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1423 Richmond Ave. Houston, TX 77006

713-520-6635

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Houston Press
Recommended
Best Patio
Award Winner 2008

Cuisine(s): Mexican, South American

Hours: Sun 8am-10pm, Mon 11am-10pm, Tue-Thu 11am-11:30am, Fri-Sat 8am-12am

Price: $, $$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash
Attire: Casual

Features: Smoking, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch

Entertainment: Live Entertainment
Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

Parking: Lot Available

Description

In this modest, pink-walled restaurant, owners Eduardo and Monica Lopez specialize in the dishes of Guatemala and Mexico: succulent fish tacos, grilled chicken and scrumptious fried plantains. The cilantro-spiked salsa, which manages to be hot and cooling simultaneously, is in a class by itself.

2008 | Best Patio

Gotta be honest: Last time we went to El Pueblito, they only had one credit-card machine, which meant we had to wait a fortnight for them to run the cards for a large party who closed out ahead of us. Essentially, we were hostages. But what a damn fine patio to be a hostage on! When you're on that patio, you almost feel like you're in another country -- some lush tropical environ where there's no construction or congestion. There are cabanas for intimate dinners, and the little... More »
2007 | Best Patio

Sure, you could eat their delicious Guatemalan and Mexican dishes in a jail cell or a submarine and they'd still probably taste good, but you'll be doing yourself a disservice if you don't dine on the patio. It's like you're not even on the same continent. Tiki torches and string lights wrapped around lush palms provide intimate lighting, and the curtained cabanas are perfect for dinner with that special someone. Sitting there, stuffed, knocking back a cold Famosa and listening to beautiful... More »
2003 | Best Patio

When you sit outside at El Pueblito Place, you'll start believing you're on vacation in a foreign land -- especially after a couple of margaritas. Palm trees with Christmas lights, tiki torches and candles give the expansive patio a romantic feel, and there's always live music, usually Latin. If you're with your harem, you can sit in one of the raised platforms draped with white cloth and made cozy with couches and pillows. It's a nice respite when it seems that the whole world is flocking... More »
2002 | Best Salsa

Is there smack in this salsa No, of course not. But the addictive quality of El Pueblito's version of the condiment will make you wonder. At this Guatemalan/Mexican restaurant, owned by Eduardo and Monica Lopez, the salsa is more than just something to dip the chips in while waiting for your main course -- in fact, stopping there would be almost impossible. The mixture of fresh cilantro and ripe tomatoes makes everything on the varied menu taste even better than it does plain -- from the... More »
2001 | Best Margarita

These sublime concoctions are undoubtedly best enjoyed alfresco, and to do so there is no place better than the Guatemalan/Mexican surf-and-turf, El Pueblito Place. First, there's the marg itself, which is tartly delicious as any in town and comes in large, extra large, and call-a-cab sizes. Then there are the cabana-comes-to-Montrose surroundings of the restaurant's new back patio, in which riots of pastel shades delight human eyes, and hanging plastic bags full of water bamboozle those of... More »

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By Jim J. Tommaney | Mon, April 23, 2012

The set-up: The University of Houston School of Theatre brings a bit of Ireland to Houston, re-creating the small-mindedness, boredom and bickering of inhabitants of a coastal island, while etching t... More »
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By Jim J. Tommaney | Mon, November 7, 2011

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In the Pink

By Eric Lawlor | Thu, April 23, 1998

There are few good cartoons in the New Yorker anymore, but I did enjoy one that ran last month. A man and a woman are standing at the door of their apartment seeing off the last of their guests, one of whom says to the hostess: "The crab bisque, t... More »

Main Menu

Especialidades De La Casa
Plates Starting At $11

Pollo Maya
delicious chicken breast grilled to perfection marinated with a secret house spices. served with grilled vegetables, rice and tortillas

San Felipe
chicken or beef fajitas, grilled to perfection marinated with house spices. served with fried plantain, rice, pinto beans, pico de gallo and tortillas.

El Pueblito Parrillada
a combination of sizziling shrimp, chicken and beef fajitas. served with guacamole, rice, pinto beans, pico de gallo and tortillas. for one, for two

Caribbean Snapper
fresh bay snapper marinated with house sauce. served with black beans, rice, fried plantains and sour cream.

Pez De Dioses
fresh rainbow trout marinated and grilled with roasted almonds. served with guacamole, black beans and rice.

Shrimp Fajitas
sizzling shrimp fajitas. served with bell pepers, rice, beans, lettuce, tortillas and pico de gallo

Snapper Santa Monica:
grilled fresh bay snapper marinated with lemon butter sauce. served with fruit relish, pinto beans and rice.

Camarones Calientes:
delicious gulf shrimp sauteed on a hot skillet and tossed in a diablo salsa. served with rice, beans, lettuce, tortillas and pico de gallo.

Hot And Crazy Plate
grilled jumbo scallops and shrimp cooked in lemon garlic sauce. served with spinach, rice, vegetables and fruit relish.

El Rey Snapper
grilled gulf red snapper filet topped by shrimp, scallops and mushrooms. served with rice, house salad annd fried plantains.

El Dorado
fresh salmon marinated and grilled in orange citrus sauce. served with rice, spinach, grilled tomatoes and pico de gallo.

El Matador
deliciuos fresh gulf snapper marinated by achote sauce topped with baby shrimp and spinach. served with house salad, rice and vegetables.

El Conquistador
delicious salmon filet topped with scallops and a fried plantain. served with vegetables, fruit realish and rice.

El Negrito
blackenned redfish topped by roasted tomatoes in lime butter sauce. served with lettuce, rice and vegetables.

Pescado Indio
delicious grilled red fish with olive oil, basil, garlic, lemon sauce. served with rice, vegetables and salad

El Capitan
fresh gulf redfish topped with two large shrimp, avocados and mushrooms in a orange sauce. served with rice, vegetables and a house salad.

Spanish Salmon
sauteed salmon filet with spanish artichoke hearts, dice tomatoes in a white wine lemon butter sauce. served with lettuve, rice and grilled vegetables.

Blackened Trout
fresh water rainbow trout grilled and marinated in cajun spices. topped with avocate and pico de gallo. served with rice, vegetables and lettuce

Yucatan
grilled chicken breast marinated with pesto sauce. served with rice, refried black beans and tortillas.

Hawaiian Salmon
delicious salmon marinated with pinapple sauce. served with grilled vegetables, rice and salad.

Chipotle Chicken
grilled chicken topped with creamy chipotle sauce. served with rice, refried black beans, fruit salad and tortillas.

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El Pueblito Place

1423 Richmond Ave. Houston, TX 77006

713-520-6635

Description

2008 | Best Patio

2007 | Best Patio

2003 | Best Patio

2002 | Best Salsa

2001 | Best Margarita

The Cripple of Inishmaan Brings Vivid Irish Characters to the University of Houston

By Jim J. Tommaney | Mon, April 23, 2012

Once on this Island at Applause Theatre Well-Acted by a Young Cast

By Jim J. Tommaney | Mon, November 7, 2011

In the Pink

By Eric Lawlor | Thu, April 23, 1998