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315 Travis Houston, TX 77002

713-228-2622

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Houston Press
Recommended
Best Chicken-Fried Steak
Award Winner 2000

Cuisine(s): Cajun, Creole, Southern

Hours: Mon-Fri 11am-2:30pm

Price: $, $$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
Attire: Casual

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Delivery, Private Party, Catering, Banquet Facilities, Order Online, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

Serving: Lunch

Alcohol: None
Reservations: Accepted, Not Accepted

Parking: Meters

Description

Treebeards has been serving some of Houston's greatest Cajun food since 1978, and whether you eat at the original Market Square location, grab a seat under the rafters at the "Cloisters" location inside the Christ Church Cathedral, or pick up food from one of two tunnel locations, you're in for a treat. Things gets wild and wooly around noon during the week, when downtown office workers flock to the restaurant's locations for its red beans and rice, seafood gumbo and jambalaya. Smart diners go early or late.

2000 | Best Chicken-Fried Steak

Normally Texans do not associate chicken-fried steak with a Cajun restaurant. Granted, the one served up at Treebeards -- best known for its red beans and rice -- is not the typical battered piece of meat smothered in a white cream gravy. Instead, this is chicken-fried like your grandmother used to make. This thick but tender piece of steak looks and tastes like it has been well worked over with a tenderizing mallet, battered and fried and then covered in dark gravy made in part from its own... More »

Off the Wall: Treebeards Buttercake

By Stacy Zane | Wed, August 10, 2011

In last week's Tunnel Explorer, Nicholas Hall provided us with an interesting look at a new, but old favorite - Treebeard's in the tunnel. Perhaps his slightly more than adequate meal of catfish, dirt... More »
Bang-up Bento Boxes

By Margaret L. Briggs | Thu, March 04, 1999

I was interested to read recently that American food pundits have pronounced rutabagas and bento boxes as the coming culinary fads. Rutabagas? Yawn. If 1999 is going to be the year of the rutabaga, I want out of the food biz now. But bento boxes -... More »
The Cajun Rages

By Dennis Abrams | Thu, March 04, 1999

Report #00001 New Orleans Food Police To: Treebeard's Market Square location 315 Travis (713)752-2601 As a transplanted Cajun, I feel it's my duty to inspect the various Houston restaurants that claim to serve Louisiana-style food. I... More »
Downtown and Down-home

By Eric Lawlor | Thu, October 15, 1998

There are better restaurants than Treebeards, certainly, but I don't know of any that are held in higher regard. Treebeards is that rare case, a restaurant that actually inspires affection. And not just among a small cadre of loyalists. Go there a... More »

Main Menu

Salads & Sides

Small $2.50
Large $4.95

Green Garden Salad

$7.50

Green Salad With Chicken

$7.95

Chicken Salad With Fruit

$7.95

Shrimp Salad

$2.50

Fresh Fruit Cup

$1.50

Jalapeño Cornbread

Small $2.50
Large $4.50

Side Dishes

Soups & Sapecialties

Red Beans & Rice
with link sausage

Small $2.00
Large $4.25
Small Cheese $0.25
Large Cheese $0.75
Extra Link Sausage $1.25

Vegetarian Red Beans & Rice -or- Red Beans & Rice
without link sausage

Small $3.25
Large $5.50

Beef & Bean Chili
seasonal

Small $3.75
Large $6.95

Shrimp With Étouffée Topping

Small $3.75
Large $6.95

Treebeards' Jambalaya

Small $3.75
Large $6.95

Duck Gumbo - Monday Only

Small $3.75
Large $6.95

Chicken & Sausage Gumbo - Tuesday & Wednesday Only

Small $4.25
Large $7.50

Seafood Gumbo - Thursday & Friday Only

Small $2.95
Large $5.50

Vegetable Soup With Chicken

Trio Plate

$6.50

Choice Of 3 Side Dishes

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Treebeards

315 Travis Houston, TX 77002

713-228-2622

Description

2000 | Best Chicken-Fried Steak

By Stacy Zane | Wed, August 10, 2011

By Margaret L. Briggs | Thu, March 04, 1999

By Dennis Abrams | Thu, March 04, 1999

By Eric Lawlor | Thu, October 15, 1998