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1160 Smith St. Houston, TX 77002

713-650-0837

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Cuisine(s): New American, Seafood

Hours: Fri-Sat 11am-10pm, Mon-Thu 11am-9pm

Price: $$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
Attire: Business Casual

Features: Takeout, Delivery, Private Party, Catering, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

Parking: Garage, Validation Available

Description

Massa's is an elegant downtown seafood spot that, like so many of its fellow fish-centric places around these parts, maintains a healthy Cajun/Creole influence. Lobster bisque is a popular starter; a couple of steak selections and an array of quality seafood (including redfish topped with lump crab meat) round out the menu. Pastas are served, as well. Prices aren't cheap, but no regular menu item breaks the $30 mark. Though the atmosphere is semi-upscale, you should be fine in jeans. There's often live jazz on the weekends.

Haute Pocket

By Paul Galvani | Thu, December 04, 2003

If a well-executed beef Wellington is the pinnacle of beef dishes, then the salmon en croûte ($16.95) at Massa's (1160 Smith, 713-650-0837) may well be the summit of seafood dishes. A thick, juicy piece of salmon floating in a pink pool of creamy ... More »
Massa's: The New Generation

By Ed Kennard | Thu, March 11, 1999

For nearly a hundred years, the Massa family has sold Houstonians seafood. In 1900 Michael Angelo Massa, a Sicilian immigrant, opened an oyster parlor in Galveston; 44 years later, two of his children, Tony and Louis, launched Massa's Oyster House... More »
Back to the Classics

By Joanne Harrison | Thu, October 31, 1996

This spring, when customers wandered into the venerable Massa's in search of a fix of time-honored Gulf Coast fare, what they got instead was a shock. There on a menu that should have boasted little that wasn't fried and familiar were such items a... More »

Main Menu

Starters

Per Person $11.50

Mixed Appetizer
seafood stuffed peppers, boiled shrimp, crab cake and fried calamari -

$11.95

Fried Green Tomatoes With Gulf Shrimp And Jumbo Lump Crab
jumbo lump crab and gulf shrimp, lightly tossed in a classic remoulade sauce, served over fried green tomatoes

$11.95

Diver Scallop Brochette
served with truffle polenta over layers of beets finished with avocado salsa

$10.95

Sesame Seared Tuna Medallions
served with avocado and strawberries with a balsamic reduction

$9.50

Fried Calamari
served with a roasted garlic marinara sauce (fried in 100% peanut oil)

$11.95

Beef Medallions
3 pan seared filet medallions served over bleu cheese grits, topped with a mushroom demi glaze

$9.95

Stuffed Seafood Shells
three jumbo pasta shells stuffed with crab, shrimp, ricotta and feta cheese, topped with prima rose sauce

Soups

Bowl $10.95
Cup $6.95

Massa's Seafood Gumbo

Bowl $11.95
Cup $7.50

Lobster Bisque

Bowl $7.50
Cup $5.95

Soup Of The Day

Salads

$6.95

Massa's House Salad
crisp mixed greens, bay shrimp, parmesan cheese and sliced kalamata olives, tossed with our tangy creole mustard vinaigrette house dressing

Small $6.95
Large $10.95
Grilled Chicken $16.95
Grilled Or Fried Shrimp $18.95
Fried Calamari $18.95
Fried Oysters $18.95

Caesar Salad
crisp romaine and creole croutons in a parmesan caesar dressing

$19.95
Grilled Or Shrimp $18.95
Grilled Chicken $16.95

Southwestern Salad
served with marinated beef over mixed greens, with roma tomatoes, a black bean corn relish and chipotle ranch, garnished with tortilla strips and topped with feta cheese

$18.95

Ahi Tuna Salad
grilled tuna cooked to temperature, presented over mixed greens over a raspberry poppy seed dressing, served with avocados, strawberries and crispy rice noodles

$17.95

Barbecue Salmon Salad
fresh baked salmon topped with our house barbecue sauce, presented over a mix of spinach and baby arugula, dressed in a mango vinaigrette, then topped with feta cheese

$17.95

Pecan Chicken Salad
pecan crusted chicken breast atop baby spinach, lightly tossed with a raspberry vinaigrette, mixed fresh berries and slices pears, topped with blue cheese crumbles

$17.95

Greek Salmon
grilled filet of atlantic salmon topped with a greek vinaigrette of feta, fresh oregano, garlic, and extra virgin olive oil on a bed of micro greens, grapefruit segments and kalamata olives

$18.95

Tomato Capresse Crab Cake Salad
vine ripe red beef steak tomatoes, layered with fresh mozzarella cheese and 3 spinach crab cakes, finished with balsamic reduction and fresh basil

Massa's Seafood Classics

$25.95

Red Fish Ponchatrain
fresh red fish topped with jumbo lump crabmeat, grilled shrimp and a tawny port mushroom sauce (seasonal fish when snapper unavailable), served with asparagus and au gratin potatoes

$19.95

Potato Crusted Mahi-mahi
served with creole green beans, a rich leek and roasted garlic cream sauce and topped with fried leeks

$18.95

Key Lime Ranch Trout
rainbow trout seasoned with key lime zest and ranch seasonings served with rice and asparagus with rum garlic butter

$18.95

Herb Crusted Salmon
pan-seared over sauteed spinach and au gratin potatoes with lemon butter sauce

