Tintos Spanish Restaurant and Wine Bar
Opened July 2009
2015 W. Gray, 77019
www.tintosrestaurant.com
Alberto Alfonzo, formerly with Landry’s Restaurants and The Tasting Room, has opened his new restaurant in the River Oaks Shopping Center. The Tintos menu features traditional Spanish tapas as well as modern ones, not just from Spain but from Central and South America and the Caribbean. When asked which dishes are proving to be the most popular, Alfonzo was quick to reply: “the mushrooms in a spicy garlic and wine sauce, the snails with goat cheese, the paella and, for dessert, the churros with a chocolate shooter.”
Some of the more unusual tapas include the pulpo (roasted octopus), arroz negro (squid ink rice) and morcilla (blood sausage with a quail egg). There are plenty of spectacular dishes also available for the less adventuresome eater.
