Montrose and surrounding area dining

I'm a fan of Little Big's over on Montrose & Westheimer, although I believe they're going to be moving down the street shortly. They specialize in sliders of various types.

Piola has good pizza and they also do an all-you-can-eat gnocchi special once per month where you get to try like 10-12 different types of gnocchi. I haven't tried their other dishes yet, but I assume they're fine.

Max's Wine Dive has some pretty insane fried chicken. I hear their country fried ribeye is tasty too.

Italian.

Vincent's.
Little Napoli
LaGriglia
Gratzie's- in Spring

Pizza

Marios in Galveston
Fussy's- all over.
Star Pizza- Shepherd and The Heights.
Mellow Mushroom- North side.
Gramaldi's Pizzaria- Woodlands- Best you will ever have. Thin pie is baked in a coal fired brick oven. The original is located under the Brooklyn Bridge. Now is the time to enjoy their Outdoor seating.

Steak
Texas Roadhouse
Saltgrass
Pappas
Morton's
Truluck's
McCormick and Schmick

Mexican
Irma's
Lupe Tortilla- best fajitas
Molinas- Best margarita and mole enchiladas
The Last Concert
Lopez- Best enchiladas on Planet Earth.

Bar-B-Q
#1- Luling City Market
#2 Goode Company
#3 Rudy's

Seafood
Truluck's
Pappas
Pappadeaux
Goode Company Seafood
Topwater Grille in San Leon, Texas
Gaido's in Galveston
The Fish Place- All over.

Yes. Fairview. Thanks!

http://www.michelangelosrestaurant.com/

In montrose area I strongly recommend:

Brooklyn Athletic club (burger is fantastic. New duck with mole is incredible. Chef Will is both very talented and unpretentious). Great staff and atmosphere too. perfect for the gorgeous fall weather.
Casa de Caballo (Mexican Steakhouse)
Indika (elegant Indian)
Underbelly (fabulous american/fusion classics and reinterpretations)
Auntie Changs Dumpling House (fast, cheap, quality chinese)
Sorrentos (Italian not all ready mentioned that is good and priced fairly).

There are many, many more--Montrose is a foodie mecca currently. From Hugo's to El Tiempo, to the food trucks mexican can be had in all its various mezclas con Tex, or not.
The only mention so far I would disagree with is Michaleangelos--which has a great patio complete with tree but the food is very average IMHO. Still eat there because of the tree.
Double the vote for ROOST. I think its spectacular.
My favorite in Houston is THE PASS and its Siamese sister daily dining restaurant: Provisions. Go to provisions for lunch and THE PASS for dinner. If you are a foodie you will very likely love it....and yes the PASS is expensive but I consider it a great value (amazing quality for the price).