Houston Restaurant Openings to Know Right Now, February 2025 | Eater Houston

"Opened Friday, February 21 on the ground level of the Thompson Hotel, this modern French bistro from chef E.J. Miller presents French cuisine with a Texas flair. The menu starts with hors d’oeuvres like gougères filled with aged comté cheese and a topping of Iberico Paleta, spice-poached Gulf shrimp served with a gin cocktail sauce, wild boar with a muscadine gelée made with pecans, four different versions of deviled eggs, and oysters served raw or Rockefeller-style with a green chartreuse compound butter. Entrees lean into beef — beef bourguignon made with wagyu beef cheeks, lardons, and pearl onions, and steak frites with options including center-cut filet, R-C Ranch wagyu rib-eye, and a 36-ounce côte de boeuf — while seafood choices include butter-basted Atlantic scallops served with oxtail marmalade and lobster au poivre for two. Desserts are presented with a trolley cart that travels through the dining room, teasing diners with a cheese selection and French classics with modern twists, including profiteroles served with caramel ice cream and chocolate sauce, a chartreuse crème brûlée made with warm lavender madeleines, and the Le Grande Macaron au Chocolate, accompanied by raspberries and hazelnut gianduja mousse." - Brittany Britto Garley