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Mark's American Cuisine

1658 Westheimer
Houston, TX 77006

713-523-3800 | Website

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Category: Restaurants | New American

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Chef Mark Cox lays out a nouveau American smorgasbord in a nicely rehabbed church. Entrées follow a theme of light (or no) sauces and eye-catching combinations, and the kitchen's timing on everything from duck to pasta can't be beat. Keep an eye on the ever-shifting menu.

  • Cuisine(s): New American

    Hours: Mon-Thu 11am-11pm, Sat 5pm-12am, Fri 11am-12am, Sun 5pm-10pm

    Price: $$$$

    Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, Diners Club, cash

  • Attire: Dressy casual

    Features: Takeout, Private Party, Banquet Facilities, Business Dining

    Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch

    Alcohol: Full bar

  • Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

    Parking: Lot Available, Valet

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  • 2004 | Best Place for a Last Date

    Mark's American Cuisine You're getting the brush-off, but you're getting it in style. Mark's has the proper solemnity for the most bittersweet of partings: It used to be a church, for God's sake. Mark's has tables perched high in the choir loft,... More >

  • 2002 | Best Expense-Account Restaurant

    There's something magically peculiar about this space. It began as a church, then became the Dream Merchant, a freaky little clothing store. Now completely transformed into a restaurant, the former vestibule houses a dramatic, attractive wine... More >

  • 2000 | Best Restaurant

    If ever there was a "temple of cuisine," this cutting-edge American restaurant located in a former church must be it. There are stars painted above the former altar, and the bar runs where the communion rail used to be. Here, in this Montrose... More >

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Main Menu
Appetizers
$22.95
Trio Of Salmon
oak smoked salmon, salmon pastrami, and salmon mousse with avruga caviar, salad of cucumber, water melon radish and a potato chive cake
$24.95
Duck & Quail
prosciutto crusted local quail & duck ravioli with foie gras, chilean peaches, grilled radicchio, doubloon shiitake mushrooms and a truffle madeira sauce
$24.95
Duo Foie Gras
spiced torchon & seared hudson valley foie gras with hidden rose apple & pear butter with pear & squash compote and a cranberry & blood orange chutney
$25.95
Oysters
hearth roasted powder point oysters topped with a ragout of jumbo crab meat, shrimp and roasted leeks in a truffle aioli vinaigrette
Soup
$11.95
Soup Du Jour
acorn squash seafood bisque with citrus crabmeat
$10.95
Corn Chowder
roasted corn chowder with smoked apple wood bacon, potatoes and thyme
Salads
$11.95
Winter Salad
watercress, buratta, tomato, beets and roasted walnuts in an herb vinaigrette
$13.95
Tomatoes
sliced vine ripened tomato and roasted pepper with two mozzarellas, aged balsamic and a honey basil vinaigrette
$11.95
Romaine
tossed with belgium endives, lemon anchovy vinaigrette, manchego tulle crisp and apple smoked bacon
Entrees - Seafood
$40.95
Salmon
grilled scottish salmon, coconut risotto, yuzo citrus carrots, stirfried aspiration, peppers, mushrooms, aged balsamic vinegar and crispy sesame shrimp
$40.95
Shrimp
grilled panama shrimp with a ragout of jumbo lump crabmeat atop a southern carolina succotash and grit cake with a chili spiked lime sauce, and roasted green chile, cilantro coulis
$36.95
Tuna
sesame crusted ahi tuna with citrus jasmine risotto, asian garden stir fry, with sambal and ponzu sauce
$40.95
Escolar
roasted hawaiian escolor, multi grain, vegetable risotto, asparagus, sugar snap peas and crab meat with a piquillo pepper sauce
Entrees - Meat
$39.95
Veal
grilled medallions of veal served over vidalia onion risotto, with asparagus in a marsala field mushroom sauce
$33.95
Pork
maple sugar, ginger and coffee roasted kurobuta pork loin with bourbon short rib, petite fingerlings, apple smoked bacon, grilled sweet potatoes, and eight jewel fruit compote
$40.95
Lamb
walnut crusted rack and loin of colorado lamb, three color potatoes, thyme roasted summer squash and zucchini, with a basil madeira sauce
$29.94
Chicken
hearth roasted bryan farms chicken, house made chicken sausage, mississippi style grits and ratatouille with grilled portabella and baby arugula with chicken glace
$34.95
Duck
fire roasted breast of muscovy and slow roasted duck, red mountain rice and golden jewel rice, raspberries, champagne grapes and pink moon peaches
$49.95
Beef Tenderloin
seared tenderloin of beef with field mushrooms, roasted squash, crispy “tater tots”, served with a spiced cabernet sauvignon sauce
$55.95
Prime Sirloin Of Beef
prime sirloin of beef and chicken fried bacon with roasted potatoes, mushrooms, slow roasted peppers with aged balsamic vinegar and a "1658" steak sauce
Desserts
$25.00
Coffee Toffee
espresso mousse and bittersweet chocolate fudge filling over a toasted pecan crust, finished with kaluha mascarpone and housemade toffee. sandeman 30 year tawny port
$15.00
Coconut Banana Cream Pie
crispy coconut cookies, coconut pastry cream, caramel sauce with sliced bananas. daniel schuster, late harvest riesling, waipara, new zealand 2006
$22.00
Lemon Pudding Cake
soft lemon cake served warm with strawberry and raspberry soup, blueberry panna cotta, candied lemon and basil scented meringue. hopler noble reserve (tba) 2007
$22.00
Blueberry Mascarpone Tart
blueberry & huckleberry compote with mascarpone cheesecake filling in a graham cracker shell and blueberry muffin ice cream. barros vintage port 2000
$22.00
Tahitian Vanilla Bean Crème Brûlèe
snickerdoodle cookie & assorted berries. barros 20 year tawny
$17.00
White Chocolate Bread Pudding
french bread and white chocolate custard, browned butter macerated fruit compote, mango sorbet and grand marnier spiked white chocolate sauce. toro albala gran reserva don px 1982
$29.00
Raspberry Shortbread Tart
a buttery, flaky, tender crust, fresh raspberries and piedmont pistachio ice cream. inniskillin icewine, cabernet franc, canada 2007
$15.00
Trio Of Gelatos
honey lavender, dulce de leche, mascarpone berry. daniel schuster, late harvest riesling, waipara, new zealand 2006
$14.00
Trio Of Sorbets
mango, raspberry, cassis, lemon, blood orange. naughty sticky, napa valley 2004
$11.00
Warm Chocolate Cake
served with a german coconut pecan icing pecan brittle ice cream and chocolate fudge sauce. meeker family "fro zin"
$12.95
Artisan Cheese Plate
hoja santa, shropshire blue, drunken goat, barely buzzed, & blanca bianca
$20.00
Milkshake
zaya 12 anos trinidad rum blended with vanilla bean ice cream, topped with whipped cream and a don p/x 1982 floater
 
Trio Of Ice Creams
piedmont pistachio, belgium dark chocolate, mexican vanilla, cinnamon cherry, turkish coffee, blueberry muffin

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