Backstreet Cafe

Backstreet Cafe can be found at S Shepherd Dr 1103. The following is offered: Restaurants: Californian. The entry is present with us since Sep 9, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Houston there are 3 other Restaurants: Californian. An overview can be found here.

Backstreet Café is situated in a renovated ’30s-era, two-story home sporting a sizeable patio in the backyard that sings during the Sunday jazz brunch. The restaurant’s favorite entrées are joined by brunch traditions like gingerbread waffles, frittatas and migas (eggs scrambled with corn tortilla strips, serrano peppers and tomatoes). Standout appetizers are the smoked corn crab cakes in...

Backstreet Café's quaint renovated two-story home sports a sizeable deck in the backyard, which sings during the popular jazz brunch every Saturday and Sunday. Backstreet's favorite entrées are joined by such breakfast traditions as gingerbread waffles; frittata; and migas, eggs scrambled with corn tortilla strips, serrano peppers and tomatoes. Standout appetizers are the smoked corn crab...

Wonderful cooking, a good selection of wines, and excellent service make this place perennially popular, especially in good weather when diners flock to the tree-shaded patio. The starters are delicious creations, especially the lobster potpie and the smoked corn crab cakes. Among the main courses, the meatloaf tower with mushroom gravy and garlic mashed potatoes warms my heart like nothing...

For 40 years, Backstreet Cafe has been a Houston dining tradition. It has grown from a "watering hole" with soups, salads, and sandwiches to a critically acclaimed, chef-driven Seasonal American Bistro that is a top table in the city. The kitchen is under the direction of award-winning Executive Chef Hugo Ortega, whose American Dream started at this neighborhood cafe. Always innovating, always...