The homeowners of Galleria Italian restaurant il Bracco have extra plans for Houston. Balboa Surf Club, a brand new seafood restaurant from the Dallas-based Western Addition Restaurant Group, will open later this spring.
Described as a Pacific-inspired seafood restaurant, Balboa will occupy the former Masraff’s space that’s additionally positioned within the Put up Oak Plaza procuring middle that’s already residence to il Bracco. Western Addition is working with the Michael Hsu Workplace of Structure (Uchi, Da Gama) on the design, which can characteristic an expansive, 1,200-square-foot coated patio that features a water characteristic. Different design particulars embrace an open fire and paintings collected by Western Addition CEO Robert Fast and his spouse Mary, Western Addition’s vp of design.
Western Addition COO Matt Gottlieb tells CultureMap that the corporate sees a possibility for a restaurant that’s a bit totally different from the steakhouses and different advantageous eating eating places which might be common within the Galleria space. A seafood restaurant will attraction to diners searching for a lighter possibility for each lunch and dinner, he explains.
“We love seafood,” Gottlieb says. “Balboa is a bit totally different type than we’re seeing achieved anyplace else. The seafood eating places we discover in Houston are nice, however I feel our type is a bit bit totally different, a bit bit brisker.”
Whereas he isn’t able to share particular dishes till the menu is finalized, dishes will likely be influenced by California and Mexico’s Pacific coast. A number of totally different sorts of sushi will assist present the lighter, brisker choices that the restaurant goals to serve. Diners also can count on entree-sized salads, sandwiches that utilized bread baked on-site, and Prime steaks.
Since Balboa will do all of its butchering in-house, will probably be capable of serve totally different preparations of fish, equivalent to a “baseball minimize” swordfish that will likely be cooked medium uncommon. Gottlieb says he’s working with the restaurant’s seafood purveyors to produce contemporary Pacific swordfish at the very least six months out of the yr.
A few of the classes realized from opening il Bracco will likely be utilized to Balboa. Identified for its elegant, midcentury-inspired eating room and dishes equivalent to spicy gemelli pasta and hen piccata, the Italian restaurant has been bustling since its August opening. Gottlieb acknowledges that the extent to which Houstonians have embraced the restaurant being open all day has been a pleasing shock.
“We actually benefit from the totally different occasions individuals prefer to dine and the enterprise all through the night,” he says.
