Houston knows a comeback, a reinvention and — perhaps most importantly — a good plate when it sees one. Now Davis Street at Hermann Park is entering an exciting new culinary chapter with acclaimed Houston chef and Food Network veteran Wendell Price guiding the kitchen. And our immediate response is simple: YES!

Located at 5925 Almeda Road, just steps from Hermann Park and Houston’s Museum District, Davis Street is rolling out what it calls a “Fresh Start” — complete with new management, a new culinary team, revamped direction, a redesigned website and an expanded emphasis on weekend brunch, private events and farm-to-table dining.

At the center of that new energy is Price, a chef whose résumé has traveled considerably farther than Almeda Road.

 

Food Network’s own archives document Price appearing as a professional chef on Date Plate and competing across several episodes of Ready… Set… Cook!, including “Bonanza?,” “Cook Once, Serve Twice,” “Eye-Opening Breakfast” and “Shellfish: Impossible?” Food Network also maintains recipes credited to Price, including Moroccan lamb chops, thyme buttermilk chicken, guava barbecue ribs and mashed sweet potatoes.

Translation: the man knows his way around a stove.

Price also earned the “chef to the stars” description in Houston food media after cooking for entertainment personalities including Denzel Washington. But celebrity connections are only seasoning. What matters now is what Chef Wendell is putting on Houston plates.

And Davis Street’s new menu suggests he came ready to cook.

The restaurant describes Price’s weekend brunch as a farm-to-table, organic and locally sourced French Country eating experience. The menu moves confidently from Southern comfort to international influences: Shrimp & Grits with Gulf fried shrimp, Mama’s Thyme Fried Chicken Wings, Buttermilk Spiced Chicken Fried Chicken, Velvet Hotcakes with maple brown butter, Fire-Grilled Cedar Salmon glazed with lemongrass honey, Asian Short Ribs and Jerk Lamb Chops.

That is not brunch whispering politely from the corner.

That is brunch walking into the room dressed like it owns the building.

Price’s culinary personality fits particularly well with Davis Street’s identity: Southern soul polished with cosmopolitan technique. OpenTable currently lists Price as Davis Street’s executive chef and describes his cooking as combining French country technique, Creole influences and elevated Southern comfort.

 

There is also significance in where this next chapter is happening.

Davis Street debuted in 2014, becoming part of the dining landscape along Houston’s culturally significant Almeda corridor. Today it remains recognized as a Black-owned fine-dining restaurant, giving Houston another destination where culinary excellence, sophisticated hospitality and Black entrepreneurship meet at the same table.

And Price’s assignment extends beyond dinner and brunch. Davis Street is positioning itself as a destination for corporate offsites, seminars, celebrations, private dining and catering, with Chef Price-created menus emphasizing organic and locally sourced ingredients.

For Houston Style Magazine foodies, the timing could hardly be better.

Saturday brunch runs 11 a.m.–3 p.m., Sunday brunch 11 a.m.–5 p.m., while dinner is currently offered Wednesday through Friday, 5–10 p.m.The restaurant is closed Monday and Tuesday.

Houston has never suffered from a shortage of talented chefs. But some chefs possess something beyond technique — the ability to make dining feel like an occasion.

Wendell Price is one of those chefs.

So, Chef Wendell taking over the Davis Street kitchen?

Houston Style Magazine has only one thing left to say:

Pull up a chair. Bring your appetite. And YES — somebody pass those Jerk Lamb Chops!

 

Davis Street at Hermann Park
5925 Almeda Rd. A, Houston, TX 77004
Phone: 713-526-1663 • Instagram: @davissthouston

Reservations & Information: www.davisstreet.com