Restaurant: Gravitas

807 Taft St
Houston, TX 77019

The second restaurant that big poppa and I hit up for Houston Restaurant Week was Gravitas and we had the pleasure of enjoying Jacques and Gilles company as our dining companions for the evening. It was raining tigers and bears that evening yet we still drove and ran in the rain as if this was our last supper. What were we thinking?!? So to explain in more detail what the restaurant week is all about, restaurants all over Houston have agreed to offer a special three course meal for $35 per person. The website says that $5 from each CHECK will be donated to the Houston Food Bank. I hope that's not the case. I hope at least $5 from EACH special course ordered is donated. It wouldn't be right otherwise. It's like cheating the hungry! In any case, the food was so-so. Another case of the special menu possibly not representing the restaurant very well. The highlight for me was the appetizer and dessert. The four of us all chose the caramelized onion tart and oh boy was it super caramelized! A great way to start things off. Every bite was so good and so sticky. I was only able to eat about a quarter of it cos it was a bit much. I'm not capable of eating that much onion by itself and I couldn't shake the nagging feeling I had in the back of my head about how bad it was for my teeth. We also all chose the same item for dessert, the chocolate hazelnut panna cotta and it was simply DELISH! Well, I really liked it and gobbled it up very quickly. I'm not sure if everyone else liked it as much as I did. As for the entree, I wasn't too impressed and I think everyone else felt the same. The girls had the grilled paprika marinated chicken and the guys had the pistachio crusted salmon. Both were just okay. The hostess and our waiter were both very nice. Our waiter actually refilled our glasses of water even though we stayed well after the completion of our meal. You know how it goes. I mos def want to go back and try other things from their regular menu.