Dining
BY JOVANNA AGUILAR
The chicken and waes dish at Comfort Foodies features fried wings on top of a Belgian-style wae.
The Dominican-style pollo guisado is served with white rice and two sides. (Photos courtesy Comfort Foodies)
Comfort Foodies oers Caribbean, Southern fusion Elsa Matthews, a Dominican Republic native, opened Comfort Foodies alongside her husband, Je Matthews, a native Houstonian, in June 2022. “I always had a passion for cooking and I loved cooking. I’ve been cooking since I was 13 and am that person that really does enjoy the kitchen,” Elsa Matthews said. How it happened What’s on the menu? Comfort Foodies provides home-cooked meals as well as catering for events. Empanadas are a popular menu item, including chicken, beef, spinach, shrimp and oxtail options. The menu also includes Dominican-style brown stew chicken called pollo guisado, Southern fried
Comfort Foodies oers cocktails and mimosas.
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catsh, smothered pork chops and wings. Desserts include homemade peach cobbler, banana pudding and Dominican tres leches cake. The restaurant also oers cocktails, frozen margaritas and beer. Comfort Foodies also participates in charitable eorts, such as feeding unhoused mothers, as well as toy drives.
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The Matthews family got their start in the food business selling crawsh in parking lots. Due to the demand for their food, they soon opened a food truck. When the food truck was damaged in a re, the couple decided it was time to open a brick-and-mortar eatery serving Caribbean and Southern soul cuisines.
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