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3300 Smith Houston, TX 77006

713-522-9711

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Houston Press
Recommended
Best Restaurant Service
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Creole, Fine Dining, Southern

Hours: Lunch: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Dinner: 5:45 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Sundays. Brunch: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays

Price: $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Banquet Facilities, Business Dining

Serving: Brunch, Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Valet

Description

Houston institution Brennan's is back after burning to the ground during Hurricane Ike. The grande dame of Cajun cuisine is looking even better than ever, and is still a reliable place for business lunches, intimate showers, date nights and expense-account meals. Southern and Creole food reigns supreme here, with rich and buttery dishes that aren't on your Weight Watchers plan but are easily worth the extra calories. The Courtyard Bar - a new addition - is the perfect place for a lunchtime 25-cent martini, while the elegant John Staub room is cozy and quieter than the rest of the busy restaurant. The main dining room, however, is still the place to see and be seen.

Case of the Mondays - Australia

6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. June 4

Learn about the wines from Australia at Brennan’s of Houston.

2011 | Best Restaurant Service

It's a rare restaurant that still gives its customers the white-glove treatment. It's a rarer one still that does so with a genteel Southern charm that never makes the service feel pretentious or stuffy. Brennan's has prided itself on years of such impeccable service over more than four decades and counting. When you're dining at the restaurant, you get the sense that you're a welcome and wanted guest in a sprawling country estate where the hosts are as famous for their hospitality as for... More »
2010 | Best Atmosphere

Although we all miss the old Brennan's, which was destroyed by fire during the ferocity of Hurricane Ike, the new incarnation of one of the Bayou City's crown jewels has taken our breath away. Gone is the old, shaded courtyard and slightly fussy ladies-who-lunch interior. In their place is a stunning two-story tribute to modernism with highly retro and elegantly classical tendencies, each dining room in the restaurant a different interpretation of this new design aesthetic. Those in search... More »
2006 | Best Wine List

The half-bottles are called "Mini Mes," and there's a whole page devoted to wines for "wine geeks" on this, the hippest wine list in the city. Subheads include "All that Shimmers" for champagnes, "Clean Whites" for crisp white varietals, "Dirty Reds" for the big Cabs and Zins and "Rose Water" for the newly fashionable ros� varietals. But beyond the bon mots and wine-world witticisms, there's a concise yet impressive collection of great bottles. The list includes both innovative and economical b... More »
2005 | Best Creole Restaurant

Executive chef Randy Evans is putting his signature on Brennan's menu with some ambitious new dishes and a fresh spirit of inventiveness. The Creole food served here is a culinary subgenre that Brennan's calls Texas Creole. Derivative of New Orleans Creole cooking, the food here is the kind you'll find at old-line restaurants in the Crescent City such as Galatoire's. But Brennan's version of Texas Creole is meatier than its New Orleans cousin, and it features such local products as Broken... More »
2002 | Best Brunch

Turtle soup, champagne and gospel music; it's a heady combination on an early Sunday afternoon. You can't help feeling like you're in New Orleans when you walk in the front door, and Brennan's plays the Crescent City card for all it's worth. The Houston outpost of that legendary New Orleans restaurant-family empire is housed in an old brick mansion that would be right at home in the Garden District. If you're a fan of all-you-can-eat buffets, cross this place off your list. Except for the... More »

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Main Menu

Lunch - Starters

Froberg Farm Strawberry Salad
spiced pecans, red onions and black pepper chevre with honey creole cream cheese dressing

Pea Patch Tomato Salad
cucumber ribbons, hearts of palm, alligator pear, chili spiced mozzarella, baby arugula, texas sweet onions and pressed basil oil

Texas Wild Shrimp Remoulade
shrimp boil vegetables, butter lettuce, preserved lemon and classic remoulade dressing

Crispy Oyster
house bacon & caramelized onion mousse, smoked cherry tomatoes, baby arugula and three mustard horseradish glaze

Lunch - Soups

Turtle Soup Au Sherry
a brennan's classic spiked with sherry

Soup Du Jour
made fresh daily, using the freshest seasonal ingredients

Smoked Chicken & Spring Mushroom Gumbo
toasted garlic “jazzmen” rice and a chef’s blend of file

