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3115 Kirby Houston, TX 77098

713-522-3131

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Cuisine(s): Italian, Pizza

Hours: Sun-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-11pm

Price: $$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
Attire: Business casual

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Family Style

Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Lot Available, Valet

Description

This original location is one of only two Carrabba's that are still family-owned. Here is where the franchise began. Old-world service and good homemade Italian cooking still reign, with pasta, veal, chicken dishes and pizzas holding their own. Veal scaloppini prepared a piccata (lemon and capers) or with marsala always please, as does the brick chicken, half a chicken cooked with rosemary and garlic sauce, flattened by a weight.

Openings & Closings: Two Houston Classics Plan to Expand

By Katharine Shilcutt | Fri, May 18, 2012

The big news this past week was that two Houston classics are about to get even bigger, starting with word from CultureMap that Carrabba's Italian Grill on Kirby -- the original location of the chain ... More »
Another Breed of Service: Luis Carlos Montalvan and Until Tuesday

By Altamese Osborne | Fri, August 12, 2011

In 2007, Luis Carlos Montalvan left the army after 17 years of service. He had seen action in Iraq, where he was deployed to the volatile South Baghdad region and Nineveh province. By the time of his ... More »
Chef Chat, Part 1: Domenica Catelli of Catelli's

By Matthew Dresden | Wed, July 20, 2011

This week on a very special Chef Chat: the California wine country edition! Domenica Catelli might be the most prolific chef you've never heard of, with a hand in nearly every aspect of the food indu... More »
Revisiting an Old Favorite: Carrabba's

By Geri Maria Harris | Wed, October 13, 2010

Carrabba's recently invited me to come in and sample a meal. Although I have always been fond of the place, I hadn't been there in several years, and was anxious to see if the place had changed. I vi... More »
Country Cooking

By Paul Galvani | Thu, November 05, 2009

The pappardelle campagnolo ($16) at Carrabba's (3115 Kirby, 713-522-3131) showcases lots of basic Italian ingredients. Inch-wide, homemade pasta is mixed in a large bowl with sausage (a Carrabba's family recipe), onions, fresh tomatoes, sweet and ... More »
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goodlin25 | 1 Reviews

| Mon, April 23, 2012

Terrible dining experience! Doesn't deserve 1 star. We are now known as the first guests to get robbed at this original Carrabba's Italian Grill in Houston during daylight hours while their security team are not scheduled to keep customers safe in the 3-hour of 2-5pm.

We happened to get lucky to get stuck in traffic due to an 18 wheeler accident and make it to this Carrabba's at the perfect time to get robbed in daylight hours in this excliusoive Houston area.

The food taste so bad that after driving from Houston to Florida with no driver side window in rain and fog, we threw the food away in a rest stop garbage can.

Overpriced food, getting robbed and the Carrabba's management and coporate treating us like a U.S. statistic will keep us away from this restaurant chain. Never again. In the past week, nobody from the restaurant chain has called to check on us to see if we made it home alirght.

Please do yourself a favor to avoid a poor customer experience. Carrabba's is not worthy of 0 out of 10 rating.

http://houstontravelexperience.blogspot.com/2012/04/0riginal-carrabbas-italian-grill.html

Dinner Menu

Antipasti

Small $7.90
Regular $9.90

Calamari
with marinara sauce or our spicy italian pepper and lemon butter sauce

Small $9.00
Regular $11.90

Cozze In Bianco
steamed mussels in white wine, basil, lemon butter

Small $7.00
Regular $9.50

Mozzarella Marinara
hand-breaded and lightly fried

$8.70

Bruschette
with the chef ’s fresh toppings of the day

$10.70

Shrimp Scampi
garlic, white wine and lemon butter

Small $6.50
Regular $9.00

Zucchini Fritte
lightly battered and fried, with roasted garlic aioli

$10.70

Crab Cakes
two cakes made with jumbo lump crabmeat, with our roasted red bell pepper sauce

$11.70

Antipasti Plate
our calamari, bruschette and mozzarella marinara

Zuppe & Insalate

Cup $4.00
Bowl $6.00

Homemade Soups
soup of the day, minestrone or mama mandola’s sicilian chicken soup

$5.00
Crumbled Blue Cheese, Add $1.50

Side Salads
house, italian or caesar

$8.00

Soup & Salad
a cup of our homemade minestrone soup served with a side italian salad with low-fat sundried tomato vinaigrette

$12.00
$14.00

Insalata Carrabba Caesar
wood-grilled chicken or shrimp in our own caesar dressing

$14.00

Insalata Johnny Rocco
grilled shrimp, scallops, roasted red peppers, olives, ricotta salata in vinaigrette

$12.00
Substitute Shrimp $2.00
Sirloin $2.50
Salmon $3.50

Insalata Italian Cobb
wood-grilled chicken, bacon, tomatoes, egg and blue cheese in vinaigrette

$11.50

Insalata Fiorucci
artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers and grilled eggplant in vinaigrette, topped with a hazelnut goat cheese medallion

Wood-fried Pizza

$9.70

Margherita Pizza
fresh tomatoes, basil, olive oil, mozzarella

$10.70

Italian Chicken Pizza
grilled chicken in our italian-style sweet and sour sauce with pine nuts, scallions, romano, fontina and mozzarella

$17.00

Build Your Own Pizza
choose up to 3 toppings: italian sausage, pepperoni, meatballs, kalamata olives, mushrooms, sweet peppers, onions, tomatoes, sundried tomatoes

Panini
Served With Our Housemade Chips.prefer The Vegetable Of The Day Or Garlic Mashed Potatoes Instead, Add $1.

