Da Marco Houston

Da Marco sits on Westheimer Road, a twenty-minute walk from the Menil Collection. The kitchen focuses on a blend of classic and contemporary Italian cooking.

The dining room runs smart and elegant, but the real draw is its departure from the nearby River Oaks Shopping District’s modern, high-traffic haunts. While the city's newer venues rely on flashy design to pull crowds, this spot succeeds by ignoring those trends entirely. You choose Da Marco when you want the kind of focused, traditional service that many of its flashier neighbors have long since abandoned in favor of speed. It is a calculated retreat from the polished sterility that dominates the surrounding area.