Soups 1-1-1
a demitasse of all three soups

Lunch - Entree Salads

The Creole Cobb Salad
tossed tableside with herb grilled shrimp, brennan’s bacon, brioche croutons, grape tomatoes, point reyes blue cheese and cayenne avocado dressing ( add crab for $8 )

Crispy Galveston Bay Oyster Salad
hearts of romaine, charred peppers, shaved parmesan, cracked black pepper croutons and classic caesar dressing

Sugarcane Smoked Chicken & Spinach Salad
applewood bacon, baby spinach, spiced pecans, texas feta, sunny side up hen egg and steen's molasses vinaigrette

Lunch - Entrees

Gulf Coast Shrimp And Grits
goat cheese stone ground grits, marinated sweet peppers, mirlitons, and baby arugula with roasted garlic & oven dried tomatoes

Old Fashinoed Bourbon Glazed Chicken
yukon gold potato & crimini mushroom hash, baby spinach and zatarain's mustard with andouille sausage duck fond

Rio Grande Organic Pecan Crusted Catfish
crushed corn maque choux, french beans, spiced pecans and creole meuniere sauce

Berkshire Pork Osso Bucco
breaux bridge crawfish & sweet corn risotto, grilled poblano peppers, toasted chestnut & file gremolata with roasted garlic pork jus

Gulf Fish Pontchartrain
jumbo lump blue crab, j & j shrimp and crispy matagorda oysters, with fire roasted mushroom rice and brennan’s creole butter

$32.00

Farmer's Corner
three-course prix fixe vegetarian menu to include soup, salad and entree.

Lunch Specials
starting at $16 to include choice of soup or salad and entree. selection vary daily.

Lunch - Sides

Blue Cheese Smoked Potatoes
green onion, buttermilk and sour cream

Tarragon Butter Basted Asparagus
roasted red peppers & fresh tarragon

Goat Cheese Stone Ground Grits
homestead grits, toasted corn and fresh chevre

Lunch Dessert

Bourbon Pecan Pie Sundae
vanilla ice cream, bourbon chantilly cream and chocolate ganache, crowned with veronica's caramel corn

Creole Cream Cheese Cheesecake
house made creole cream cheese, chicory coffee toffee honey graham cracker crust and dulce de leche

Froberg Farm Strawberry Shortcake
first of the season berries, buttermilk biscuit, chantilly cream and imperial confectioner's sugar

Chocolate Texicana Mousse Cake
white & dark chocolate layers, patron xo café liqueur and chipotle sea salt

Veronica’s Lemon Meringue Pie
limoncello blueberry coulis & candied lemon zest

Traditional Bananas Foster
a tableside flambé of bananas with caribbean rum and cinnamon served over vanilla bean ice cream

Dinner - Appetizers

Texas Wild Shrimp Remoulade
shrimp boil vegetables, new potatoes, butter lettuce, preserved lemon and classic remoulade dressing

Trio Of Roasted Louisiana Oysters
oyster rockefeller, oyster artichoke and oyster walker

Crispy Matagorda Bay Oyster "blt"
bacon caramelized onion mousse, smoked cherry tomatoes, baby arugula and creole mustard glaze

Cayenne & Pistachio Spiced Yellowfin Tuna
glass noodles, garlic chives, springs pea shoots, ripped basil and fresh ginger with poke vinaigrette

Crispy Sweetbreads & Crawfish Acadian
verpa morel mushrooms, english peas, caramelized pearl onions, white stone ground grits, henessey cognac and sauce acadian

Dinner - Soups & Salads

Turtle Soup Au Sherry
a brennan’s classic spiked with sherry

Smoked Shrimp & Okra Gumbo
toasted garlic jazzmen rice and chef's blend of file

Medjool Date & Maytag Blue Cheese Salad
spiced pistachios, chicory, baby spinach, lolo rossa, ripped herb vinaigrette and lemon biscotti

Charred Tomato & Poblano Soup
crowned with grilled poblano pepper salsa

Soups 1-1-1
a demitasse of all three soups

Pea Patch Tomato Salad
chili spiced mozzarella, avocado, hearts of palm, arugula, texas sweet onions, steen's cane vinegar and ripped basil

