Brentwood Restaurant is in north Dallas in the building that housed the Houston’s Restaurant that closed in the mid 2020s.   The Vandelay Hospitality Group bought the property (they operate Hudson House) and re-opened it as Brentwood in fall 2021.   You’ll see many similarities to Houston’s interior as well as menu offerings- like spinach artichoke dip, Hawaiian ribeye, double cut pork chop and chicken tenders.  They have a wood fired grill for cooking and a full bar with a separate counter.   There’s a patio as well.  The clubby interior of the dining area has lots of booth like seating surrounded by wood and the same menu is offered at lunch and dinner 7 days a week.  Service is attentive and servings are large.  The food is very good but nothing cutting edge, just good solid American cusine.  We were meeting some business associates there so it’s farther than we usually venture but if it was closer I’d be a regular.

Set-up

 

Food

The Polo Club was a sandwich with roasted chicken, ham, bacon, baby swiss, cheddar, lettuce, tomato and 1000 isle dressing.  It was a traditional 3 slice club and packed with ingredients.  They were well balanced and tasty.

 

Ruby Red Trout was sourced from Idaho rivers and glazed on the grill, served with pomme puree and broccoli.  It was a good sized portion and seemed to be enjoyed.

 

Scottish Salmon was wood-fire grilled and served with Brentwood salad and broccoli (substituted for pomme purée).  The online menu indicates these are the usual sides but not on the menu we had, however it was nice to be able to make subsitiutions without missing a beat.  He said it was good.

 

Crispy Chicken Cobb salad contained mixed greens, avocado, carrot, egg, corn, bacon with a mustard vinaigrette.  The fried chicken pieces were hidden under all the greens and the combination of ingredients was tasty.  I liked the vinaigrette that was more like a honey mustard but you could change dressings if you want.  It was a very satisfying salad.

 

Hand cut French fries were a small cut fry that came out crispy and hot in a cone. Ketchup was in a separte cup.  They were quite tasty.

 

Double chocolate silk pie had a very dense smooth filling in a choclate cookie crust.  The cream on top and pie were drizzled with chocolate syrup and a crispy topping.  This was more like a fudge pie than silk but it was deeply flavored with chocolate.  I enjoyed the textural contrasts too,  It was plenty to split for the table.