The Turtle Restaurant

Slow Fresh Food - Your destination for food prepared from locally available seasonal ingredients. Slow Food is also
simply about taking the time to slow down and to enjoy life with family and friends.

We at The Turtle try to provide a place to relax and enjoy the conversation of your family and friends while celebrating the diversity of the earth’s bounty.

We feel that the enjoyment of good food and conversation is essential for happiness. We are dedicated to the revival of the kitchen and the table as centers of pleasure, culture, and community. We advocate the return to conversation centered leisurely meals. We think a firm defense of quiet material pleasure is the only way to oppose the universal folly of Fast Life.

Our menu changes with the seasons in order to provide you with the freshest possible produce and a variety of taste experiences. We are making every effort to support local growers and encourage our customers to direct us to new sources.

Lunch at the Turtle features soups salads and a variety of sandwiches on savory house made breads. We buy our hamburger and eggs locally from Novella Newman’s Ranch, cheeses from Texas dairy’s, King’s Market makes our sausage, and during market season our vegetables come from our farmers market and Sliger’s Produce.

Dinner can be casual or formally coursed. In
the fall you may find Curried Pumpkin Soup,
Honey Pecan Crusted Chicken, Cranberry-mustard
Crusted Lamb, King’s Market Rib eye, Roasted Beet Salad,
Gulf Coast Crab Cake.

We are known for the richest coffee in
town. Espresso and Cappuccino are available.