Our shareable appetizers are baked and served in heavy cast-iron skillets so the cheeses stay melted and sauces stay bubbling hot at your table throughout kickoff.
Hand-rolled meatballs, warm Bavarian pretzels, and skillet bar bites in Houston.
Game day snacking demands food with substance. We avoid frozen bag appetizers fried in stale grease. Every meatball is rolled by hand from beef and pork, our beer cheese uses real cheddar melted with draft ale, and our wings come straight from fresh butcher flats.
Three generous butcher-blend meatballs totaling over twelve ounces of seasoned beef chuck and heritage pork, simmered in rustic San Marzano tomato marinara.
Butcher Skillet Meatballs
We grind beef chuck and pork shoulder in our Houston kitchen, binding the meat with soaked artisan breadcrumbs, grated Pecorino Romano, minced garlic, and fresh Italian parsley.
Seared hard on the griddle before transferring into iron skillets, the meatballs are ladled with slow-simmered tomato marinara and blanketed with whole-milk mozzarella. Baked at 500 degrees until browned and blistering, they arrive with toasted garlic bread for dredging.
- Price Basis: Shareable portion size and extra garlic toast basket add-on
- Typical Check Range: $14–$17 per skillet order
- Cook Preparation Time: 10–18 minutes
- Tap Pairing: Malty Amber Ale or Italian-Style Tavern Pilsner
Real sharp Wisconsin cheddar melted smoothly with local Houston pale ale, served hot alongside coarse pretzel salt and stone-ground brown mustard.
Bavarian Warm Pretzel Sticks
Authentic Bavarian dough sticks butter-brushed and toasted in our pizza ovens until deeply bronzed outside and pillowy inside. We scatter coarse sea salt crystals over the top before plating.
The centerpiece is our scratch draft ale cheese dip. We emulsify sharp cheddar with garlic, smoked paprika, and four ounces of house draft pale ale. The dip clings to each warm bite without separating or congealing.
- Price Basis: Three-piece or six-piece order with house beer cheese and mustard
- Typical Check Range: $12–$16 based on count
- Cook Preparation Time: 8–14 minutes
- Tap Pairing: German Helles Lager or Bavarian Hefeweizen
Ten crisp butcher wings double-fried for maximum skin crunch, tossed in scratch garlic buffalo glaze, and served with thick buttermilk blue cheese.
Crisp Tavern Skillet Wings
We refuse to serve water-plumped, tiny party wings that turn soggy under sauce. Our line cooks use fresh, air-chilled jumbo drums and flats seasoned with our dry house rub.
Fried twice to render the subcutaneous fat and lock in a crisp exterior, each basket is tossed in your choice of roasted garlic buffalo, bourbon molasses BBQ, or dry lemon pepper. Plated with crisp celery batons and house-stirred Danish blue cheese dressing.
- Price Basis: Wing count, bone-in vs. boneless tenders, and artisanal glaze style
- Typical Check Range: $16–$21 per basket
- Cook Preparation Time: 12–20 minutes
- Tap Pairing: Juicy Texas Hazy IPA or Crisp American Lager
Tavern shareables pricing & combo options
Appetizers are portioned for sharing among two to four guests. When ordering for larger game day gatherings, we configure multi-skillet combos combining pretzels, meatballs, and jumbo wings on a single butcher board.
- Portion scale: Small table plates or jumbo party feast platters
- Scratch dip additions: Extra beer cheese, warm marinara, or garlic aioli
- Sauce customization: Garlic Buffalo, Bourbon BBQ, or Nashville Hot
- Pairing options across 40 draft handles or hand-crafted bourbon cocktails
Average spend includes shareable starters, tavern entrees, and craft beverages. Kitchen tickets clear in 10 to 25 minutes. Printed menu pricing is provided at the table.
No bagged frozen mozzarella sticks or pre-cooked frozen meatballs pass through our kitchen doors. Real hospitality means cooking real food.
Why fresh tavern shareables outshine frozen bar snacks
Most chain sports lounges treat appetizers as high-margin afterthoughts: frozen bags dumped directly into old fry oil for two minutes. The result is greasy breading with bland, separated fillings.
At Brick House Tavern + Tap, our prep cooks begin work hours before our 11:00 AM doors open. When you sit down in front of our thirty-plus screens, your food matches the quality of the game you came to watch.