Last May the New York-based investment firm Invest Hospitality joined with Table on Post Oak to help revamp and re-brand the restaurant, which had been floundering. La Table, as it’s now known – the space began life as Philippe restaurant in 2011 with chef Philippe Schmit in the kitchen – is a multi-concept eatery with spaces for casual dining, fine dining and private dining. Two weeks ago, the restaurant unveiled Macarons, its onsite French bakery.

Macarons is located on the first floor of La Table, which is in the same upscale strip center as RDG + Bar Annie. You’ll spot the bakery counter to your left as soon as you walk past the host stand. The bakery shares the first floor with the bar and Marché, the casual dining room meant to suggest the feel of Parisian market dining.

We stopped in for a midday Monday pick-me-up of coffee and pastries to check out the newly-opened bakery. It’s seat-yourself on the first floor, and the restaurant’s full menu is also available. Plans for a quick snack of something sweet fell apart when our server presented the irresistible lunch menu.

Without much persuasion, we gave in to ordering the roasted beet salad ($11, photo above) and the wild mushroom ravioli ($12, photo below). The salad is an artful arrangement of vibrant roasted beets, Blue Heron Farm goat milk yogurt and cheese, and D&M Gourmet Foods blood orange-infused extra virgin olive oil.

Mushroom ravioli – a dish that’s often presented as an uninspired bowl of beige – is thoughtfully plated with a parmesan emulsion and Bordelaise reduction, and each pillowy pocket is topped with a single mushroom and shaving of parmesan. It may still be beige (with a sprinkle of green), but it’s beautifully modern.

As for the baked goods at Macarons, expect a selection of madeleines, pots de creme, chocolate mousse, kouglof (cakes both sweet and savory), brioche, shortbread and, of course, macarons. All of the goods are baked in-house daily.

The not-too-sweet cinnamon brioche is a perfect pastry nibble with your morning latte; the lemon and honey madeleines are fluffy and delicately flavored – the petite packages fit nicely inside a purse or pocket for a sweet treat later in the day. The pots de creme come in flavors like vanilla (with specs of vanilla bean visible through the bottom of the jar), chocolate and coffee.

Macarons/La Table will begin serving breakfast soon, so we’ll be back to re-stock our pastry purse, sip a latte and, perhaps, order a French omelet.

La Table, 1800 Post Oak Blvd. #6110, 713-439-1000, latablehouston.com