Each guest room has
an amazing view of
the Sound from its
room wide floorto-ceiling picture
window.
lessons every Thursday night at 7pm.
Nelson believes that, “Dancing is the
most fun you can have standing up.”
A wildly popular country & western
nightclub with a capacity of over
6,000 people, Billy Bob’s boasts
127,000 square feet for bootscootin’ fun, and has hosted
legendary concert musicians like
Willie Nelson, George Strait, Alan
Jackson, Reba Mc Entire and Travis
Tritt. It’s also home to a small indoor
rodeo. Why ride a mechanical bull
when you can witness the real thing?
Best barbecue and beer
in town
All that boot scootin’ is bound to
work up an appetite, so go where the
locals chow down for some of the
best barbecue in town. Within
walking distance, Cooper’s Old Time
BBQ is famous for smoking meat
with a dry-rub. You will be surprised
how meaty and succulent beef ribs
are here – or for that matter, all the
smoked meats. More cafeteria-style,
the place isn’t fancy, so stay with it,
since the ambiance is local cowboy.
(I counted over 25 cowboys and
cowgirls dining with hats). I ordered
one beef rib after being told that
they have a lot of meat, but I really
didn’t believe the jargon. I ended up
sharing half the rib with my son and
ate a baked potato, coated with the
dry-rub, that didn’t even need
butter!
Mosey on back to the heart of the
historic stockyards (Exchange Ave.)
for the best place in cow town to
down some suds: White Elephant
Saloon. Here, you’ll find a bevy of
cowboy hats all over the walls, a
weird collection of white elephants,
and a great selection of beer, along
with live music seven nights a week.
Besides it being Fort Worth’s most
historic saloon and dancehall, you
just might also hear some chatter
about it being the place of the “Last
Great Gunfight in Fort Worth.”