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Type
South American
Features
Dinner, Lunch, Parking
Price Scale
$$
Description

The Perezes must have noticed customers turning away from the full parking lot at Pampa Grill, which led them to open Tinto Grill just down the street on Long Point at Gessner. It's a far smaller space, but it's also BYOB and serves the same menu at Pampa Grill, including the giant parrilladas and other specialities—flaky, homemade empanadas, delicate noquis de papa (gnocchi), creamy, dark chocolate-scented morcilla (blood sausage) and the best mollejas (sweetbreads) in the city. Yes, that includes Tacambaro. There's a reason Pampa Grill and the Perez family's homemade food is consistently referred to the best Argentinian cuisine in Houston, and Tinto Grill isn't too far behind. The difference between the two is the atmosphere: where Pampa Grill is always pleasantly rowdy and raucuous, with tables of at least 10 people as the norm, Tinto Grill is romantic and quiet.

Tinto Grill

10085 Long Point Rd., Houston, TX, 77055
Spring Branch  •  713-461-3113
Mon-Fri: 11am-3pm, 6pm-9pm; Saturday: 12pm-9pm; Closed Sundays