[Brenham] The Inn at Dos Brisas

[Morgan_Weber]

I read this on Cleverly's Houston Restaurant Blog. Has anyone been there or heard about it. My wife played harp for a wedding there a few months ago and said it was beautiful, but Relais & Chateau? That puts it on par with places like Meadowood in Napa, or the La Mars Hotel in Healdsburg, Sonoma, or the French Laundry, etc. Is it time to take a pilgrimage to Brenham?

From her post:

"Congratulations to the Inn at Dos Brisas, the newest member of the prestigious

Relais & Châteaux, a global association of 470 of the finest hotels and gourmet

restaurants in 55 countries. There are only 67 members in North America.

The Inn at Dos Brisas is a fine dining country restaurant and luxury retreat in Brenham, Texas.

They make every effort to use organic fruits and vegetables on their menus, sourcing ingredients

from their own organic gardens and local farmers. The executive chef is Jason Robinson.

www.DosBrisas.com

To qualify for membership in Relais & Châteaux, hotels and restaurants must assemble

an application that testifies to its exclusive nature and adherence to the qualities and ideals

that define a sense of place, harmony, being, personal generosity and fellowship.

The property is then visited anonymously by an independent evaluation company

that reviews hundreds of important criteria, as well as by current Relais & Châteaux

member management.

Applications and visitation reports are rigorously reviewed by the Board of Directors

and finally, at the annual Board of Directors meeting every year. This process typically

takes several years.

Relais & Châteaux members in North America include New York restaurants Daniel (Daniel Boulud);

Aureole (Charlie Palmer); Le Bernardin (Eric Ripert and Maguy Le Coze); Per Se (Thomas Keller);

Jean Georges (Jean-Georges Vongerichten); The Inn at Little Washington, Virginia (Patrick O’Connell

and Reinhardt Lynch); Charlie Trotter’s, Chicago (Charlie Trotter); Tru, Chicago (Rick Tramonto);

The Little Nell, Aspen; The French Laundry, Yountville, (Thomas Keller); Gary Danko, San Francisco

(Gary Danko) and Patina, Los Angeles, (Joachim Splichal)."

[jsmeeker]

Interesting..

The restaurant is only open 3 nights a week, plus Sunday brunch. And there are only 4 rooms. At $500 a night. (A room gaurantees you a table at the restaurant). I wonder how many seats the restaurant has?