Dallas

Kelvin and Angie Harris's place on Highway 67, which started out as a smoker by the road in Waxahachie. Kelvin cooks on a straight wood pit, and the chopped brisket sandwich comes on a buttered bun with plenty of spicy sauce.

A hickory-smoke joint on Inwood Road near Love Field that's been at it for about 50 years. It's best known for ribs, but the chopped brisket on Texas toast holds up. Pitmaster Pedro Garcia started there as a teenage dishwasher in 1977.

An Uptown lunch spot where the chopped brisket sandwich is one of the most popular orders. They bust the brisket up on the block while you watch, toast the bun, and give you about a third of a pound of meat.

A Dallas jeweler that has carried Rolex since 1989. The Rolex showroom sits beside the main salon near CenterPark Garden and reopened in 2025 after an expansion, with a Tudor boutique next door.

Bachendorf's flagship at the Galleria, by the ice rink and across from the Apple store. Inside is an 1,800-square-foot Rolex room with a private salon and a window onto the workshop, where you can watch Rolex-certified watchmakers at the bench.

A Rolex-only boutique run by Bachendorf's, tucked into Highland Park Village between Bistro 31 and Bluemercury. It's two floors done up like a salon, and it opened in the fall of 2021.