Rosie Cannonball

Rosie Cannonball

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Rosie Cannonball opens with a free glass of lambrusco poured from a jeroboam, and that's the tone for the whole meal: generous, a little theatrical, not interested in making you wait for the good part. The menu reads simple — pizza, pasta, steak — but almost nothing on it stays simple. Gnocchi arrives with octopus. Pizza comes with salsa verde for dipping, an extra step nobody asked for that turns out to matter. A dish billed plainly as charred cabbage turns out to be carrying a full portion of duck confit underneath.

The restaurant sits next to March, Houston's most ambitious tasting-menu kitchen, and it plays the casual counterpart with the same attention to technique, just aimed at food you can order without a script. That's the real trick here — nothing on the menu asks to be taken seriously, and everything rewards it anyway.

The wine program backs this up: a James Beard semifinalist nod for it, and back-to-back Bib Gourmand recognitions confirm what the plates already argue. This is a neighborhood restaurant operating with fine-dining instincts, and it never lets you forget it while still letting you have fun.

The Spot
Rosie Cannonball is a neighborhood restaurant on Westheimer Rd centered on a wood-burning oven and grill, with Chef de Cuisine Melven Batocabe running the kitchen and Nicolas Berrais overseeing pastry. The menu leans on seasonal ingredients, hearty vegetables, pastas and pizzas, simple seafood, and locally-sourced meat cooked over live fire. It's part of Goodnight Hospitality.

Dinner starts with a complimentary pour of lambrusco, and the menu's familiar shapes — pizza, pasta, steak — come with unexpected turns: octopus served alongside the gnocchi, a salsa verde for dipping, and a dish called "charred cabbage" that arrives with a full portion of duck confit tucked inside.

The wine list, curated by June Rodil, leans into Italian, Spanish, and French producers alongside newer New World bottles, with a cocktail menu built on classics and Rosie originals inspired by France and Italy. Seating spans an elegant dining room and a patio for outdoor dining.

Michelin has awarded Rosie Cannonball a Bib Gourmand three years running, from 2024 through 2026. The restaurant's wine program was also a James Beard Foundation semifinalist for Outstanding Wine Program in 2020.
THE FACTS
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AWARDMichelin Guide Bib Gourmand2024–2026
AWARDJames Beard Foundation Outstanding Wine Program, semifinalist2020
RATINGS4.5 stars across 753 reviews4 sources
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City

Houston

Neighborhood

Montrose

Price

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Cuisine

Italian

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Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026
Recognition
James Beard Semifinalist 2020
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