Best Italian: Coltivare
Houston seems to be having a renaissance when it comes to Italian restaurants; with a growing number of classic red sauce joints, fancy Italian steakhouses and friendly trattorias with scratchmade pastas and pies entering the dining scene over the last few years. With so many new faces in town, it sometimes feels right to revisit something tried and true; especially when that old favorite refreshes its menu to put out fresh-from-the-garden bangers year-round. Celebrating a decade earlier this year, Coltivare is a masterclass in seasonal dining (its name is Italian for “to farm,” “to cultivate,” or “to grow”), with a few menu staples —garlicky drunken mussels, spaghetti with black pepper and parmesan, wood-grilled chicken with pickled grapes — along with rotating specials from gnocchi with sunflower and mint to blistering pizzas topped with roasted duck, charred spring onion and fennel.
3320 White Oak
713-637-4095
agricolehospitality.com/coltivare
This article appears in Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2024.
