Dining Deals Return to Houston for Latin Restaurant Weeks
Roasted pork shoulder at Mamajuana Café. Courtesy photo.
Since 2019, Latin Restaurant Weeks has been celebrating the vibrant flavors and traditions of Latin America, bringing together top chefs, restaurants and food enthusiasts for a delicious celebration of culture and community. In the years since its inception, it has grown to include New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. as participating cities. The event returns to the Greater Houston area from Friday, July 11 to Friday, July 25 in partnership with the Feed the Soul Foundation and includes specials at restaurants all over town.
“Our mission is to make Latin and Hispanic culinary businesses visible, viable and celebrated,” said Karinn Chavarria-Luckett, co-founder of Latin Restaurant Weeks. “In a city like Houston, where Latin culture is woven into the fabric of everyday life, it’s powerful to see these chefs, restaurateurs, and entrepreneurs get the spotlight they deserve. We’re not just showcasing food — we’re uplifting legacies, stories and dreams.”
This year’s lineup includes a diverse mix of local, Latin-and-Hispanic-owned restaurants, cocktail bars, coffee shops, bakeries and food trucks representing the cuisine of Central and South America and the Caribbean. “Latin Restaurant Weeks brings new energy into our dining room every year,” said El Meson chef-owner Pedro Angel Garcia via a press release. “It’s not just about the food — it’s about being seen, valued and celebrated. Being part of this movement reminds us that what we do matters, that our heritage has a place at the table. It’s a beautiful thing to see the community show up for Latin culture with such heart.”
As we savor the flavors of Latin America, let’s also celebrate the spirit of community and support that makes events like Latin Restaurant Weeks possible. The list below includes over 40 participating restaurants and counting. Prices and details are subject to change. Follow the Latin Restaurant Weeks website to stay up to date.
Atascosita
Tacos Flores, FM 1960 Road East: This casual Mexican café is offering numerous dishes for Latin Restaurant Weeks including breakfast, lunch and dinner. The featured creations include breakfast burritos, chilaquiles, enchilada plates and fajita platters. View the full selection online.
Downtown & Midtown
Cranky Carrot Juice Co., 712 Main: Purchase a wrap and get a free cold-pressed juice or purchase an avocado toast and get a free cold-pressed shot at this health-conscious juice bar located inside The Finn.
La Calle Tacos & Cantina, 909 Franklin: Get 25% off your food order when mentioning Latin Restaurant Weeks.
La Fisheria, 213 Milam: Enjoy a three-course Latin Restaurant Weeks Menu for $45 per person and choose from signature dishes such as ribeye aguachile and tamal de camarones.
Late August, 4201 Main: Chefs Chris Williams’ and Sergio Hidalgo’s Michelin recommended Midtown restaurant is offering a special menu that includes dishes such as field pea hummus with housemade chorizo, Louisiana barbecue shrimp and achiote braised ribs with red corn tortillas, avocado cream, salsa Creole and pickled red onion.
Mamajuana Café, 909 Texas: Mamajuana’s is offering a three-course Latin Restaurant Week Menu for $40 per person as well as signature cocktails. Our own Phaedra Cook visited and, as you’ll see from her video, highly recommends it and called the Dominican restaurant her “biggest dining surprise of the year”.
Space City Birria, 415 Milam: Here, you can try the new Carne Asada Plate, which includes carne asada, grilled sausage, sautéed fajita vegetables, rice and beans, pico de gallo, tortillas and a chile toreado for $15.79.
The Lymbar, 4201 Main: Enjoy Latin and Mediterranean bites, including empanadas, tres leches and more, at chef-owner David Cordúa’s Midtown restaurant and cocktail bar inside The Ion.
Xochi, 1777 Walker: The lauded Oaxaca-inspired restaurant located on the first floor of the Marriott Marquis Houston is featuring Tlayuda de Res — a large, thin Oaxacan tortilla folded with skirt steak, quesillo, refritos and mole negro — for $24 for Latin Restaurant Weeks. Add on a Xochi Rita or Hugo Rita for $10.
Greater Uptown & Galleria Area
Caracol, 2200 Post Oak: The Coastal Mexican kitchen has prepared Tacos de Pulpo al Carbon for Latin Restaurant Weeks with smoked octopus, Mexican sausage, potatoes, onions, peppers and chipotle-tomatillo salsa on corn tortillas for $22.
