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1141 E. 11th St. Houston, TX 77009

713-869-9141

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Houston Press
Recommended
Best BLT Sandwich
Award Winner 2009

Cuisine(s): Bakery, Cafe, Dessert, Sandwiches

Hours: Mon-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm

Price: $

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
Attire: Casual

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Catering

Serving: Dinner, Lunch, Snack Food

Alcohol: None
Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Lot Available

Description

This is a tiny, quiet spot in the Heights, perfect for consuming worthwhile calories. All the desserts, cakes and cookies are homemade, and it is impossible to pick the best, although the banana split cake and the raspberry cream tres leches probably take the cake. Oh, and there's also sandwiches on homemade breads. The "healthy pollo supreme," lean chicken on peppered herb bread, is superb, as is the "vegetarian special." Salads - all with homemade dressings - soups and fabulous quiches round out the menu.

2009 | Best BLT Sandwich

A pastry cafe with the best BLT Really Yes, really. The folks at Dacapo's may specialize in sweets, but they certainly kick butt when it comes to savory sandwiches. Piled high on toasted whole wheat bread is the perfect slathering of mayo, lettuce, thick-cut sliced tomatoes and bacon so perfectly cooked -- crispy yet full of fat and salty flavor -- you'll want to rush into the kitchen to get a peek at just how they do it. Add a pickle and a cup of homemade potato salad, and it's... More »
2007 | Best Desserts

If you have even the slightest sweet tooth, you will find this place irresistible, not only for the sheer quantity of desserts, but the way they remind you of homemade cooking -- you know, the kind that happened before the microwave. If you're yearning for an old-fashioned raspberry and blackberry pie, then the "wild berry blast pie" is for you. Think you've found the ultimate tres leches Think again. The version served here is topped with a raspberry sauce that makes this unlike any... More »

Expedition Egg Salad: DaCapo's Pastry Cafe

By Joanna O'Leary | Mon, October 10, 2011

Expedition Egg Salad has taken me to Nielsen's, Barnaby's, and Brown Bag Deli, all of which offered satisfying, albeit ultimately unremarkable, takes on the egg salad sandwich. At the urging of Jelmo... More »
Food Fight: Pecan Pie

By Matthew Dresden | Thu, April 7, 2011

It may be the state tree of Texas, but the pecan sure doesn't attract the kind of attention lavished on the state flower, the bluebonnet. Put it this way: You don't see photo studios offering to captu... More »
$7 at Dacapo's Pastry Cafe

By Ruthie Johnson | Mon, July 19, 2010

Where: Dacapo's Pastry Cafe, 1141 E. 11th Street, 713-869-9141 What $7 gets you: A gorgeous ALT sandwich on fresh-baked honey wheat bread with a small side of carrot souffle and a pickle, all served... More »
Hot Plate

By Dennis Abrams | Thu, August 05, 1999

In a world filled with trendy chocolate mousse cakes, chocolate towers, chocolate bombes, molten chocolate tortes and God only knows what else, sometimes it's nice to revisit a forgotten friend: old-fashioned chocolate fudge cake. DaCapo's [1141 E... More »
Dish

By Margaret L. Briggs | Thu, October 08, 1998

As Dacapo's Turns In the beginning (in 1994) there was Dacapo's Cafe in the Heights. It was, and is, a cozy bakery-cum-deli, the brainchild of four partners: twins Lisa and Teresa Biggerstaff, and Leticia Guzman and Kirk Graham. Within a ye... More »
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Dacapo's Pastry Cafe

1141 E. 11th St. Houston, TX 77009

713-869-9141

Description

2009 | Best BLT Sandwich

2007 | Best Desserts

Expedition Egg Salad: DaCapo's Pastry Cafe

By Joanna O'Leary | Mon, October 10, 2011

Food Fight: Pecan Pie

By Matthew Dresden | Thu, April 7, 2011

$7 at Dacapo's Pastry Cafe

By Ruthie Johnson | Mon, July 19, 2010

Hot Plate

By Dennis Abrams | Thu, August 05, 1999

Dish

By Margaret L. Briggs | Thu, October 08, 1998

Coupons

Numero Uno $7.99