ACCOLADES Shrimp BLT recipe published Annual Food & Wine Cookbook • 2003 Featured Business Strategy Houston Business Journal • June 3, 2005 Best Gazpacho My Table Magazine Citysearch.com 2005 Winner: Best Salad 2003 Nominee: Best Cheap Eats, Best Lunch Spot 2002 Nominee: Best Cheap Eats, Best Lunch Spot REVIEWS "Paulie's serves up some of the finest sandwiches in town but don't let that prevent you from exploring other wonderful aspects of this menu." —AOL City Guide "The place rocks at mealtime, again tempting us to see Paulie's as a filling station; a place whose pragmatic usefulness outweighs its culinary panache. Based on several recent visits, I think that assumption would be a mistake. If this is a filling station, then it's one that offers only high-octane to a crowd that clearly knows what it wants and how it should taste." —H Texas Magazine "A blackboard menu notes perfectly prepared pasta dishes, including Spaghetti & Meatballs and Fettuccini Scampi. There are also succulent paninis, pizzas and mammoth entrée salads. Check out the sugar cookies, which taste as good as they look." —Houston Modern Luxury "Paulie's sandwiches and salads are bright with fresh vegetables. Mothers piloting strollers, ladies who lunch (lightly) and hordes of savvy guys dive into the Italian Family Salad that includes pepperoncini, Genoa salami and mozzarella or a panini filled with spinach, roast tomatoes and feta. Most carry away decorated shortbread cookies, fragrant with butter, in whimsical shapes like seashells and flip-flops." —The Sophisticated Traveler–The New York Times Magazine "Witty iced cookies, each one a work of art, are the trademark of this lively, fun Montrose corner restaurant, a top pick for delicious lunches of thoughtfully prepared everyday fare with flair (especially the shrimp BLTs to die for"). —Houston Zagat Survey "a calm and soothing space; I'm always surprised how the plate glass muffles the Westheimer mayhem just outside. Brick walls and potted plants warm the cool gray color scheme,...My current favorite...is the shrimp BLT. Paulie's upscale version of this lunch-counter standard starts with a fluffy round bun instead of toast, then layers on slices of smoky bacon, a fringe of deep green lettuce and ripe, red Roma tomatoes. Inspiration strikes in the middle, in the form of delicately butterflied and grilled jumbo shrimp dressed with a light (champagne vinegar) sauce. With the included side order of parsley-sprinkled potato salad with red-jacketed new potatoes and briny green and black olives, it's perfect." —Houston Press "but what will creep into my consciousness as hunger pangs hit, is the Grilled Shrimp BLT - one of several exceptional sandwiches at Paulie's" —Houston Chronicle