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Colorful walls hung with aso oke fabric and Nigerian celebration paintings set the mood before the food even arrives. ChòpnBlọk is a West African bowl-and-bites spot that grew from a food hall stall into a full-service restaurant, and the menu stayed short on purpose: a handful of bowls, salads, and snacks, plus frozen drinks that earn their place on the menu. The New York Times put it on their 2025 Restaurant List, which makes sense for a room this precise and this cheerful.
The awards strongest first
- Eater Buka Stew · The 8 Best Meals I Ate This Year, 2024
- The New York Times 2025 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- AAA Approved
- Esquire The Best New Restaurants in America
- Eater The Best New Restaurants in America
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
- Houston Chronicle #8 · Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
- Eater The 38 Essential Houston Restaurants
- Houstonia Houston’s Best Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Emerging Chef · Ope Amosu
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Ope Amosu
- Eater The Best Restaurants in Montrose
One number, weighted & current 87
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Beef suya
“Montrose restaurant offers a broader menu featuring beef suya, red stew, yassa curry, grilled proteins”
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Plantain bread pudding
“desserts like plantain bread pudding”
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Dodo Old Fashioned
“Try the Dodo Old Fashioned, a twist on the classic with spiced plantain and palm sugar”
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Chopman
“the Chopman, a refreshing combination of gin, citrus, hibiscus grenadine, and orange soda”
Eater
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