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Although it may seem a bit unusual at first that Spring’s Ate Café is located inside of a popular climbing gym, you won’t mind it a bit the first time you enjoy this filling, healthy fare after a grueling workout. Whether you come here to climb or not, everyone is welcome to try the delicious menu of creative dishes like the Farmhouse Burger, the Vietnamese Banh Mi sandwich, and the Ultra-Veg pie, a flatbread pizza piled high with grilled vegetables. The casual, modern eatery also serves a great selection of fresh salads for those looking for a lighter meal, and the Italian doughnuts are reportedly can't-miss.

Order your food from the convenient, open ordering counter at the front of the restaurant, and then enjoy it at one of the metal café tables or wrapped up to take to go!

Ate Café
403 E Louetta Road
Spring, TX 77373
(832) 980-5283
www.5atecafe.com

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With vibrant painted murals, a gleaming curved wooden bar, and walls stacked with wine bottles, Grotto Ristorante is a lively setting for a flavorful dinner.

Settle in by the fireplace indoors or out on the patio and get your party started with a glass or bottle of wine and an antipasto, like mussels marechiaro with white wine and fresh tomatoes, the scampi grotto with mushrooms, or the mozzarella in padella with tomatoes, garlic, and basil. Pizza and pasta are featured on the menu, along with entrees like shrimp paillard with jumbo lump crab, roasted bell peppers, and lemon sauce, and snapper Siciliano with Roma tomatoes, garlic, shrimp sauce, and lump crab.

Grotto Ristorante is open every day, and it serves brunch on the weekends.

Grotto Ristorante
9595 Six Pines Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380
(281) 419-4252
www.grottorestaurants.com
www.yelp.com/biz/grotto-ristorante-the-woodlands-2

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