Winsome Prime landed at 331 Singleton Boulevard in spring 2025 and immediately became the best reason to cross the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge on a weekend. The Black-owned Houston import opened at 331 Singleton Boulevard in spring 2025, and the brunch it runs Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 4pm is the most interesting weekend meal on that side of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge.
The room sets expectations immediately. Chandeliers, leather furniture, dark ceilings, art-filled walls, a bar that does serious work, and a private speakeasy tucked behind all of it. There’s a dress code — the room means it — and a doorman at the entrance who greets you before the hostess does. The whole operation is built around the idea that brunch is an occasion, not just a late breakfast.
The menu is Southern-inflected New American and it goes further than most brunch rooms dare. Start with the crab beignets — multiple tables report these as the best first bite in the room — or the crab spinach dip with fresh chips, or the charbroiled oysters if you want something lighter. The smoked oxtail hash is the dish that keeps showing up in conversations about this place — slow-braised, pulled, with enough depth to remind you that oxtail is one of the great underused proteins in American cooking. The lobster benedict is the luxury option, built right, and the sweet potato chicken and waffles lands with sweet potato folded into the waffle batter itself — not just on top — with crispy, well-seasoned chicken that holds up against all that sweetness.
The collard green risotto is the sleeper side — it sounds like a novelty but it keeps coming up in reviews as a standout. The rasta pasta sells out regularly, which tells you something. For something more substantial, the salmon stuffed with crab and the lobster truffle roll are both drawing serious attention. For the sweet side of the table, the deep-fried French toast with Biscoff cream is the call, and the butter pecan waffles are worth ordering as a side. Close with the rum butter cake or the rainbow cake — both have their own following — and don’t leave without trying at least one of the brunch cocktails…