Backstreet Café

Tucked away on Shepherd Drive is the converted residence that is home to Backstreet Café. Ever-changing New American choices prepared by Chef Hugo Ortega include salads like goat cheese with pears, toasted walnuts and warm bacon dressing, or entree-size salads like lentils and feta in garlic vinaigrette. The meat loaf tower, a lunch and dinner favorite, comes with garlic mashed potatoes, sauteed spinach and mushroom gravy. Finish with warm apple tart topped with house-made vanilla-bean ice cream.

Backstreet's popular jazz brunch featuring the Bob Chadwick Trio is served on Sundays from 11am until 3pm.

For prime people-watching, request an umbrella-covered table on the front terrace. Or for a touch of romance, sit by the cozy fireplace.

• Chef Hugo Ortega and Backstreet Café included in Zagat feature on 16 Chefs Redefining Texas Cuisine (2016).
• Backstreet received Best of Award of Excellence by Wine Spectator (2017)
• Named one of 50 hot restaurants for summer by Nation's Restaurant News (2013).
• Chef Hugo Ortega named James Beard Award Semifinalist for Best Chef: Southwest (2012).
• Sean Beck named Rising Star Sommelier by StarChefs.com (2011).

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