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Cafe Rabelais

2442 Times Blvd.
Houston, TX 77005
Kirby-West U
713-520-8841
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Cafe Rabelais

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  • Mon-Wed 6pm-9pm, Tue-Sat 11am-2:30pm, Thu-Sat 6pm-10pm
  • $$
  • Lunch, Dinner
  • Full bar
  • Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout
  • Parking Lot Available
  • Reservations Accepted, Reservations Not Accepted
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This tiny French cafe in Rice Village does a remarkable job of re-creating lovable peasant dishes from the French countryside. Try merguez and frites (lamb sausage and french fries) or a goat cheese-and-olive tart or even a chicken liver-and-poached-egg salad for lunch. The blackboard menu also might include steak salad, bavette frites (flank steak and french fries) or an old-fashioned vegetable potage. Cafe Rabelais's mottled cream-colored walls look like old plaster, and somehow the French rural look is absolutely charming despite the shopping center parking lot outside the window.

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