The calendar says fall, however Houston hasn’t gotten the memo but. Nonetheless, native eating places are serving hearty dishes and comfortable drinks that make it simple to savor the season — even with out sweater climate. Right here’s the place to discover a style of autumn whereas we look forward to cooler days.
Bellagreen
These with dietary restrictions can even benefit from the comforting seasonings of fall at Bellagreen. Pumpkin takes the highlight with dishes like pumpkin beef chili, pumpkin carbonara, seared salmon in a pumpkin sauce, and even a pumpkin cheesecake with a coconut hemp crust. For a lighter choice, there’s the Nature’s Harvest Salad — roasted butternut squash, purple beets, quinoa, and goat cheese in a fig balsamic dressing.
Stomach of the Beast
At James Beard Award-winning chef Thomas Bille’s Spring restaurant, the autumn-inspired dishes are earthy and wealthy. Brown butter roasted grapes are paired with pistachios and grilled bread within the Uvas y Burrata. A potato gnocchi has seared scallops and black truffles, whereas That’s My Yam layers roasted candy potato, almond salsa macha, rooster cracklings, and queso fresco into an intriguing chunk.
Tommy Bahama Restaurant and Bar
Get a really early leap on vacation procuring at this restaurant’s hooked up retail house earlier than settling down for a seasonal unfold at Tommy Bahama Restaurant and Bar in The Woodlands. Out there by means of mid-November, highlights embrace a candy potato pierogi full of braised cabbage, pecan wood-smoked bacon, brown butter, and caramelized apples, served with a chive crème fraîche. The Wagyu French Dip comes with a miso bone broth, caramelized onions, horseradish crème fraiche, and fries. Take pleasure in both alongside the Tipsy Cider, a cocktail of Marker’s Mark, apple cider syrup, and cinnamon.
Frequent Bond
On sweltering fall days, Frequent Bond has the answer with a bevy of chilly beverage choices. There’s the necessary pumpkin spice latte (sizzling or iced) and a maple pecan chilly brew. Add a contact of festivity with the pumpkin cream chilly foam that pairs effectively with an iced matcha or chilly brew. For Frozen Bond followers, pumpkin spice and chai are each accessible. Spiced apple cider comes sizzling or chilly, ideally suited for Houston’s fickle climate. Don’t skip the pastries — the Pumpkin Pie Supreme Roll is a croissant full of pumpkin pie filling and topped with toasted meringue (accessible solely at bistro places), whereas a macaron will get the PSL therapy.
Dandelion Cafe
The breakfast vacation spot totally invests in specialty menus, and this fall is not any exception. Pumpkin dominates the menu, exhibiting up in pancakes, pastries, and extra. The gourd continues to star in Dandelion’s beverage lineup, with pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin chai lattes, and pumpkin pie frappes.
Escalante
Now by means of November 16, cease by any of the seven places of Escalante for fall specials. Toast to the cooler months with cocktails such because the Pumpkin Spice Tequila Iced Latte. The alcoholic twist on the seasonal favourite blends collectively Milagro Reposado, RumChata Pumpkin Spice, and Owen’s Nitro-Infused Espresso Combine. For these abstaining, there’s the Apple Cranberry Splash Mocktail with apple cider, cranberry juice, and cinnamon syrup. For meals, there are alternatives just like the Roasted Corn and Poblano Hen, in addition to a pumpkin spice tres leches cake.
Fielding’s River Oaks
This River Oaks eatery is providing a trio of cocktails that seize the essence of the season. The Pecan Pie Espresso Martini nods to the vacation dessert with Stolichnaya vanilla vodka infused with pecans, RumChata, Kahlúa, home espresso, maple syrup, and a pecan garnish. Tequila lovers can savor the Pumpkin Cider Margarita, a mix of Siete Leguas Reposado, Cointreau, pumpkin spice syrup, contemporary lime, apple cider, and Angostura bitters. The Spiced Pear Whiskey Bitter contains a spiced pear–rosemary purée and is topped with a frothy egg white (or vegan foamer).
The Child
Festive cocktails circulate at The Child, the place a maple whiskey bitter, pumpkin spice Outdated Common, and apple cider margarita set the temper. Caffeine lovers can indulge within the fall espresso martini flight with pumpkin spice, peppermint, and salted caramel varieties. Professional tip: Cocktails are $7 on Mondays, beginning at 7 pm.
Maven Espresso + Cocktails
At its Sawyer Yards and Thompson Resort outposts, Maven is crafting consolation and mixing its signature chilly brew focus into drinks like a Pumpkin Spice Latte, a Butter Pecan Oat Milk Latte, and a Brown Sugar Oat Milk Latte. Visitors can customise their drinks with in-house syrups, resembling butter pecan or hazelnut, and seasonal chilly foams, together with pumpkin spice or Maldon salted caramel.
Relish
Beginning in October, Relish’s menu pays homage to the autumn season. Begin the meal with the sweet-and-savory seasonal burrata layered with prosciutto, fig compote, arugula, saba, lemon zest, and hazelnuts. For pasta lovers, the butternut squash cavatelli brings collectively roasted squash, sausage, sage, and pumpkin seeds. Different standouts embrace a roasted harissa rooster with apricot-tomato couscous and a pomegranate drizzle, in addition to a grilled pork chop accompanied by parsnip purée, bacon-braised collards, apples, and brandy cream. For dessert, the pumpkin panna cotta is a spiced cake with maple caramel and caramel popcorn.
Slowpokes
Native favourite Slowpokes updates the chain espresso shops’ seasonal requirements with its personal handcrafted favorites, resembling a salted caramel latte and a pumpkin chai. The spicy ginger chai kicks issues up with the addition of ginger, whereas the Punkin’ Pie Latte is the Houston-based espresso store’s model of the PSL. And for many who like their caffeine with a aspect of dessert, the Cookie Monster Latte blends cookie butter syrup and cookie butter chilly foam right into a candy deal with in a cup.
