenine Galante, as Yitzhak, both give captivating performances! The story is sad, yet some parts are unexpectedly funny, as told by Hedwig Schmidt. The theatre was Rockin', the audience was singing and really involved in this play. Again, I really like this venue and hope to see more plays / productions here! The Margo Jones / Magnolia Lounge is truly a Dallas Icon, as was Margo Jones, herself! Per Wikipedia: ***Margo Jones (December 12, 1911 - July 24, 1955) , was an influential American stage director and producer best known for launching the American regional theater movement and for introducing the theater-in-the-round concept in Dallas, Texas. In 1947, she established the first regional professional company when she opened Theatre '47 in Dallas. Of the 85 plays Jones staged during her Dallas career, 57 were new, and one-third of those new plays had a continued life on stage, television and radio. Her theater-in-the-round concept requires no stage curtain, little scenery and allows the audience to sit on three sides of the stage. That concept was used by directors in later years for such well-known shows as the original stage production of Man of La Mancha, and all plays staged at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre (demolished in the late 1960s), including Arthur Miller's autobiographical play After the Fall (1964). ~Information provided by: Wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margo_Jones *** Death of Margo Jones: On July 17th 1955, Jones invited friends over to a party. However, during the party an artist spilled red paint on the carpet, so she later brought professional cleaners to deal with it. They used carbon tetrachloride, a strong solvent commonly used in dry-cleaning processes at the time. Jones, satisfied with the cleaning, fell asleep into the night. Unfortunately, some carbon tetrachloride had been absorbed into the carpet and later evaporated, filling her home with toxic fumes. So she woke up dizzy; it was later discovered the gas had caused kidney failure. She was then found unconscious on the couch resting and she was rushed to hospital, but died 9 days later. According to her friends, she briefly regained consciousness and found out she was going to die, and made elaborate preparations for her burial, including asking her friends to dress her properly and grooming her for her funeral. She died July 26, 1955 at the age of 43, never realizing what killed her. In 1959, her theater was closed. **Information provided by : Wikipedia.org. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margo_Jones

This theatre is a small venue with many smaller theater groups performing. I love seeing things…read morehere. It's usual affordable, very creative, and a fun night with a live performance.

Comfortable stadium style seating, in an intimate venue. I would suggest an update to the…read morebathrooms, but otherwise the experience is always pleasant. The ushers are helpful and the drink lines are manageable. Parking is ample, within walking distance although pricey (like most venues).

Nice venue. I will be back for another concert if the opportunity arises. My only recommendation…read morewould be more service for the drink lines as there were 4 lines and each wait time was substantial per the service time it took to get ppl waited on.