Casa do Brasil, 2800 Sage: The popular Brazilian steakhouse is offering two options: An $85 Executive Lunch for Two or a $110 Chef’s Dinner Selection for Two. Both options include all-you-can-eat salad bar, skewered cuts of meat and desserts.
Latin Bites, 5709 Woodway: This South American and Peruvian restaurant has put together a three-course Latin Restaurant Weeks menu for $39 per person with options such as Mahi Mahi tiradito, Peruvian ceviche and seco de carne. A wine pairing option is available for an additional $20.
The Original Ninfa’s Uptown, 1700 Post Oak: This contemporary second location of the classic Tex-Mex restaurant featuring chef Patti Delgado is offering a number of signature cocktails and dishes such as Milanesa de Pollo and Cochinita Pibil Torta. The full Latin Restaurant Weeks menu can be viewed online.
URBE, 1101 Uptown Park: This year, this Mexican street-food restaurant from Tracy Vaught and James Beard Award-winning chef Hugo Ortega is offering a $15 Taco de Chile Relleno, which includes a brisket-stuffed poblano pepper, Chihuahua cheese, potatoes, onions, arroz a la Mexicana and salsa paloma on a corn tortilla.
Katy & West Houston
La Perlita Chino Boricua & Sushi, 1922 Greenhouse: Choose from several Puerto Rican and Chinese fusion Latin Restaurant Weeks specials, including pepper steak, chuletas, sushi rolls and more.
Máxi Arepa, 24811 Katy Freeway: Grab the namesake dish, Máxi Arepa, served with green sauce, pico de gallo and white cheese at the Katy location of this chain of Venezuelan eateries for just $12.90 during Latin Restaurant Weeks.
Memorial & Energy Corridor
Churrasco’s, 947 Gessner: The Memorial City location of this South American steakhouse is offering a two-coure lunch menu for $25 and a three-course dinner menu for $39. Both include fan-favorite dishes such as empanadas, gambas al ajilo and the namesake churrasco, a center-cut Certified Angus Beef tenderloin that is butterflied, char-grilled and served with roasted Andean potatoes, grilled vegetables and béarnaise.
Paisa’s Twin Restaurant Bar, 14045 Westheimer: While its Latin Restaurant Weeks menu hasn’t been revealed just yet, the restaurant is known for authentic Colombian specialties such as Bandeja Paisa, arroz paisa and pargo rojo.
The Lemon Tree, 12591 Whittington: Enjoy ceviches, arroz con pollo and Peruvian drinks at this casual, BYOB-friendly, South American restaurant.
Montrose & River Oaks
Botónica, 2031 Westcreek: This moody craft cocktail bar at SkyHouse River Oaks is celebrating the spirits and cultures of Latin America with three curated cocktail menus spotlighting Latin spirits and margarita evolutions.
Gusto Gourmet, 3306 South Shepherd: The Latin Restaurant Weeks Menu at this Venezuelan and Mediterranean-fusion restaurant includes arepas, tequeños, empanadas, pabellón criollo and more.
Hugo’s, 1600 Westheimer: Chef-owner Hugo Ortega’s Montrose staple is offering tacos de birria made with grass-fed Central Texas braised lamb, quesillo, birria broth, salsa macha and Mexican rice for $20.
Multiple Locations
El Pueblito de Frida, 1423 Richmond and 2706 North Main: Choose from birria and Mexican street food staples at these colorful eateries.
Gaspachos Mexican Bites: Enjoy a four-course Latin Restaurant Weeks special with items including tacos, tortas and churros for $25 at any of Gaspachos’ food truck and kiosk locations at Levy Park, Buffalo Bayou Park and Hermann Park.
La Pupusa Loca: This Salvadoran pupuseria is offering four different combo plates priced between $9.99 and $14.99. These specials are available at the Midwest Houston location at 3995 South Gessner, 9210 South Texas 6 in Mission Bend and 10112 Hammerly in Spring Branch.
Luliet Creamery & Bakery, 3625 FM 2920, Spring and 3600 FM 1488, The Woodlands: Indulge in sweet treats including cookies, cupcakes, ice cream and alfajores (South American sandwich cookies) at both locations of this beloved bakery and ice cream shop.
Sweets by Belen Dessert Boutique, 6001 Hillcroft and 360 South Mason, Katy: Treat yourself to Latin-inspired desserts including tres leches, cheesecakes, macarons and empanadas from Peruvian-born baker and entrepreneur Belén Bailey.
