Traveler's Cart
Restaurant · Neartown
1401 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77019
Highlights
Global street food with diverse dishes and creative cocktails
Global street food with diverse dishes and creative cocktails
"The laid-back, counter-service sibling of Traveler’s Table reels in street food favorites from more than 25 countries, including Jamaican jerk pork ribs, Vietnamese cumin lamb dumplings, and butter chicken samosas from India. For lighter bites, try the Egyptian ancient grain salad in a tart mint-lemon vinaigrette or the Caribbean-inspired carne frita with tostones. Don’t skimp on the cocktails, which are just as memorable and easily modified to be zero-proof." - Brianna Griff
"This Montrose restaurant’s mission to showcase street foods around the world extends to its weekend brunch. Held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Traveler’s Cart serves taiyaki, fish-shaped waffles filled with custard that call back to Japan, Persian French toast, Chinese breakfast dumplings, and bright green pillowy pandan souffle pancakes topped with brown sugar boba. Though simple, the breakfast sandwich (a pork sausage patty, folded egg, chives, American cheese, piquillo aioli, and bacon jam on an English muffin) is an instant classic. Its full cocktail menu is available, including frozen mango passionfruit mojitos, an icy pandan cream Vietnamese coffee infused with brandy and coffee liqueur, and the fun colonche (tequila, prickly pear syrup, lemon juice, and soda), which is served in a plastic bag with a straw. On nice weather days, scope out seats on the private patio, which offers a little bit of a getaway." - Brittany Britto Garley
"This Montrose restaurant, which offers a menu inspired by street foods from around the world, has a walled-off patio that can make diners feel like they’re in their own little universe. Grab one of the umbrella-shaded patio tables or sit in the front area with a wooden bench that’s great for groups (the back area with low tables and comfortable seats is best for enjoying drinks). The menu hops from cuisine to cuisine, with dishes like saucy beef rendang, the Vietnamese betel leaf-wrapped beef, a standout smash burger, Puerto Rican-style carne frita with tostones, and more. Traveler’s Cart also recently launched its brunch menu, featuring fish-shaped waffles filled with custard, pandan pancakes, and a stellar breakfast sandwich." - Brittany Britto Garley
"Thy and Matthew Mitchell, the owners behind Traveler’s Table, return with another ode to their favorite cuisines, but this time, with a more casual spin focusing on street food. Diners can skip across the globe enjoying Tiger shrimp pad Thai, beef rendang, carne frita and tostones, Jerk pork ribs, and a solid American roadside smash burger. Cocktails are also an essential experience with fresh ingredients and spices, including its Bangkok 8, a Tom Yum Mule made with vodka, lemongrass syrup, ginger beer, lime juice, bird’s eye chiles, Thai spice bitters, and mint. The chocolate sticky toffee pudding, served with Madagascar vanilla soft-serve ice cream, is a must." - Brittany Britto Garley
"The team behind Traveler’s Cart, the street food-focused sister restaurant of Traveler’s Table, has earned a reputation for some of the best cocktails in the city, and the mocktails are no different. Traveler’s Cart offers a fun Prickly By Nature mocktail. Served in a no-frills plastic bag with a straw, this non-alcoholic colonche features a puckering combination of Ritual tequila alternative, prickly pear syrup, lemon, soda, and lemon wheel. For another booze-free drink, opt for the Free-Spirited Cuban, a non-alcoholic passion fruit mango mojito, or ask the bartender to whip something up for you. Most of the cocktails can easily be made alcohol-free." - Brittany Britto Garley
