Para los Amantes de la Comida de Otoño

Muchos pasan el año esperando la calidez de los sabores del otoño. Si lo que buscas son calabazas, manzanas, canela y arce, Dallas tiene mucho para ofrecer. Para reuniones rápidas o primeras citas, Window Seat Coffee en Lower Greenville ofrece bebidas de temporada ideales para un desayuno acogedor para dos. Prueben el latte de camote o el popular chai-der de manzana para disfrutar de una perfecta delicia de otoño. Un rollo de canela tibio, una rebanada de pan de calabaza o un croissant completarán una dulce mañana juntos.

Si buscan algo dulce con sabor a otoño, visiten Emporium Pies, una moderna empresa de tartas americanas con sede en Dallas que se dedica a preparar tartas exclusivas para gente selecta. Esta linda y pequeña tienda de tartas vende deliciosas tartas durante todo el año, pero para el otoño agregaron cuatro nuevas opciones, como el Drop Dead Gourdgeous, una tarta de calabaza especiada con una corteza de pan de jengibre. Si lo que más se les antoja es una tarta de queso, pasen por Val's Cheesecake para disfrutar de deliciosas creaciones que les dejarán boquiabiertos.

Para los amantes de las sopas, prueben la famosa sopa de tortilla de The Mansion Restaurant en Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek. Prueben el menú de degustación del almuerzo que incluye entrada y plato principal por 44 dólares y elijan entre los favoritos de temporada (si la sopa no está en el menú, aún pueden pedirla). Disfruten de los impresionantes espacios interiores del restaurante o siéntense en el patio y disfruten de la tranquila vista de Uptown Dallas.

Coronen la noche con un innovador coctel digno de una foto en The Woolworth. Prueben la vainilla tradicional servida con una rama de canela para agregar un toque especiado o la lluvia morada, una bebida a base de ginebra con notas de violeta, granada, limón y romero.

Hagan una parada en Scardello, una tienda popular en Oak Lawn que ofrece más de 150 quesos americanos, texanos y europeos hechos a mano, para llevar una rebanada de queso Brie para un picnic romántico en los conciertos de verano en el Dallas Arboretum o el Griggs Park, o inscríbanse en una de sus populares clases sobre quesos.

Le Meridien Dallas, The Stoneleigh

Jilted brides aren't the only ghosts in old hotels; mistresses who met an untimely end are another favorite. At Le Meridien Dallas, that mistress is the resident ghost Margaret. The hotel is Dallas’ second oldest hotel. During the 1930s a woman named Margaret would sneak through the building’s many hidden passages to meet the hotel owner in secret. Their affair came to a tragic end one fateful night when she fell from the top floor. Did she jump? Was she pushed? Or did she simply lose her footing? No one knows. But what’s certain is that Margaret decided to stick around long after her fall.

Guests and staff alike have reported strange occurrences throughout the hotel. Glasses shatter without warning, lights flicker on and off, and the elevator seems to have a mind of its own, gliding from floor to floor with no one inside. Some say Margaret makes her presence known most strongly during thunderstorms, when the paranormal activity kicks up a notch. Even hotel employees aren’t spared: they often encounter flickering lights, doors opening on their own, and the unsettling sound of dogs barking in empty hallways.

La Quinta Inn & Suites

Built in 1925 as the Scott Hotel, the La Quinta Inn & Suites in downtown Dallas has seen its fair share of tragedy over the last 99 years. At least four people have died within the walls of this European-style hotel, including two murders in the same room—number 1009.

The most infamous of these stories involves a gangster named Jack “Smiley” Jackson. Smiley met a grisly end in room 1009, and ever since, guests have claimed the space has never quite been the same. His spirit is said to haunt the room, occasionally shutting the door on unsuspecting visitors. Those in the know say that if you politely ask Smiley to move aside, he might just let you in. Not long after his death, a man named Mr. Brookshire was found inside with his throat cut. Guests report eerie cold spots, fleeting shadows, the sounds of crying, and phantom footsteps echoing through the halls. A woman also fell to her death from the tenth floor while a congressman took his life in one of the other hotel rooms. Strange occurrences are reported throughout the hotel, but the tenth floor seems to be the epicenter of this paranormal activity.

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