Restaurants & Bars
Mama's Boy at Winston House Delivers Italian Texas Inspired Dishes
Michelin-starred Chef Wes Whitsell brings hot Texas- Italian dishes to Venice's Winston House.
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Head to Venice for a unique pop up now housed at Winston House. Diners can walk through the main bar area to the back space with a rectangular seating space, along with more intimate seating upstairs, which overlooks the dance floor.
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The menu is Italian with a Southern flair. Michelin star Chef Wes Whitsell fuses his love of both cuisines into comfort dishes with a touch of heat.
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We loved the mini veggie and dip appetizer that was provided to all diners.
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Guests can start their meal off with the delicious pimento cheese arancini balls with a hot pepper tomato jelly sauce, stuffed mushrooms with cream cheese and green garlic, meatball sliders with Calabrian chili aioli, King Fish crudo, peaches and burrata salad, fried oysters or a lovely simply chopped or avocado Caesar salad.
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Whitsell’s “Dad Pies” are thin and crispy and made with Tehachapi grain and perfect if you love a thinner crust pizza. Choose from the Andy with baby broccoli, mushrooms, onions and cashew mozzarella; the Corey with Canadian bacon, artichoke, grilled onion and feta; the Zoie with ham, mozzarella, basil and hot honey’ the Brad Dad with anchovy, mushroom jalapeno and olive; the Jake with mozzarella tomato and basil or the Chef Wes with sausage, mushroom, jalapeno and tomato. All are big enough to share and only $14.
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Pastas are equally good and include a lovely Bolognese, spinach ricotta ravioli with lemon butter, smoked brisket agnolotti, manicotti, and a variety of spaghetti with meatballs, eggplant or oil and shrimp. Main courses include trout almondine, chicken parmesan, shrimp and grits and a ribeye steak.
Sides include roasted carrots, blistered sugar snap peas and summer squash.
For dessert, diners can indulge in a delicious root beer float, rice pudding or strawberry shortcake.
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There are also some great cocktails and mocktails.
It’s definitely worth a trip to Venice to try out these Italian dishes with a kick.
Mama’s Boy is located inside Winston House at 25 Windward Avenue, open Thursday to Saturday, 6 pm to late. Reservations are available at Open Table.
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