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Hugo’s Summer Menu Honors Squash Blossom Season

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Squash Blossoms are Here!

It is now squash blossom season, and Executive Chef Hugo Ortega of Hugo’s is offering a special squash blossom menu at the award-winning restaurant, located at 1600 Westheimer Road.

In order to keep a steady supply of blossoms, Hugo’s has found special growers in Houston and California that will keep the restaurant well-supplied throughout the squash blossom season.

MENU DE FLOR DE CALABAZA

Flores de Calabaza Rellenas
Goat cheese-stuffed quash blossoms $9.50

Sopa de Flor de Calabaza
Squash blossom soup $8.50

Crepas
Two crepes stuffed with squash blossoms, zucchini and corn, topped with poblano cream $9.50

Tamales de Flor de Calabaza
Squash blossom tamales with Oaxacan string cheese $8

Empanadas
Masa turnovers stuffed with squash blossoms and huitalocoche $9.50

Quesadillas de Flor de Calabaza $9

Chile Relleno de Queso y Flor de Calabaza
Poblano pepper stuffed with squash blossoms, Chihuahua cheese, squash and corn $9.50

Pechuga Rellena de Flor de Calabaza
Chicken breast stuffed with squash blossoms and panela cheese $12

Platon de Flor de Calabaza
Sampler plate including stuffed squash blossoms, squash blossom empanadas, squash blossom quesadillas and tamales de flor de calabaza $38

Hugo’s restaurant serves authentic Regional Mexican cuisine in its lovingly restored 1920s-era building, located at 1600 Westheimer in the heart of Houston’s Montrose area. The restaurant offers a spectacular tequila and margarita menu and features an award-winning international wine list created by Sommelier Sean Beck.

The restaurant is open Monday – Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and Sunday 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., with a bounteous brunch buffet and live music from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. For reservations and information, call 713/524-7744 or visit www.hugosrestaurant.net.

Source: Paula Murphy, Patterson & Murphy Public Relations

Saffron Presents Moroccan Barbecue Thursdays

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Moroccan Restaurant Fires Up Outdoor Grill for Prix Fixe Dinner

Saffron, the Moroccan restaurant located at 2006 Lexington, is offering Houston yet another taste of the exotic with a weekly outdoor barbecue featuring Moroccan dishes cooked over the coals, specialty drinks and a live belly dancing show.

Scheduled every Thursday from 5-9 p.m., Saffron is firing up the grill on its outdoor patio and cooking up Moroccan beef, lamb, chicken and other savory dishes like one would find in the bustling night-markets of old Marakesh. The all-you-can-eat dinner is $29.95 per person and includes in the price domestic beers or Saffron’s own Moroccan Mojitos, plus live belly dancing shows throughout the evening.
Saffron is an authentic Moroccan restaurant created by native Youssef Nafaa, the master restaurateur who also created Mia Bella Trattoria downtown and on Lexington, Coco’s in Midtown, Cava Bistro Downtown and La Mesa Mexican Bistro in The Woodlands. The restaurant, which is located next door to Mia Bella on Lexington, is decorated in Moroccan style with furniture, doors and decorations imported from Morocco. Its full dinner menu will be available in addition to the Barbecue option.
Reservations are encouraged as space is limited. For more information, visit the web site, www.bellarestaurants.com or call for reservations at 713-522-3562.

Corleone’s to Begin Serving Sunday Brunch

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Patrenella’s Back-Door Hideaway to Open Patio / Garden

Corleone’s Bar & Grill, the cozy hideaway located behind Patrenella’s Italian restaurant at 813 Jackson Hill just off Washington, will begin serving Sunday Brunch on May 4.
Taking advantage of pleasant temperatures and a large, rustic patio overlooking one acre of vegetable gardens, the brunch will feature a number of Italian breakfast and lunch dishes and bottomless Mimosas and Bellinis. The hours are 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Executive Chef Ryan Hildebrand has introduced a special menu for Corleone’s brunch that includes a variety of antipasta dishes, pasta plates, frittatas, eggs and panini.  Seating will be inside of Coreone’s Bar & Grill or on the adjoining, covered patio. 
As it has since opening 16 years ago, Patrenella’s will remain closed on Sundays and Mondays, but the Bocce Ball court in front of the restaurant will be open for use. 
This return of Corleone Bar & Grill is literally one of rising from the ashes. Shortly after the spot opened as a bar and private dining area a little more than a year ago, it was nearly destroyed by a fire which also threatened Patrenella’s which is in a 1938 building converted from a house built by the first Patrenella to immigrate from Italy. Fortunately, the restaurant received only minimal damage. Corleone was not as lucky.
But with ashes came opportunity, and Hildebrand, who had just joined the Patrenella family at the restaurant, began working on creating a casual, comfortable retreat where diners could come after work or after the theater for great food in small portions, cocktails and select wines.
The decision to open on Sunday comes in tandem with the changing demographics of the neighborhood. As the area along Washington Ave. has undergone a major development change in the last decade – adding thousand’s of residences in addition to new businesses and restaurants – new generations of diners now live within walking distance.
Corleone captures the same ambience of the historic Heights and Sixth Ward that the charming restaurant does. Besides the new Sunday hours, it is open from 5-11 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 5-midnight Friday and Saturday serving small portion versions from Patrenella’s menu. It also boasts a large by-the-glass wine menu.
For reservations to the restaurant or information on Corleone, call 713-863-8223.

New Park, New Restaurant: The Grove at Discovery Green

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The Grove is one of two new restaurants located inside Houston’s new eco-friendly park, Discovery Green. The eatery is located on the south side of the park, across the street from the Hilton Americas Hotel in downtown Houston.

Executive Chef Ryan Pera, who most recently worked at Alden Hotel’s 17, created the American Rustic menu featuring rotisserie specials, steak and seafood with famed Chef Robert Del Grande.

The eatery also features an open-air deck called the Treehouse, which the operators hope will become the go-to downtown spot for drinks and appetizers.

The Grove is located at 1611 Lamar street. Call (713) 337-7314 for more information.

Click here to wathc FOX 26′s Melinda Spaulding virtual tour of the new eatery.