Froberg Farm Stawberry Salad
spiced pecans, red onions, black pepper chevre, blue agave and creole cream cheese dressing

Dinner - Signature Entrees

Pecan Crusted Gulf Fish
crushed corn maque choux, french beans, spiced pecans and creole meuniere sauce

Gulf Fish Pontchartrain
jumbo lump blue crab, j&j shrimp and crispy mishos oysters with fire roasted mushroom rice and brennan's creole butter

Filet Of Harris Ranch Black Angus Beef
smoke french potato puree, bordeaux roasted mushrooms, caramelized onions and "barrel aged" worcestershire

Louisiana Jumbo Lump Blue Crabcakes
sweet corn & leek cream, mirlitons and wood duck farm pea shoots

Gulf Coast Shrimp Chippewa
flamed tableside in cognac with sun dried tomatoes over goat cheese stone ground grits from waco, texas

Veal Chop Tchoupitoulas
herb roasted oyster mushroom, sweet potatoes, baby swiss chard and honey peppercorn glaze

Cast Iron Seared Harris Ranch Strip
three potato boulangere, charred onions, baby spinach, black truffle butter and sauce forestiere

Creole Mustard Crusted Lamb Chops
crushed corn pudding, roasted garlic lamb sausage, butter basted asparagus and mint chimichurri sauce

Special (based On Availability) Crispy Deviled Softshell Crab
over breaux bridge crawfish potato salad with mirliton curtido and wild ramp ravigote

Special (based On Availbility) Paneed Spring Rabbit & Morels
stuffed with lupe's tasso & texas mozzarella over papardelle pasta, verpa morel mushrooms, pearl onions, baby mustard greens and smoked rabbit jus

Special (based On Availability) Old Fashioned Duck & Foie Gras
cast iron seared duck breast, duck sausage, foie gras dirty rice, duck cracklin and fig "old fashioned" duck sauce

Dinner - Sides

Smoked Yukon Gold Potato
whipped with buttermilk and sour cream

Homestead Stone Ground Grits
texas goats cheese, roasted corn and oak farms cream

Jalapeno & Crushed Corn Pudding
ripped herbs and roasted corn sauce

Tarragon Butter Basted Asparagus
roasted red pepper & fresh tarragon

Crawfish & Creamed Spring Corn Risotto
breaux bridge crawfish and fire roasted sweet corn

Three Potato Lyonnaise
caramelized onion, cane syrup bacon and fresh thyme

Desserts

Froberg Farm Strawberry Shortcake
alvin, texas berries, buttermilk biscuit, chantilly cream and powered sugar

Veronica’s Lemon Meringue Pie
limoncello blueberry coulis & candied lemon zest

"way Back When" Milk & Cookies
chef's selection of cookies and brandy milk punch ice cream

Chocolate Texicana Mousse Cake
white & dark chocolate layers, patron xo café liqueur and chipotle sea salt

Creole Bread Pudding Soufflé
the richness of creole bread pudding whipped into a light, fluffy soufflé crowned with rye whiskey sauce

Brennan’s White Chocolate Bread Pudding
crowned with dark and white chocolate ganache

Traditional Bananas Foster
a tableside flambé of bananas with caribbean rum and cinnamon served over vanilla bean ice cream

The Artisan Cheese Palette
a selection of domestic and imported cheeses with coplin farms honey, prickly pear jelly and spiced pecans

Brunch - Appetizer
All Brunch Items Are Based On Package Price To Include Appetizer, Entree And Dessert

Soup Du Jour
made fresh daily, using the freshest seasonal ingredients

Soup 1-1-1
a demitasse of all three soups

Tabasco Smoked Chicken And Mushroom Gumbo
toasted garlic "jazzmen" rice and chefs blend of file

Turtle Soup Au Sherry
a brennan's classic finished tableside with sherry

Froberg Farm Strawberry Salad
spiced pecans, baby spinach, black pepper chevre and labelle ranch honey with creole cream cheese dressing

Pea Patch Tomato Salad
cucumber ribbons, hearts of palm, chili spiced mozzarella, alligator pear, baby arugula and press basil oil

