1. Farpointe Cellar And Wine Bistro
City: Southlake, TX
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (817) 416-7500
Address: 721 East Southlake Blvd.
Description: In the bar next to the wine shop, you’ll find lots of fellow wine fans checking out new discoveries from around the world. Weekend tastings help you figure out what wine you’ll probably like next.
2. Emler Swim School
City: Southlake, TX
Category: Parks & Recreation
Address: 280 Commerce, Suite 180
Description: Small group and private lessons are taught in indoor pools constructed specifically for swim instruction. Students can be as young as six months.
3. Watermere
City: Southlake, TX
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (817) 748-8000
Address: 302 Watermere Dr.
Description: This new master-planned luxury, gated retirement community markets to residents 55 years and older. This is upscale living, with golf and tennis, clubhouse, walking trails, and beautiful landscaping surrounding villa homes and condos. Also on-site, the Isle at Watermere has assisted living with Alzheimer’s and dementia care among specialties.
4. Coal Vines Pizza Southlake
City: Southlake, TX
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (817) 310-0850
Address: 1251 East Southlake Blvd.
Description: A fashionable pizza bistro exudes sidewalk cafe charm, thanks to a breezy patio. Brunch is fun, thanks to a crisp pizza topped with spinach, pancetta, and over-easy eggs, especially with a lovely Greek salad as an appetizer.
5. Baby Bliss
City: Southlake, TX
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (817) 251-6600
Address: 1243 Main St.
Description: If you’re over the boring high chairs and strollers and clothes that look like all the rest, this is the shop you need. There’s lots of Dwell Baby bedding, toys, bibs, and wall art, along with high chairs and strollers from Orbit, Bugaboo, and Bloom. Eco-friendly options include the Sage Creek Organics line of clothing made of organic cotton, with no dangerous chemicals or dyes, and Green Toys, which are made from recycled milk jugs.
6. Southlake Town Square
City: Southlake, TX
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (817) 912-0252
Address: 1256 Main St.
Description: FR 1709 slices through the middle of Southlake and offers a re-created town square with the best shopping in this part of the county. Definitely on the fancy end of the spectrum, this one is home to Ann Taylor, Anthropologie, Apple, Baby Bliss, Banana Republic, Barnes & Noble, bebe, Caché, Coach, The Container Store, dELiA’S, Gap, J. Crew, James Avery, Nine West, Papyrus, Pottery Barn, L’Occitane, Wine Styles, Williams-Sonoma, Owl’s Nest Toy Shop, White House Black Market, Francesca’s, Aveda Concept Spa, European Day Spa, Terrace Retreat Med Spa, Terrace Retreat Salon and Spa, The Boardroom Salon for Men, Larry North Fitness, and Nexgym. Dining and entertainment includes Blue Mesa Café, Brio Tuscan Grille, Café de Soleil, Café Express, Campania Pizza & More, Cheesecake Factory, Corner Bakery, Mi Cocina, Pei Wei, Taco Diner, Which Wich, and the Harkins Movie Theaters. There’s a Hilton Dallas/Southlake Town Square here, too.
7. Central Market
City: Southlake, TX
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (817) 310-5600
Address: 1425 East Southlake Blvd.
Description: From the San Antonio–based H.E.B. family-owned grocery chain, this upscale food and wine store revolutionized grocery shopping in Texas. If you want 15 kinds of apples, this produce department will thrill you. Any kind of meat and fish that can be found and eaten is marketed here, as are 700 kinds of cheeses. The wine department staff will locate nearly any vintage you can name. The ready-made foods area stocks gourmet-to-go meals in abundance, from sushi to barbecue to pizza. Healthy-living departments furnish all types of vitamins, supplements, and skin-care products, too. Stores offer a full calendar of cooking classes; check Web site for current schedules.
8. Central Market
City: Southlake, TX
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (817) 310-5600
Address: 1425 East Southlake Blvd.
Description: Throughout the summer and during the winter holiday and spring breaks, cooking classes are offered specifically for kids. Age groups are usually 5 to 12 and 13 to 17, with sessions as brief as two hours or as long as half-days on four successive days. Themes are the key here, and hands-on participation is always a hit. Classes may focus on chocolate, Italian food, breads and pastries, or a Hawaiian luau menu—they’re ever-changing.