Georgian restaurant Bread Boat officially held its soft opening Oct. 16 near the Upper Kirby area, officials confirmed.<\/p>\n
The eatery was initially slated to open in early September<\/a> but was delayed due to unforeseen circumstances, officials told Community Impact via email.<\/p>\n Bread Boat\u2019s location at 3835 Richmond Ave., Houston, is the first to lay down roots outside of its home in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n From the oven<\/p>\n Khachapuri sits at the center of Bread Boat\u2019s offerings, which is widely considered one of Georgia\u2019s national dishes, according to the restaurant\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n The traditional form features a molded-by-hand boat of blistered dough that is filled with a mix of molten cheese, egg yolk and butter. The boat is baked until golden brown at the crust, perfect for tearing and dipping at the customer\u2019s discretion.<\/p>\n However, Bread Boat\u2019s open-kitchen approach is not limited to just the classics; its menu is experimental as well, per its website. \u00a0<\/p>\n The restaurant\u2019s half-and-half boats\u2014which are not native to Georgia\u2014incorporate the authentic flavors of centuries-old recipes into new interpretations. The Beef Boat is among these options. It is a half-traditional, half-slow-braised beef boat topped with tomatoes and aromatic spices.<\/p>\n Other Bread Boat specializations include Lobiani, racha bread served with mashed kidney beans, smoky bacon, onions and herbs; and Kubdari, a spiced ground beef Svaneti bread.<\/p>\n More details<\/p>\n Designed for two, Bread Boat\u2019s entrees are meant to be shared in \u201csupra\u201d or feasting fashion, per its website. Customers who visit the location can expect counter service inside a thoughtfully designed space where food is baked to order every time.<\/p>\n They may also enjoy drinks from Bread Boat\u2019s handcrafted lineup of Georgian wines, beers and lemonades.<\/p>\n The restaurant\u2019s Dila-O Rkatsiteli-Mtsvane, which is available by the glass or by the bottle, is a traditionally fermented wine known as \u201cQvevri.\u201d Standout flavors from its profile include honey and melon, according to its menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n Can\u2019t wait?<\/p>\n With doors now officially open, Bread Boat Houston welcomes customers for dine-in service. The restaurant is also accepting pick-up orders as of Oct. 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Georgian restaurant Bread Boat officially held its soft opening Oct. 16 near the Upper Kirby area, officials confirmed.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[161409,135512,161410,56,58,57,135516,135511,1989],"class_list":["post-477567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-bread-boat","tag-georgian-cuisine","tag-georgian-wine","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-khachapuri","tag-richmond-avenue","tag-upper-kirby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}