Tiny Champions

Pizza restaurant · Downtown

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The 38 Best Restaurants in Houston, Spring 2025 | Eater Houston

"This East Downtown hangout offers diners a place to unwind with drinks, pizza, pasta, and more inventive dishes like fried quail served with a “fancy” ranch, hot honey, and dill, and cabbage salad served with pistachio apricot agrodolce. The menu changes seasonally, with fun renditions like a spring onions pizza with a red onion cream sauce and fermented scallion, and a pie that’s topped with greens from the season, ricotta cream sauce, mozzarella, roasted onions, and pickled garlic. Still, diners can always enjoy staples like the fennel sausage pie with red peppers or the classic rigatoni Bolognese. Venture out afterward to Tiny Champions’ more refined sister, Nancy’s Hustle, for the iconic Nancy’s Cakes and a pour from its robust wine list. Must-try dish: The cult-favorite braised butter beans served with charred pickled peppers for a kick, garlic toum, torn croutons, and a generous sprinkle of dill." - Brittany Britto Garley

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2617 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77003 Get directions

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