» 17 Restaurant

Critically hailed inventive New American cuisine characterizes this chic downtown eatery in the Alden-Houston Hotel.

17 is dedicated to offering guests bold, unpretentious food while focusing on the freshness, seasonality and origin of the ingredients. Since opening, the restaurant has received outstanding local, regional and national recognition including: Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Gourmet, Town & Country, Travel+Leisure, USA Today and “Best New Restaurants ‘04” by Esquire.

Executive Chef Wes Morton updates the menu with straightforward New American selections. Begin with foie gras atop roasted pineapple or a buttery escolar carpaccio with the crunch of jicama. Crispy grilled quail with wild mushroom sauce atop polenta is ample as an entree. The savory Hill Country venison chop sided by butternut squash and a chestnut tart promises simple, earthy flavors throughout. Small plates of sauteed greens and truffled macaroni and cheese provide for flavorful additions. Be sure to sample one of pastry chef Otto Sanchez' artful desserts, including the S'mores cake with homemade marshmallows and graham cracker ice cream.

*Named one of Esquire magazine's Best New Restaurants In America (2004)

17 Reasons to Love 17
1. Eat at 17, drink at a+, sleep at Alden.
2. Chef Wes Morton's tasting menus.
3. Mignardise: mini cupcakes, on us.
4. Tender short ribs.
5. 1863 Madeira wine.
6. Pastry chef Otto Sanchez.
7. Black truffle mac n' cheese.
8. View of the art installation Invitation.
9. Homemade breads baked fresh daily.
10. Crystal pendant horizontal chandelier.
11. Salted caramel ice cream.
12. Strawberry blonde cocktail.
13. Express lunch: 3 courses, $17.
14. White wing back chairs.
15. Location: Prairie at San Jacinto.
16. Chilaquiles for Sunday brunch.
17. $35 pre-theater menu.

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