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Love and War in Texas — Plano
Honky-tonk and dance venue · Plano
Love and War in Texas — Plano is a honky-tonk and dance venue in Plano, Texas, with live-music and country-dance information when programmed. Find official links, directions, and current listings.
About this room
Tye Phelps opened Love and War in Texas in Plano around 1999 on a simple premise he has stated plainly: he grew up in Texas, he loved Texas, he loved food, he loved music, and he wanted one place that had all of it. It runs as an Old West-themed roadhouse with a Southwestern menu and live music, and the outdoor stage - a grassy picnic area with a small stage, capacity around 300 - is the part people come back for. Rusty Wier and Gary P. Nunn played there. So did a teenage Miranda Lambert, years before anyone outside East Texas knew who she was.
History sources checked August 29, 2026.
Things you may not know
- Miranda Lambert worked her way up this stage as a teenager. By the owner's account she started at Plano playing a single song ahead of an opening act, then two or three, then eventually headlining. Source
- The founding idea was three things in one building - Texas food, Texas music, Texas. The owner has described it in exactly those terms. Source
- The outdoor stage holds about 300 and sits in a grassy picnic area. Source
- Rusty Wier and Gary P. Nunn both played it. Source
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