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Type of Business: Restaurant
Cuisine:
American, French, Indian, Other
Price: $$
Rating Criteria
1. From Scratch: Serves mostly (i.e., more than half of the menu) fresh food, prepared from scratch. Does NOT rely primarily on kits or prepared/partially prepared foods from commercial food services.
Yes
Comments: All menu items are made from scratch at the time of ordering and can be modified to meet customer requirements.
2. Local/Organic: Offers at least some locally sourced and/or organically produced food and/or wild-caught seafood.
Yes
Comments: Many items are locally sourced and most seafood is wild-caught. Ask about specific menu items.
3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.
Yes
Comments: The menu includes some grass-fed beef and lamb. Ask about specific items.
4. Organs: Offers some dishes made with organ meats (liver/paté, sweetbreads, heart, kidney, brains, etc.).
No
Comments: Ruggles Black does not have any organ meat dishes on their current menu but says they could prepare them for a special order.
5. Cooking Fats: Cooks (sautés) in natural fats such as butter, lard, tallow, duck fat, coconut oil, or olive oil; uses lard, duck fat, or tallow for frying.
Yes
Comments: Olive oil is used for cooking and for most salad dressings. Ask about a specific menu item.
6. Bone Broth: Makes own bone broths/stocks for use in soups, stews, gravies, and sauces (does NOT use canned broth or powdered soup bases).
Yes
Comments: Everything is made from scratch including broths. No canned or soup bases are used.
7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).
Yes
Comments: Seasoning mixes are not used, and MSG is not included in any menu item.
8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.
Yes
Comments: Olive oil is used for most salad dressings. Ask about specific items.
9. Breads: Offers genuine sourdough bread.
No
Comments: The restaurant specializes in paleo foods and does not offer many breads. Those that are available are locally made in Houston.
10. Beverages: Offers lacto-fermented beverages (such as kombucha or kvass).
No
11. Condiments: Offers lacto-fermented condiments.
No
12. Desserts: Offers desserts made with natural sweeteners (such as raw honey, maple syrup, maple sugar, molasses, date sugar, palm sugar, coconut sugar, sorghum syrup, or malt syrup).
Yes
Comments: Desserts are made by the restaurant, although in a separate location, and many use honey or coconut sugar according to the paleo diet. Ask about ingredients in a specific dessert.
Rating Created by:
carolynb
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Location & Contact
Greenway/Upper Kirby
3963 Kirby Drive
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3963 Kirby Drive
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Ruggles Black is a paleo restaurant that serves French/American cuisine with an Asian influence. All meals are prepared from scratch at the time of ordering and can be modified as needed for special requirements. When reviewing the comments on each rating criterion remember that the customer can ask for modifications. The ratings and comments are based on an interview with the manager.