Darkish inexperienced umbrellas shade cozy seating on the Georgia James rooftop patio. Picture by Norton Inventive.
Houston restaurant firm Underbelly Hospitality (now sans founding chef and former co-owner, Chris Shepherd) is unveiling the ultimate section of Georgia James’ new location at 3503 West Dallas: an 11,000-square-foot rooftop patio. It opens on Friday, September 16, properly forward of the vacation season and cooler climate.
Anchoring the second-floor patio is a big, rectangular, absolutely enclosed bar with area for indoor eating and an elevator that connects the area to the downstairs restaurant. Outside, visitors will discover hearth pits and comfy group-style seating, in addition to some scattered, intimate, two-tops. Some areas function interesting views as properly, akin to elements of Houston’s skyline and a well-manicured, ground-level courtyard with a fountain illuminated by multicolored lights.
Govt chef Greg Peters created a customized menu for the upstairs bar and lounge, too. The dishes embrace marinated crab fingers with cane vinegar marinade and mirliton slaw (a well-rounded throwback to one among Georgia James’ first seafood appetizers), pork rillette served with mustard, toasted focaccia and home pickles, housemade prosciutto and cheese, and shrimp and grits with tabasco sofrito and nation ham. A number of the dishes from Georgia James’s eating room made it to the upstairs menus, too, together with the extremely advisable smoked redfish dip with fried saltines, 44 Farms strip steak and Japanese A5 wagyu.
“The reopening of Georgia James has been so well-received by the Houston group, and we’re excited to proceed the momentum with the opening of our rooftop lounge,” mentioned Raul Lorenzana, common supervisor at Georgia James, by way of a press launch. “Creating memorable experiences for our visitors is on the coronary heart of what we do, and we consider that the rooftop and its excellent views of the downtown Houston skyline will solely elevate their expertise at Georgia James.”
Curiously, a future restaurant opening will add a equally expansive outside patio. Crimson-sauce-Italian restaurant Pastore is because of open in early 2023, and has almost the identical rooftop construction as Georgia James. It’s additionally straight throughout the way in which, simply on the opposite aspect of the courtyard.
A tip for first-time guests: Georgia James doesn’t but have an elevated signal just like the previous location did and is just about invisible from the road. Go to the handle, park in one of many free visitor areas within the storage, then head in direction of the courtyard. You’ll see the signal for Georgia James from there.
Georgia James’ downstairs eating room is open Monday by means of Thursday from 5 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 5 to 11 p.m. and Sunday from 5 till 9 p.m. For individuals who wish to linger, the rooftop bar and lounge is open one further hour. Reservations can be made online.
