Houston restaurants go all in with flavorful seafood during Lent
The fishiest part of the liturgical year is finally upon us.
As Houston’s Christian population makes the move to abstain from red meat during Lent, local restaurants are highlighting delicious seafood on their menus. Here are some of standout spots.
Gatlin’s Fins & Feathers
Gatlin’s BBQ’s sister restaurant opened recently in Independence Heights with a focus on fried chicken and, yes, seafood. That includes a crispy fish sandwich and fried catfish, of course. The menu also features plenty of shareables, including charbroiled oysters, barbecue shrimp and campechana.
302 W. Crosstimbers; gatlinsfinsandfeathers.com
Viola & Agnes
The neo-soul kitchen in Seabrook and Top 100 Restaurants pick has a menu packed with delicious seafood, including a whopper catfish filet.
3659 NASA Parkway; neosoulfood.org
Pier 6 Seafood & Oyster House
The San Leon restaurant is serving up a classic fish fry featuring potato-crusted snapper, Gulf shrimp, cornmeal-fried oysters, fries, shaved coleslaw and sauces for $28.99. Prices vary depending on if you want to go all in on shrimp, fish and/or oysters.
113 6th; pier6seafood.com
Spanish Village
The Tex-Mex restaurant is set to close at the end of March. Until then, there’s plenty of seafood offerings to try, including fresh ceviche, shrimp ala diabla and grilled fish tacos.
4720 Almeda
Doris Metropolitan
The Israeli steakhouse can also be a fish house, if needed. The restaurant is hyping its caviar and Moroccan Fish, a Gulf fish served with tomato sauce and challah bread.
2815 S. Shepherd; dorismetropolitan.com/houston
Local Table
The Mediterranean restaurant with multiple locations has a trio of options, including a Mediterranean salmon, Cajun red ruby trout and an ahi tuna poke bowl.
24033 Cinco Ranch, 10535 Fry, 11525 S. Fry, 2003 W. 34th; eatlocaltable.com
Bludorn
Aaron Bludorn and Victoria Pappas’ New American restaurant has seafood available year-round. Highlights include the classic Gulf cioppino and the new Senegal-inspired crab rice made with jollof-style Carolina gold rice crab étouffée and spiced peanuts.
807 Taft; bludornrestaurant.com
Musaafer
The modern Indian restaurant has plenty of colorful seafood options to choose from. The limited-edition winter menu features a tuna masala papad that features an ahi tuna, achar emulsion, pickled serrano and ginger, karvanda and layered sesame.
5115 Westheimer; musaaferhouston.com
Money Cat
Lent is a cinch at a Japanese sushi restaurant. Highlight dishes include the Hama Nashi, a hamachi with compressed Asian pear, avocado, cilantro lime kosho and soy paper.
2925 Richmond; moneycathtx.com
Phat Eatery
The Katy Malaysian restaurant is critically acclaimed and is a safe choice if you’re not sure where to go. Be sure to try the Kerabu prawn, salt-andpepper calamari and the ikan bakar — a whole golden pomfred flavored with sambal sauce and grilled in banana leaf.
23119 Colonial; phateatery.com