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    Time For Brunch

    8 Houston restaurants with great new brunches to hit this weekend

    Marcy de Luna
    Jan 12, 2017 | 10:36 am

    We'll say yes to brunch any weekend day. But if our meal gets an added bit of deliciousness from Bananas Foster pancakes, Southern fried chicken, or pulled pork chilaquiles? That's a double yes. Either fresh to the scene or a familiar favorite, below are eight restaurants with new brunch menus to hit this weekend.

     

     Ritual
    From chilaquiles (with pork, corn tortilla, queso fresco, tomatillo, sour cream, and a poached egg) to Stockyard Hash (with potatoes, peppers, onion, smoked pork, brisket, a sunny-side egg, and green chile hollandaise) or the Down South burger (with bourbon pimento cheese, house-made bacon, house pickle, and barbecue sauce), the roster of delicious offerings at Ritual make deciding where to eat this weekend (Saturday and Sunday; 10 am - 3 pm) a no-brainer. (602 Studewood, 832-203-5180)

     

     Triniti
    Sundays should be lazy, and definitely include sprawling late-morning meals and a parade of cocktails. Triniti Restaurant makes the dream come alive. The restaurant celebrates hitting its five-year mark with a new Sunday Funday brunch menu (Sunday; 11 am - 3 pm) featuring Bananas Foster pancakes (with rum syrup, candied pecans, and vanilla-cinnamon butter), bangers and mash scramble (with mashed potato cake, link breakfast sausage, and onion gravy), and orange duck biscuit (duck three ways: duck confit biscuit, bacon-cured duck breast and sunny-side up duck egg, all with orange gravy).
     
    Forget whatever errands are planned for the day and linger over cocktails including the Steamboat Joe (5-year rum, pimento-vanilla flavored spice syrup, bitters, and hot coffee) and the Porch Swing (bourbon, house-made black tea cordial, peach bitters, lemon, and soda). (2815 S. Shepherd Drive, Houston, 713-527-9090)
     
     Pax Americana
    Pax Americana in Montrose offers everything you’d want in a Sunday brunch (11 am -3 pm): a high-energy vibe, boozy sips aplenty (try the Pax-Americana Clipper with spiced pear liqueur, lime, pomegranate grenadine, and Absinthe), and stellar modern American eats like the Pax pan perdu (French toast with whipped goat ricotta, slow roasted beets, and sweet sorghum syrup) and baked yard eggs (with pomodoro, pork sausage, pickled chilies, yogurt, and parsley). (4319 Montrose Boulevard, 713-239-0228)
     
     Upstairs at Hungry’s Cafe 
    Upstairs, the second floor lounge at Hungry’s in Rice Village, takes midday partying to a new level (Saturday and Sunday; 11 am -3 pm), admitting only those 21 years and up. The kitchen cranks out brunch-time favorites such as croissant French toast and a spinach omelet (with feta, tomato, and a side of herb-roasted potatoes) while the bar presents Bloody Mary’s, a mimosa flight (3-ounce glasses filled with bubbly with orange, strawberry, raspberry or grapefruit juices), and more. (2356 Rice Boulevard, 713-523-8652)
     
     Kitchen 713 
    Skip humdrum scrambled eggs and toast and brunch it up at Kitchen 713 (Saturday and Sunday; 11 am - 3 pm) where you can score delectable dishes including biscuits and gravy (with housemade jalapeño, green onion breakfast sausage, tasso gravy, a fried egg, and crispy onions), Southern fried chicken, and house-cured-salmon-topped hoecake (with Greek yogurt, za'atar Middle Eastern spice blend, fried capers, preserved lemon, diced shallots, and dill). (4601 Washington Ave #130, 713- 842-7114)
     
     Eloise Nichols Grill & Liquors 
    They had us at buttermilk biscuit Benedict (with pulled pork, smoked paprika hollandaise, pickled green tomato, and hash), but then they went and added chicken and waffles, pulled pork chilaquiles (sunny side up eggs with pico de gallo and queso fresco) and a Bloody Mary cart (piled high with pickled veggies, vodka, and spices) and we’re all in for brunch (Saturday and Sunday; 10 am -3 pm) at the new restaurant on Westheimer inside the loop. (2400 Mid Lane, 713-554-0136).

     

     
     Holley's Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar 
    You'll see no shortage of stellar eats and drinks on the brunch menu (Sunday; 11am - 2 pm) at Holley's Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar in Midtown. A prix-fixe deal offers guests a choice of an appetizer, entree and dessert, with options along the lines of citrus-cured salmon, Cornish hen and waffles, and coconut cake. Kicks things up a notch with a cocktail (or two) like the Bow Thai (with gin, thai basil, lemon, brut champagne) and Well Latte Da (with bourbon, vanilla and cinnamon). (3201 Louisiana, 713-491-2222)
     
     Arthur Ave
    You can’t go wrong with weekend brunch at Italian-American Arthur Ave restaurant in the Heights (Saturday and Sunday; 11 am - 3 pm). Highlights include panettone French toast (cherry syrup, mascarpone, whipped cream), frittata (with pancetta, scallion, potato and mushroom), and chicken parmesan (herb crumb breaded, mozzarella, red sauce, basil) and can’t-miss New York-style pizza. (1111 Studewood, 832-582-7146)

    Biscuits and gravy at Kitchen 713.

    Houston, new brunch menus, Jan 2017, biscuits and gravy Kitchen 713
      
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    Biscuits and gravy at Kitchen 713.
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    HRW Menu Day 2025

    10 eateries participating in Houston Restaurant Weeks for the first time

    Eric Sandler
    Jul 15, 2025 | 12:22 pm
    Kitchen Rumors restaurant lobster dumplings
    Photo by Chris Furia
    These lobster dumplings are available as a supplement at Kitchen Rumors.

