H-E-B adds meals to-go from Houston restaurant Coltivare

Underbelly Hospitality was tapped by H-E-B to create a variety of prepared meals for the supermarket's Meal Simple program. Shown: a variety of Underbelly meals. Underbelly Hospitality was tapped by H-E-B to create a variety of prepared meals for the supermarket's Meal Simple program. Shown: a variety of Underbelly meals. Photo: Julie Soefer Photo: Julie Soefer Image 1 of / 17 Caption Close H-E-B adds meals to-go from Houston restaurant Coltivare 1 / 17 Back to Gallery

H-E-B has added another Houston restaurant to its roster of chef-inspired meals-to-go.

The mega grocery chain is now offering refrigerated entrees from nationally-acclaimed Coltivare at three Houston-area stores: 2300 N. Shepherd Dr., 3663 Washington Ave. and 5225 Buffalo Speedway, according to a Friday release.

Beginning Saturday, the meals will also be available at H-E-B at 9710 Katy Fwy.

Meals to-go: H-E-B offering meals-to-go from Underbelly Hospitality, Brennan’s, Cherry Block

Selections include black pepper penne pasta with charcoal-grilled chicken ($12.95), rigatoni bolognese ($10.95) and lasagna ($12.95) with braised beef from 44 Farms, a Texas-based premier beef supplier. All can be heated by microwave or baked in an oven-safe container.

Coltivare is an Italian-inspired concept from Agricole Hospitality, the local restaurant group behind Eight Row Flint, Revival Market, Vinny's, Indianola and Miss Carousel.

In early April, H-E-B began selling chef-inspired meals-to-go from James Beard Award-winning chef Chris Shepherd’s Underbelly Hospitality, downtown's Cherry Block Craft Butcher and Kitchen and Midtown staple Brennan’s of Houston.

The meals-to-go program, which spans Houston, San Antonio and Austin, brings much-needed economic assistance to Texas restaurants as they struggle to keep the lights on amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The restaurants set the price for each meal and receive 100 percent of the proceeds.

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