The Food Zone & The Food Zone Grand Texas, 23242 FM 1314, Porter and 23020 Speed, New Caney: Choose from a number of special Latin Restaurant Weeks menu items from various food trucks at these pet-friendly food parks, such as The Fat Guyz, Taquería Las Delicias Estilo Michoacan, AAzúcar Cuban Food and X-Delicious Colombian food.
Northshore
Birrieria & Micheladas #1, 12625 Market: Choose three tacos and pair them with a small agua fresca, michelada or margarita for $15.99.
Northwest Houston
Comfort Foodies, 8128 North Sam Houston Parkway: This Dominican and Caribbean restaurant is featuring a three-course Comfort Foodies Latin Restaurant Weeks Prix Fixe Menu with items such as pollo guisado, slow-braised oxtails and empanadas for $29.95.
Rice Village
El Meson, 2425 University: The three-course Latin Restaurant Weeks Menu at this longstanding Spanish and Cuban restaurant is available for $45 per person after 5 p.m. and includes dishes such as pollo al ajillo, grilled chicken breast with garlic sauce, white rice, black beans and sweet plantains, and lechón asado, roasted pulled pork with mojo sauce.
Greater East End
BBQ713, 215 Grove: Pitmaster Roberto DelToro’s Latin-fusion food truck is offering a wide variety of smoked meats, lunch specials and desserts for Latin Restaurant Weeks. The full menu is available online.
OSO Coffee Co., 2603 Navigation: This Second Ward coffee shop is known for classic coffee drinks, along with Mexican-influenced specialties such as the homemade horchata latte.
Southwest Houston
La Cocina de TJ, 9101 Sienna Crossing, Missouri City: Chilaquiles are 20% off during Latin Restaurant Weeks at this all-day Mexican café.
La Fonda Santa Rosa, 9908 Beechnut: This classic Mexican restaurant is offering two options: a three-course menu including tortilla soup, a Chiapaneco plate and tres leches cake for $19.99, and a chef’s special combo plate with agua fresca for $14.99.
Los Ranchitos, 7687 Clarewood: A classic stop for El Salvadoran fare since 1983, this Sharpstown restaurant is offering a three-course Latin Restaurant Weeks menu for $14 per person, with options such as beef pastelitos, pupusas and empanadas de plátano.
TJ Birria Y Mas Stafford, 2903 South Main: Buy one birriadillas plate for $12.89 and get the second for half-price.
Spring Branch Area
Aye Candy, 1849 Bingle: Enjoy festive cocktails and weekend DJ performances at this hidden speakeasy tucked away behind a vintage candy shop. Smart-casual attire is required.
Healthy Start Nutrition, 2755 Gessner: This mother-and-daughter owned health food store in Spring Branch North is offering $3 off select menu items.
Raspa-Delicias, 8788 Hammerly: This local refresqueria is offering a regular elote and regular raspa for $8, or a regular elote and regular mangonada for $10.
Tacos Doña Lena, 8788 Hammerly: The original location of this lauded taqueria is featuring two specials for Latin Restaurant Weeks: Pollo con Mole with handmade corn tortillas and Enmoladas, three enchiladas filled with pulled chicken and queso fresco topped with homemade mole. Both dishes are served with Mexican rice and refried beans for $18 each.
The Heights
Maison Pucha Bistro, 1001 Studewood: The menu has yet to be announced at this Heights restaurant which melds the cuisines of France and Ecuador.
Washington Corridor
Henderson & Kane General Store, 715 Henderson: Indulge in The Texas Trinity, a platter of slow-smoked brisket, ribs and sausage with two sides for $29.95 per person, and add vanilla bean cheesecake for $12.
Westchase
Cafetales Specialty Coffee, 11195 Westheimer: This relatively new specialty coffee shop highlights the passion of coffee grower partners like María Angélica Cepeda, who practices eco-sustainable production methods at her farm in Colombia.
Mario-Sebastian Berry is a wine and spirits vendor who has been in the hospitality industry since 2002. Currently, he represents Blanco, Texas-based Andalusia Whiskey Co. He holds numerous wine, beer and spirits certifications including Certified Sommelier. Somehow, he also finds time to be Houston Food Finder’s associate editor and social media manager.
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