    One of the most eagerly anticipated days of the year for people who love Houston restaurants has arrived. Houston Restaurant Weeks has released the first wave of menus for its 2025 event.

    Held from August 1 until Labor Day (Monday, September 1), the charity dining event recruits as many as 400 Houston restaurants to serve two, three, or four-course, prix-fixe menus at set prices — $25 for lunch and brunch and $39 or $55 for dinner. HRW organizer The Cleverley Stone Foundation collects a $1 donation for every $25 menu sold, $3 for every $39 menu sold, and $5 for every $55 menu sold. It uses that money to make a substantial donation to the Houston Food Bank — just over $2 million from the 2024 event alone and over $22 million in the event’s 22-year history.

    Prior to her death in 2020, HRW founder Cleverley Stone described the event as a “win-win-win.” That is, a win for the restaurants who turned the traditionally slow month of August into a busy time. A win for diners who got good deals on meals at some of the city’s top restaurants. And a win for the Houston Food Bank, which turns every dollar raised into three meals for Houstonians in need.

    Now under the direction of her daughter, Katie Stone Cappuccio, Houston Restaurant Weeks maintains its status as the city’s premier charity dining event. Participating restaurants include all four restaurants in Bludorn Hospitality — Bludorn, Navy Blue, Bar Bludorn, and Perseid — all four of James Beard Award winner Hugo Ortega’s restaurants — Hugo’s, Caracol, Xochi, and Urbe — and two of the five Houston restaurants that hold one Michelin star — BCN and Le Jardinier.

    For diners, one of the most exciting aspects of the event is the opportunity to try a new restaurant with the certainty of a fixed price (plus beverages, tax, and tip). Towards that end, CultureMap has compiled a list of many of the first-time participants to help guide people’s selections. Diners are encouraged to keep checking the HRW website, because more establishments will be added between now and August 1.

    Bar Bludorn
    Aaron Bludorn’s Memorial-area tavern is serving a three-course, $55 dinner menu. Starter choices consist of shrimp tartine, chilled corn soup, or arugula salad with watermelon. For an entree, select ricotta gnocchi, branzino, or pork loin. Finish with blueberry cake, chocolate mousse, or ice cream.

    Barbacana
    Chef Christian Hernandez’s downtown restaurant that celebrates Houston’s diversity will serve both a two-course lunch and a three-course, $55 dinner. Choices include jicama salad, wagyu carpaccio, mushroom donburi, and grilled vermillion snapper. Supplements include octopus with mole poblano and a Texas wagyu Denver cut steak.

    Derby
    Located at a storage facility for collector cars, this restaurant is serving a three-course, $39 dinner menu. Choices include bacon with maple glaze and cayenne, apple walnut salad, fried green tomatoes, blackened chicken pasta, and a wagyu burger.

    Doko
    Part of Duckstache Hospitality (Handies Douzo, Aiko, etc.), this sushi restaurant in Autry Park is serving a four-course, $55 menu. Start with scallop aquachile, scallop ceviche, or a tomato salad. Choices for the second and third course include yakitori-style skewers with proteins such as short rib, chicken meatball, and wagyu ribeye as well as one of three sushi rolls — wagyu beef, avocado, or fried shrimp. Finish with one of three desserts.

    Kitchen Rumors
    This inventive, Indian-inspired restaurant from the team behind acclaimed Woodlands restaurants Amrina is serving a three-course, $55 menu. The first course offers five regular choices and two supplements, including lamb keema infladita, blue cheese chicken kebabs, scallop ceviche, and lobster dumplings. Choose from seven different entrees such as pan fried paneer, goat biryani, prawn curry, and bison short rib nihari.

    Maven Coffee & Cocktails
    This neighborhood restaurant that touts Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr as one of its owners will serve a four-course, $55 menu. Choices include a gazpacho shooter, bread and butter, “Caesar cups,” deviled eggs, steak au poivre, spicy rigatoni pasta, and a cheeseburger.

    Okto
    Part of Sof Hospitality (Doris Metropolitan, Hamsa), this Mediterranean restaurant in the Montrose Collective mixed-use development is serving a two-course brunch and a three-course, $55 dinner. At brunch, look for dishes such as ricotta toast, frena bread with pistacchio butter, beet-cured lox, and shakshuka. At dinner, the choices include hamachi tartare, octopus carpaccio, squid ink linguini with crab, and steak frites.

    Perseid
    Bludorn Hospitality’s French restaurant at the Hotel Saint Augustine is serving both a two-course lunch and a three-course, $55 dinner. Both menus include options such as white gazpacho, smoked salmon dip, tomato risotto, and the signature chicken paillard with fingerling potatoes and arugula salad. Dinner adds three desserts, including a chocolate entremet with salted caramel and coffee ice cream.

    Pizzana
    The Los Angeles-based, neo-Neopolitan pizzeria is serving a three-course, $39 menu that includes one of three pizzas — margherita, pepperoni, or the signature cacio e pepe — paired with a choice of three salads and three desserts. We recommend the little gem Caesar and the tiramisu, but that’s entirely up to you.

    Solarium
    Lance McCullers’ pickle ball bar in Midtown is also participating in HRW with a two-course brunch and a three-course, $39 dinner. Both meals include choices such as a chicken skewer with jalapeno-dill yogurt, Caesar salad, and cheeseburger. Brunch adds breakfast options such as pancakes or an egg sandwich, while dinner adds chicken tenders, a pulled pork sandwich, and choice of dessert.

    Kitchen Rumors restaurant lobster dumplings
      

    Photo by Chris Furia

    These lobster dumplings are available as a supplement at Kitchen Rumors.

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