Chez Nous French Restaurant   

217 S Avenue G
Humble, TX 77338
281-446-6717
www.cheznousfrenchrestaurant.com

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Similar to Smucker's, when you're a French restaurant located in small-town Humble, you've got to be good. When French chef Gerald Brach first started his classic French restaurant Chez Nous in a former Pentecostal church in Humble, he did it to flee the inflated real estate prices of boomtown Houston in the 80s, figuring when his restaurant caught on, he'd move to the city. "But when it caught on, there was no reason to move," the loquacious and charming Brach jokes. Translated as "Our Home," Chez Nous is the sort of intimate restaurant where you'll be remembered from visit to visit; Brach and his wife, Sandra, have turned the church's sanctuary into a rosy inviting space (Sandra's artwork adorns the walls) tucked away in the middle of a nondescript residential neighborhood. ("I tell customers to please, please call for directions," Brach says. "It's such a quiet neighborhood, you might just think all the cars are for an Amway meeting.") Many Houstonians happily make the trek to enjoy Chez Nous's classic French dishes such as duckling and rack of lamb. Emphasizing seasonal ingredients, all Brach's meats and seafood are fresh within the last 24 hours, and he buys his produce right off the truck from the organic Cleveland Wood Duck Farm. Bon appetit, Humble! -- Ann Walton Sieber