McKinney has been ranked as one of the best cities in the country to live and we agree.   When co-workers, family, and friends visit, they look of the downtown square in Back to the Future or the Truman show with the perfect town.  

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We live in the historic district of McKinney and are only 4 blocks from the downtown square.   If you want to antique shop, there are many boutique stores; however, there are great places to eat and drink in our small town.   

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Downtown McKinney (no specific order) 

Spoons - breakfast is a must!

Rick's Chophouse - nicest fine dining in downtown

El Juarez - hole in the wall Mexican food

Square Burger - Great beer selection to go with your burger

Gather - Sunday brunch 

Harvest - Very nice casual farm to market restaurant

Emporium Pies - enough said with pies 

Landon Winery - Local winery with outside seating.  You can order some food from another place and bring it in. 

Filtered - Local coffee shop

Patina Green - Lunch place ( Friday a must for Brisket on a biscuit) and specialty dinners.   The dinners fill up within hours.   Big sponsors of the local Farmaid.  Farm to market.  

Eclair Bisto - French 

Square Sushi - The strip center they are located in will make you nervous, but the sushi is great. 

Snug - Breakfast and lunch place.   The breakfast sandwiches are huge.   Do not go in a hurry as they are not the fastest. 

Cadillac Pizza - Live bands on the weekend.  Great thin crust pizza. 

Bien Salsa - Nicer Mexican food restaurant.   They have 50% off on wine on Tuesdays. 

Rye - American food 

Sugarbacon - Lively and more contemporary restaurant.  Great drinks. 

Celt - Irish Pub 

The Pub - Pub with traditional bar food

Bayou Jack's - Cajun - I like the red beans and rice. 

Mellow Mushroom - Pizza but on the thicker crust side.   Great selection of draft beers. 

Butcher Board - BBQ 

Louisiana St Grill - More casual steak restaurant

Hugs - This is a cafe with casual dining food that employs highly functioning individuals with disabilities. 

 

A few must go's outside of f the square...

Bakers Drive Inn - Burgers and fries!   Best in the area. 

Gregory's Bistro - wish they were still on the square, but moved to West McKinney.   Excellent fine dining.  (Heard they have a sushi restaurant over there but have not been) 

Bill's Cafe - breakfast place and you can take your carry license course there.  

Hutchins BBQ - - best BBQ in the Dallas area.  Many days the line is 30 people deep. 

TUPPS - local brewery.   They have a great area to meet and hangout.   They also do tours on Saturdays.  

Franconia - local brewery.   You can schedule a tour of their facility.  

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