$10.00

Chicken Parmesan
coated with our italian breadcrumbs, sautéed and topped with pomodoro and mozzarella, served on baked bread

$11.00

Grilled Fish
wood-grilled tilapia topped with tomato basil vinaigrette and arugula, served on baked bread

Marsala
Topped With Mushrooms, Prosciutto And Our Lombardo Marsala Wine Sauce. Served With A Cup Of Our Homemade Soup Or A Side Salad, And Your Choice Of The Vegetable Of The Day, Garlic Mashed Potatoes Or Cavatappi Amatriciana.

Small $15.20
Regular $17.20

Chicken

Small $16.90
Regular $18.90

Sirloin

Small $16.50
Regular $18.50

Pork Chops

Small $16.50
Regular $18.50

Veal

Classics & Combinations

$19.50

The Johnny
sirloin marsala and chicken bryan

$16.50

Italian Classics
chicken parmesan and lasagne

$19.50

Chicken Trio
bryan, marsala and rosa maria

Small $15.20
Regular $17.20

Chicken Parmesan
coated with our italian breadcrumbs, sautéed and topped with pomodoro and mozzarella

Small $16.50
Regular $18.50

Veal Piccata
sautéed, topped with lemon butter sauce

Wood-Burning Grill

Small $15.20
Regular $17.20

Chicken Bryan
topped with goat cheese, sundried tomatoes and a basil lemon butter sauce

Shrimp $17.90
Shrimp & Scallops $18.90

Spiedino Di Mare
shrimp or sea scallops coated with italian breadcrumbs, grilled and topped with lemon butter sauce

Small $16.50
Regular $18.50

Grilled Salmon
topped with tomato basil vinaigrette

$15.90

Tilapia Nocciola
lightly breaded with hazelnuts, topped with roma tomatoes and basil lemon butter sauce

Small $15.20
Regular $17.20

Pollo Rosa Maria
stuffed with fontina and prosciutto, topped with mushrooms and a basil lemon butter sauce

Small $13.00
Regular $15.00

Grilled Chicken
basted with olive oil and herbs

$19.00

Ribs Agrodolce
baby back ribs braised in red wine with fresh herbs

$24.00
Filet Marsala Or Filet Bryan, Add $2.00
Filet Spiedino Or Filet Scampi, Add $4.00

Filet Fiorentina
9 oz. usda choice center-cut tenderloin

Signature Pasta
Any Signature Pasta May Also Be Made With Whole Grain Spaghetti. All Pasta Dishes Are Served With A Cup Of Our Homemade Soup Or A Side Salad

$10.00
With Chicken $3.00
With Shrimp $5.00

Tag Pic Pac
tagliarini in our picchi pacchiu sauce with crushed tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and basil

$10.00
With Meatballs, Meat Sauce Or Italian Sausage $3.00

Spaghetti
topped with pomodoro sauce

$17.20

Linguine Pescatore
shrimp, sea scallops and mussels tossed with linguine in a spicy marinara sauce

$11.00
With Chicken $3.00
With Shrimp $5.00

Penne Franco
mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, artichoke hearts and black olives, in garlic and oil with ricotta salata cheese

$11.00
With Chicken $3.00
With Shrimp $5.00

Pasta Sostanza
tagliarini with sautéed mushrooms, artichoke hearts and spinach in tomato basil sauce topped with seasoned breadcrumbs

$15.70

Pasta Weesie
fettuccine alfredo with shrimp sautéed in a garlic, lemon butter, white wine sauce with sautéed mushrooms and scallions

$14.50

Pasta Carrabba
fettuccine alfredo with grilled chicken, sautéed mushrooms and peas

Stuffed Pasta
All Pasta Dishes Are Served With A Cup Of Our Homemade Soup Or A Side Salad.

$14.00

Lasagne
a favorite, just like mama used to make

$15.50

Seafood Cannelloni
lobster, shrimp and scallops, blended with roasted garlic and chives, topped with a light tomato cream sauce and crabmeat

$13.50

Mezzaluna
half moon ravioli with chicken, ricotta and spinach in tomato cream sauce

$13.50

Manicotti
hand-rolled pasta with four cheeses, baked with pomodoro sauce and mozzarella

$14.50

Chicken & Spinach Cannelloni
chicken, spinach, garlic, fresh herbs, fontina and romano cheese, topped with pomodoro and cream sauce

$17.90

Lobster Ravioli
ravioli with tender maine lobster in a white wine cream sauce

Dolci
Ask Your Server About Our Seasonal Dessert Selection

$7.90

Sogno Di Cioccolata “chocolate Dream”
a rich fudge brownie brushed with kahlua, with chocolate mousse, fresh whipped cream and homemade chocolate sauce

$7.70

Tiramisú
lady fingers dipped in liqueur laced espresso, layered with sweetened mascarpone, myers’s rum and chocolate shavings

$7.00

John Cole
vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce and roasted cinnamon rum pecans

Each $2.50
12 Order Of $6.00

Bacino
delicious, guilt-free mini-desserts, made fresh daily. dessert rosa, chocolate coconut mousse, seasonal bacino

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Carrabba's Italian Grill

3115 Kirby Houston, TX 77098

713-522-3131

Description

Openings & Closings: Two Houston Classics Plan to Expand

By Katharine Shilcutt | Fri, May 18, 2012

Another Breed of Service: Luis Carlos Montalvan and Until Tuesday

By Altamese Osborne | Fri, August 12, 2011

Chef Chat, Part 1: Domenica Catelli of Catelli's

By Matthew Dresden | Wed, July 20, 2011

Revisiting an Old Favorite: Carrabba's

By Geri Maria Harris | Wed, October 13, 2010

Country Cooking

By Paul Galvani | Thu, November 05, 2009

goodlin25 | 1 Reviews

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