$24.95

Yellow Fin Tuna
pan-seared to order and served on a bed of sauteed spinach, surrounded by a tarragon scented lobster sauce and topped with jumbo lump crabmeat

$20.95

Stuffed Shrimp Brochettes
crab and cornbread stuffed jumbo shrimp wrapped in bacon and broiled then dressed with lemon butter, served with au gratin mashed potatoes and sauteed spinach

$15.95

Grilled Catfish
two farm raised catfish filets, grilled and served atop red beans and rice with pico de gallo

Massa's Classics

$26.95

Rib-eye Ponchatrain
8 oz black angus rib-eye, seasoned and grilled to order, topped with jumbo lump crabmeat, grilled shrimp and a tawny port mushroom sauce served with asparagus and au gratin potatoes

$26.95

6 Oz. Filet Mignon
topped with a mushroom demi glaze, served with au gratin potatoes and sauteed mixed vegetables

$20.95

Herb Crusted Rack Of Lamb
3 lamb chops topped with mint demi glaze, shitake risotto served over oven dried tear drop tomatoes

$17.95

Half Roasted Chicken
a half chicken slow roasted and presented with mashed sweet potatoes, sauteed spinach and topped with a mushroom demi-glaze

Classic Deep Fried

$25.95

Avocado
fresh sliced avocado, lightly breaded and fried, set in a chipotle aioli, served with fresh jumbo lump crab meat atop micro greens

Six Shrimp $18.95
Ten Shrimp $23.95

Shrimp
(fried or grilled) with slaw, steak fries and jumbo onion ring

Half Dozen $11.95
Dozen $17.95

Oysters
breaded in cornmeal with slaw, steak fries and jumbo onion ring

$15.95

Catfish Fillets
breaded in spicy cornmeal served with slaw, fries and jumbo onion ring

$22.95

Mixed Platter
3 shrimp, 1 catfish fillet, and 3 oysters, served with slaw, fries and jumbo onion ring

$17.95

Massas Chicken Fried Chicken
marinated boneless chicken breast coated in massas breading, fried golden brown, topped with a creole cream gravy, served with au gratin potatoes and sauteed spinach

Specialty Entrees
All Fried Entrees - Fried In 100% Peanut Oil

$19.95

Smoked Salmon Fettuccini
smoked salmon served over fettuccini pasta tossed with alfredo sauce and diced tomatoes, topped with parmesan cheese and basil

$18.95

Grilled Shrimp Alfredo
six jumbo grilled shrimp served on a bed of fettuccini topped with a creamy alfredo sauce

$19.95

Louisiana Special
grilled seasonal fish served with rice, gumbo gravy and vegetables

$19.95

Spinach Crab Cakes
3 spinach-mushroom crab cakes over a touch of lemon butter, served with au gratin potatoes and fresh sauteed asparagus finished with freshly chopped mango relish

$16.95

Boudin Stuffed Chicken
topped with lobster etouffee sauce served with au gratin potatoes and sauteed spinach

$18.95

Chili Rubbed Mahi Tostada
southwestern seasoned mahi served on a crab meat and cheese tostada with polenta, smokey avocado puree and pico de gallo

$25.95

Sea Scallops
4 pan seared scallops in a soy-lime reduction and lemon grass oil glaze, topped with a shiitake sweet corn and green grape salsa and a side of sticky rice

Stuffed With Chicken $14.95
Stuffed With Shrimp And Crab $15.95

Baked Penne Ziti Rigate
whole wheat baked penne pasta with three cheese cream spinach. served with garlic toast and a house salad.

$15.95

Massa's Chicken Breast
classic slow cooked boneless, skinless chicken breast topped with sage, prosciutto, provolone cheese in a light veal sauce served with roasted new potatoes, sauteed green beans

$18.95

Bbq Mango Shrimp
six bbq jumbo shrimp topped with mango relish served with mashed sweet potatoes and sauteed spinach

$15.95

Stuffed Florentine Pork Loin
served with mixed julian vegetables, garlic potato puree and chimi churri sauce

$15.95

Chicken Picatta
lightly breaded sauteed chicken breast topped with lemon butter sauce, capers, artichoke hearts, oyster mushrooms and tomatoes served with roasted new potatoes and asparagus

Pastas

$20.95

Shrimp And Lobster Pasta
jumbo gulf shrimp and lobster with asparagus tips and fresh tomato, tossed in a lobster sauce served over fettuccini

$17.95

Tuscan Grilled Chicken Pasta
marinated grilled chicken tossed with sun dried tomatoes, garlic, pine nuts, kalamata, and fresh basil in extra virgin olive oil over angel hair pasta

Vegetarian

$13.95

Grilled Vegetable Platter
slices of eggplant, zucchini, summer squash, carrot, portobello, yam and asparagus, grilled to caramelized perfection then drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and a sweet balsamic reduction

$12.95

Veggie Pasta
fresh asparagus tips, broccoli crowns, medallions of carrots, zucchini, summer squash, button mushrooms and diced tomatoes sauteed and served over fettuccini pasta topped with choice of marinara, lemon butter, or extra virgin olive oil and fresh herbs

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Massa's Restaurant

1160 Smith St. Houston, TX 77002

713-650-0837

Description

By Paul Galvani | Thu, December 04, 2003

By Ed Kennard | Thu, March 11, 1999

By Joanne Harrison | Thu, October 31, 1996