Texas Wild Shrimp Remoulade
shrimp boil vegetables, butter lettuce, preserved lemon and classic remoulade dressing

Breau Bridge Crawfish Enchilada
corn tortilla, louisiana crawfish, cilantro creme fraiche, brazos valley pepper jack cheese and roasted tomatillo salsa

Crispy Gulf Oyster "blt"
bacon & caramelized onion mousse, smoked cheery tomatoes, baby rocket greens and creole mustard glaze

Brunch - Entrees

Breaux Bridge Crawfish Omelette
andouille sausage, fire roasted trinity, pepper jack cheese and smoked tomato sauce piquante

Texas Pecan Crusted Fish
crushed corn maque choux, french beans, spiced pecans and creole meuniere sauce

Gulf Coast Shrimp And Grits
goats cheese stone ground grits, marinated sweet peppers, mirlitons, roasted garlic and sun dried tomatoes

Crispy Develed Softshell Crab
over louisiana crawfish boil potato salad with mirliton curtido, sugarcane vinegar poached egg and wild ramp hollandaise

Strawberry Creole Cream Cheese Pancakes
pecan studded nueske's bacon, sunny side up hen egg, imperial powdered sugar and pecan street rum syrup

Creole Spiced Black Hill Ranch Pork Chop
breaux bridge crawfish & spring corn risotto, baby mustards, caramelized pearl onions and pepper jelly glaze

Old Fashioned Bourbon Glazed Chicken
yukon gold potato & crimini mushroom has, baby spinach and zatarain's mustard with tasso ham duck fond

Brunch - Dessert

Froberg Farm Strawberty Shortcake
alvin, texas berries, buttermilk biscuit, chantilly cream and imperial confectioner's sugar

Hawaiian Gold Pineapple Up Side Down Cake
island rum soaked dark & golden rasins, toasted coconut and pina colada ice cream

Double Chocolate Texicana Mousse Cake
white & dark chocolate layers flavored with patron xo cafe liqueur and chipolte sea salt

Veronica's Lemon Meringue Pie
limoncello blueberry coulis & candied lemon zest

Brennan's Bananas Foster
flamed tableside with puerto rican rum and cinnamon over vanilla bean ice cream

Texas Pecan Chocolate Cobbler
texas organic pecans, pecan street rum chocolate sauce and rich abuelita's chocolate mousse

Creole Cream Cheese Cheesecake
brennan's creole cream cheese, chicory coffee toffee, honey graham cracker crust and dulce de leche

White Chocolate Bread Pudding
crowned with dark and white chocolate ganache

Cheese Palette
Choice Of 3, 4 And 5 Cheeses All Served With Coplin Farms Honey, Spiced Pecans, Prickly Pear Jelly And Artisan Breads

Texas Gold Cheddar
raw cows milk, cave aged for seven months, very sharp and complex from veldhuizen family farms in dublin, texas

Deep Ellum Blue
cow's milk, mild, earthy and complex with a blue moldy exterior. robust flavor and creamy supple texture. aged at least 6 weeks

Cabot Clothbound Cheddar
cow's milk, natural-rinded traditional cheddar. bandaged with muslin and skillfully aged a minimum of 10 months at the cellars at jasper hill

Humboldt Fog
soft ripened goat chevre with an ash center from cypress grove, northern california

Saint Andre
cow's milk cheese, triple cream, 75% milk fat resulting in a soft buttery texture

Comte
french cow's milk, relatively hard & flexible and is a strong and slightly sweet

Morbier
cow's milk cheese, a mixture of morning milk & evening milk, fruity and very aromatic

Idiazabal
sheep's milk cheese, the cheese is handmade. it is aged for a few months and develops a nutty, buttery flavor

Zamorano
sheep's milk cheese, aged about 6 months, rubbed with olive oil, giving the cheese its characteristic dark color

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Brennan's of Houston

3300 Smith Houston, TX 77006

713-522-9711

Description

Case of the Mondays - Australia

6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. June 4

2011 | Best Restaurant Service

2010 | Best Atmosphere

2006 | Best Wine List

2005 | Best Creole Restaurant

2002 | Best Brunch

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