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    Royal blue booths, an open kitchen you can pull a counter seat at, and a baked Alaska that arrives on fire make the room feel like it has something to prove, in a good way. Bludorn is a New American restaurant and bar where the menu swings wide, from oysters (some Texan) to cioppino to seafood towers. The chef is a James Beard semifinalist, and the hospitality is the kind that makes you notice it without being able to say why.

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    One number, weighted & current 83

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    The dishes from the writeups

    • Smoked short rib ravioli

      “smoked short rib ravioli dotted with the salty-sweetness of fig, red onion, and blue cheese”

      Eater
    • Dry-aged duck

      “go for the dry-aged duck, a hit every time, served with rice pilaf, liver mousse, and a foie gras jus”

      Eater
    • Baked Alaska

      “Order the flaming Baked Alaska for two, a Bludorn classic that changes with the seasons and makes for a showy ending”

      Eater
    • Cioppino

      “swinging from seafood towers to cioppino with branzino, blue crab, and shrimp”

      Michelin Guide

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    Address
    807 Taft St., Houston, TX · Houston
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 5 PM

    • Monday 5 PM to 10 PM
    • Tuesday Today 5 PM to 10 PM
    • Wednesday 5 PM to 10 PM
    • Thursday 5 PM to 10 PM
    • Friday 5 PM to 10:30 PM
    • Saturday 5 PM to 10:30 PM
    • Sunday 11 AM to 2:30 PM 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM
    Phone
    +17139990146
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