Where to Get Shrimp and Grits in Houston

Short answer: Bayou Fork Kitchen serves Creole shrimp and grits at 10600 Fondren Road, Houston, TX 77096, in Southwest Houston. It is Gulf shrimp sautéed in our Creole cream sauce, spooned over creamy grits, for $15. We start serving it at 6:30am, Monday through Saturday. Pull up to the drive-thru, order pickup, or get it delivered through DoorDash.

Shrimp and grits is one of the most requested plates on our menu. It also shows up in a lot of searches for “shrimp and grits near me” and “where can I get shrimp and grits in Houston,” so here is what you need to know: what the dish is, how a Creole version differs from the Lowcountry original, and how to get ours.

Shrimp and grits at Bayou Fork Kitchen: the details

• What it is: Gulf shrimp sautéed in our Creole cream sauce over a bed of creamy grits.
• Price: $15.00 on our menu and on DoorDash. Prices can change, and the final price shows at checkout.
• When: It is on our breakfast menu from 6:30am, and it is also served as a platter with your choice of one side, in a lunch or dinner portion.
• Where: 10600 Fondren Road, Houston, TX 77096. That puts us in the Brays Oaks area of Southwest Houston, on Fondren between South Braeswood Boulevard and West Bellfort, about a mile west of Hillcroft Avenue.
• Hours: Monday through Saturday, 6:30am to 7:30pm. Closed Sunday.
• How to order: Use the drive-thru (open all service hours), order pickup or delivery on DoorDash, or call (832) 992-7335.

What is shrimp and grits?

Shrimp and grits is a Southern dish of shrimp served over grits, which are coarsely ground corn cooked slowly until soft and creamy. It traces back to the Lowcountry of coastal South Carolina and Georgia, where it started as a simple breakfast in shrimping communities: fresh shrimp cooked in butter or bacon fat and served over a bowl of grits.

Over the last few decades it moved from home kitchens onto restaurant menus across the South. Every region now has its own take, and you will see versions with cheese grits, tomato gravy, bacon or sausage.

Lowcountry vs. Creole shrimp and grits

The easiest way to tell the two styles apart is the sauce.

• Lowcountry style: Usually simpler. Shrimp cooked in butter or bacon drippings, sometimes with a light pan gravy, lemon or green onion. The shrimp and the grits do most of the talking.
• Creole style: Richer and more seasoned. Louisiana kitchens tend to build a cream or butter sauce with Creole seasoning, and often the onion, celery and bell pepper base Louisiana cooks call the “holy trinity.” The sauce soaks into the grits.

Ours is the Creole kind. The same cream-sauce tradition runs through a lot of our menu, so if shrimp and grits is your thing, you are in the right kitchen. If you want the bigger picture on the two Louisiana traditions, read Cajun or Creole? What’s actually on your plate.

Is shrimp and grits breakfast or dinner?

Both. It started as a breakfast dish, and plenty of people still order it first thing in the morning. That is why it is on our breakfast menu next to the breakfast tacos and chicken and waffles. It also works as a full plate for lunch or dinner: order it as a platter and add a side.

If you are picking a side, go for something that cuts through the cream sauce, like greens or green beans. For more early options, see our guide to early drive-thru breakfast in Southwest Houston.

Like shrimp and grits? Try these next

• Catfish Bienville ($17): blackened shrimp over fried catfish in our Bienville cream sauce.
• Mardi Gras Pasta ($16): creamy Cajun pasta with chicken, shrimp or both.
• Crawfish Étouffée: crawfish smothered in a rich Creole sauce over rice.
• Fried Shrimp Po-Boy: our shrimp in fried, handheld form.

Shrimp and grits for a group

Feeding an office or a family brunch? Ask about family trays through catering. We cater across Houston, Manvel, Pearland, Missouri City and Sugar Land, and larger orders generally need at least one day’s notice.

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