Backstreet Cafe Restaurant of Houston
Houston Restaurant Week
at Backstreet Café, August 1st thru 31st, 2011
Click Here a Printable Version of our Menus
Participating Restaurants create special and affordable menus during the week, a portion of each item sold is donated to the Houston Food Bank.
Lunch Menu 20$ | 3 Different Dinner Fixed Menu options $35 ea
plus beverage, tax & gratuity
- Use the Scroll bar on the right to scroll through options -
Lunch Menu
Entrées
Pulled Pork Sandwich
on Slow Dough pretzel bun with green tomato relish, slaw and housemade potato chips
Conchiglioni
stuffed with spinach, mushrooms, pine nuts, rustic tomato sauce
Saffron Brushed Cauliflower Steak
with mixed grains, root vegetables and green salad with a simple vinaigrette
Backstreet Cobb Salad
chicken, avocado, tomatoes, egg, blue cheese, bacon, butter lettuce and red pepper shallot vinaigrette
Desserts
A Stout Shake
chocolate ice cream, chickory ice cream, Nutella and a Southern Star Buried Hachet Stout reduction
Ricotta Doughnuts
served with Texas peach and Campari mousseline cream
Mexican Vanilla Crème Brulee
Fresh Fruit Sorbet
Lunch - $20 per person plus beverage, tax & gratuity includes a
$3 contribution to the Houston Food Bank!
White Dinner Menu
Beginning
Sangria Mussels cooked in a white wine sangria with lemons, nectarines, cioppini onions and served with toasted flatbread
Dona Rosa Albarino – Spain
Entree
Pan Seared Sea Scallops
with grilled corn relish, zucchini and arugula emulsion and fried squash blossom
Brundlmayer Kamptaler Terrassen Gruner Veltliner - Austria
Dessert
Ricotta Doughnuts
served with Texas peach and Campari mousseline cream
La Spinetta Moscato d’Asti – Italy
Optional Wine Pairing is an additional $25
Rose Dinner Menu
Beginning
Five Spice Rubbed Quail
grilled quail served with salad of baby arugula, toasted squash seeds and fennel
Gruet Brut Rose Sparkling – New Mexico
Entrée
Peach Tea Crusted Salmon
with apple cider coleslaw and carrot flan
Domaine de Saviou Bandol Rose - France
Dessert
Raspberry and Spiced Pear Cobbler
topped with Mascarpone Ice Cream
Innocent Bystander Moscato Rose – Australia
Optional wine pairing is an additional $24
Red Dinner Menu
Beginning
Black Pepper Tagliatelle
in smoked tomato sauce with broccollini florets
’08 Argiano “NC” Super Tuscan – Itlay
Entree
Chile Glazed Lamb Chops
and Hugo’s lamb sausage served over sunchoke puree with sautéed mache
’08 Numanthia “Termes” Tinto de Toro - Spain
Dessert
Artisan Cheese Plate
blue cheese & plum savouries
’07 Chapoutier Banyuls - France
Optional Red Wine pairing is an additional $26
Each Dinner Menu is $35
per person plus beverage, tax & gratuity
includes a $5 contribution to the Houston Food Bank!
