The Blind Goat

"Following its wildly popular Downtown food hall location, the Blind Goat opened its Spring Branch brick-and-mortar, offering a more spacious place to unwind and indulge in Vietnamese cuisine. Sip a $9 Negroni or highball with Japanese whisky at this gastropub while chowing down on pork skewers in a lemongrass fish sauce glaze or the ever-popular sticky wings. Enjoy an all-day happy hour on Mondays, while on Sundays, and Tuesday through Thursdayhappy hour runs from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. If late-night is more your speed, enjoy a reverse happy hour on Fridays and Saturdays from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m." - Brianna Griff

"This restaurant is a love letter from chef Christine Ha to her parents and her Vietnamese heritage. At the Blind Goat, MasterChef champion Ha serves garlic noodles with succulent, butter-drenched crawfish, sticky wings in a fish sauce glaze, and her childhood favorite—pork and shrimp eggrolls. Weekly specials run Monday through Thursday, including $25 steaks and 25 percent off all whiskies on Wednesdays." - Brianna Griff

"MasterChef winner and James Beard Award nominee Christine Ha has brought her modern Vietnamese restaurant — formerly a food stall within Bravery Chef Hall — to the burgeoning Spring Branch neighborhood. She draws inspiration from her childhood and family favorites with dishes like banh knot — crispy, savory Vietnamese pancakes topped with shrimp and scallion oil and served with lettuce and herbs, Mom’s Eggrolls packed with pork and shrimp, and a caramelized salmon that’s braised in garlic, shallot, and fish sauce. Ha’s famed dessert, the Rubbish Apple Pie a La Mode — a favorite of chef Gordon Ramsey — is also on the menu." - Brittany Britto Garley

"After outgrowing her counter within Bravery Chef Hall, Masterchef champion Christine Ha opened the Blind Goat as a full-service restaurant in Spring Branch. Her thoughtful approach to Vietnamese street food is revealed in a menu of rolls, wings, skewers, noodles, and fun interpretation of Houston staples like Saigon street corn, a Vietnamese-style elote made with corn ribs, saté, scallion oil, and Parmesan cheese. Must-try dishes include the herbaceous lettuce wraps filled with bánh khọt — savory, crispy pancakes topped with shrimp and scallion oil and served with fish sauce vinaigrette for dipping, and the Texas barbecue brisket fried rice, made with the help of neighboring barbecue spot Feges’s smokey beef. Seal the meal with Ha’s apple pie a la mode, a Gordon Ramsay favorite laced with star anise, ginger, lemongrass, and fish sauce caramel." - Brittany Britto Garley

"Christine Ha of The Blind Goat will be part of the main event, offering unlimited dishes as part of the growing lineup of chefs and local restaurants." - Brittany Britto Garley