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705 Main St. Houston, TX 77002

713-227-7052

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Best Disco Restaurant
Award Winner 2001

Cuisine(s): New American

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

Price: $$$

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, cash
Attire: Upscale casual

Features: Smoking, Takeout, Private Party, Catering, Banquet Facilities, Wheelchair Accessible, Business Dining, Prix Fixe

Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Entertainment: Live Entertainment
Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

Parking: Valet

Description

CLOSED - With giant circus-inspired torchère lamps throwing off flashes of neon from their bases, Zula's whimsical decor takes center stage, but it's the New American cuisine that steals the show. Small plates, like Portuguese-style mussels with lingui�a sausage, are worthy previews of such coming attractions as tuna "filet mignon," and Colorado lamb chops. Surprise appearances include lunch specials such as sloppy joes and lobster club sandwiches. With this menu, Zula sets the stage for a long run downtown.

2001 | Best Disco Restaurant

Even though the quasi-Southern food threatens to steal the show, Zula's decor really dances with over-the-top whimsy. The deco design is a sleek palette of shimmery chartreuse, plum and gold that serves as a modest backdrop to the 20-foot torchère lamps lining the long dining room. Throwing off flashes of neon from their bases, they demand attention that might otherwise be focused on your dinner companion or your food. When the sun goes down and the geometric lights go up, Zula... More »

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Appetizer

$13.00

Diablo Shrimp
"creole" style, with spicy lemon butter and garlicky bread

$12.00

Gigantic Butternut Squash Ravioli
with brown butter and sage

$11.00

Tamale
in house made beef tenderloin, roasted corn salsa, chipotle aioli, poblano cream sauce

$17.00

"Get It While You Can" Foie Gras
with jam and toast

$16.00

"Packed With Crab" Cake
jumbo lump crab and horseradish aioli

$13.00

Boulevard Sashimi
with red chili sauce and flying fish roe

$11.00

Truffle Risotto
"threesome" white and black truffle oil, chopped black truffle

From the Garden

$6.00

Soup Of The Moment
ask your server

$7.00

House Salad
field greens, grape tomatoes, toasted walnuts, goat cheese, with sherry vinaigrette

$7.00

Cesear Salad
whole hearts of romaine, with classic vingearette, parmesan cheese

$7.00

Baby Spinach Salad
spiced pecans, grape tomatoes with cherry- port vinaigrette

$9.00

Mozzarella Salad
local beefsteak tomatoes, fresh basil, balsamic reduction

Entree

$26.00

Salmon
roasted, jumbo asparagus hash, bearnaise

$27.00

Double Cut Pork Chop
grilled with ginger bbq soppin sauce, smoked gouda grits

$30.00

River Trout
with crawfish butter sauce, roasted tomatoes, haricot vert

$34.00

Veal Porterhouse
potatoes dauphinoise, pan jus

$23.00

Chicken Breast
flattened, sirachi mac-n-cheese, toasted bread crumbs

$39.00

Bone-In Cowboy Rib-Eye
mashed potatoes, onion rings, green beans

$34.00

Lamb Chops
rubbed pomegranate molasses, couscous, mint yogurt sauce

$30.00

Peppered Tuna Filet
bamboo rice, wasabi, ginger tamarind glaze

$33.00

Baseball Cut Tenderloin
char-grilled, "all the way" mashers, red eye gravy

$29.00

Market Fish
seared, black truffle butter risotto and tomato-shallot confit

$35.00

Venison
seared, butternut squash pie, sage brown butter

$19.00

Spinach Fettuccini
fresh pasta, ricotta, yellow tomatoes and basil

$31.00

Turf And Surf
beef tenderloin, market fish with risotto and asparagus

Side Offerings

$5.00

Mac N' Cheese

$5.00

"All The Way" Mashers

$6.00

Couscous

$6.00

Jumbo Asparagus

$5.00

Mixed Olives

$5.00

Sliced Proscuitto

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Zula - CLOSED

705 Main St. Houston, TX 77002

713-227-7052

Description

2001 | Best Disco Restaurant

By Alexa Crenshaw | Fri, May 25, 2012

By Chris Gray | Fri, May 11, 2012

By Craig Hlavaty | Fri, May 11, 2012

By Crystal Brannen | Tue, May 8, 2012

By Meredith Deliso | Tue, April 24, 2012