Caddo Lakewood sits at 6301 Gaston Avenue in Lakewood Tower, at the edge of the Lakewood Shopping Center in East Dallas. Members can reach coffee, lunch, a gym, a bank, a grocery store, and urgent care on foot in five minutes or less. No car, no parking hunt, no leaving for the afternoon.
Coffee and breakfast (3 minutes)
White Rock Coffee’s Historic Lakewood shop at 6312 La Vista Drive, the Dallas-roasted local favorite. Starbucks at 1924 Abrams Parkway. Whole Foods Market’s coffee bar at 2118 Abrams Road.
Lunch (2 to 4 minutes)
CAVA, Sweetgreen, Snarf’s Sandwiches, Liberty Burger, Fajita Pete’s, Due’ Cucina, Scalini’s Pizza & Pasta, Sasa Sushi, and WAYA Japanese Izakaya. Mi Cocina at 6332 La Vista Drive is a four-minute walk for the Lakewood standby — Mambo Taxi included.
Client dinners and after-work (2 to 3 minutes)
Times Ten Cellars, the urban winery at 6324 Prospect Avenue, is the closest thing to Caddo Lakewood’s front door — about two minutes. The Heights on Abrams Parkway, Cock & Bull Neighborhood Pub on Gaston, and Blackfriar Pub on La Vista are all inside three minutes.
Errands (3 to 5 minutes)
Whole Foods Market at 2118 Abrams Road, about five minutes. Frost Bank and PNC Bank on La Vista and Gaston, and Huntington Bank on Abrams, all within three minutes. CareNow Urgent Care at 2221 Abrams Road, about four.
Fitness (4 minutes)
Orangetheory Fitness at 1911 Abrams Road and HOTWORX at 1902 Abrams Road — close enough for a lunch-hour class and back at your desk.
Landmark
The historic Lakewood Theater, with its 1938 neon tower, is a four-minute walk down Abrams and is the visual anchor of the neighborhood.