Originally Posted by
swag
Addison has a ton of bars and restaurants, owing to its legacy years ago as one of the first parts of the Metroplex to go wet. But a lot of the spots there are corporate / chains, with fewer independent and quirky places
One other that hasn't come up yet is the M Streets area near Greenville Ave below Mockingbird. I'd check that out too.
I spent a few months in Dallas in the early 2000s. The hotel was in Addison, and I liked the area. We also went to Lower Greenville a few times, and that was really nice, too.