Backstreet Cafe Restaurant of Houston

Soups & Greens

• Gulf Coast Seafood Filé Gumbo 10
• Green Gazpacho 7
• Lobster Salad,  petite Canadian lobster, haricot verts, roasted eggplant, hardboiled egg, piquillo petter, cherry tomatoes, lime juice  18
• Spinach Salad,  warm mushrooms, goat cheese, crisp bacon, lemon vinaigrette  8
• Bibb Lettuce Salad, creamy basil dressing 7
• Roasted Pear, bleu cheese, dried fruit, nuts 9

Lunch Salads

Served Monday - Friday, 11am until 3pm

• Jumbo Crab Salad, avocado, tomato 22
• Grilled Shrimp Greek Salad - mixed lettuces, shrimp, tomato, cucumber, feta cheese, peppers, fresh oregano, Kalamata olives, red onion, lemon vinaigrette 16
• Cobb Salad – chicken, bacon, avocado, tomato, creamy basil dressing 16
• Tenderloin Salad - sliced beef, chopped salad of avocado, tomato, roasted corn, blistered peppers, black beans, green onions, cilantro lemon vinaigrette 19

Traditions, Meats & Poultry

• Coffee Crusted Tenderloin, garlic mashed potatoes, spinach, spicy maple
  chipotle bourbon sauce 28
• Crispy Pan Seared Duck, butternut squash, spinach, mission figs 26
• Hash of Slow Roasted Lamb Shoulder, fingerling potatoes, piquillo peppers, blackened eggplant, zucchini, olives tart gremolata 18
• Salt Rubbed Rib Eye, rosemary roasted potatoes, cucumber, avocado, tomato 28

Vegetables

(Vegetarian menu also available)

• Antipasto di Verdure, seasonal vegetable selection 16
• Creamy Polenta, roasted eggplant, peppers, zucchini, tomato 15
  

Seafood

• Shellfish Stew, mussels, shrimp, catfish, curry 22

Desserts

• Artisan Cheese Plate  15          
• Flourless Warm Dark Chocolate Cake served with chocolate-raspberry sauce, candied walnuts and our house made chocolate ice cream 8
• Crème Brûlée  8
• "The Forty Year Old" Milkshake Mascarpone Ice Cream, Texas Honey, Vanilla Bean, 1971 Don Abala Pedro Ximenez Sherry 13       

Sides

Corn Pudding	Stone Ground Cheese Grits		Haricot Verts
Butternut Squash	Mashed Potatoes		Sautéed Spinach
Scalloped Celery Root & Potato		Sautéed Green Beans