Food and drink guide

Rockport & Fulton

The Rockport-Fulton Chamber of Commerce lists the Fulton Oysterfest and the Rockport Crawfish Cook-Off and Tasting among its March events.

• Paradise Key Dockside Bar & Grill

  A large waterfront bar and grill on Cove Harbor with extensive covered patio seating.

• 2 Girls Burger and More

  Food truck with indoor air-conditioned seating serving hand-formed burgers on sourdough buns, fresh-cut fries, onion rings, and complimentary pinto beans.

• Bakery Cafe Rockport

  A clean, cheerful town cafe doing skillets, biscuits, waffles, chicken fried steak, and fried fish and shrimp at lunch.

• Cheryl's

  A small, twinkle-lit dining room with a vintage feel and a beautiful bar.

• Copano's

  Quiet white-tablecloth dining room doing baked oysters, crab cakes that are nearly all crab, steaks, and proper martinis.

• Fulton's Irish Pub and Grill

  A proper pub menu: shepherd's pie, cottage pie, meatloaf, chicken pot pie, mussels, prime rib, and a pretzel with beer cheese that people come back for.

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Aransas Pass

The Aransas Pass Chamber of Commerce runs the Shrimporee, held at the Shrimporee Grounds. Its current listing puts the festival in October.

• Butter Churn

  A large all-you-can-eat home-style buffet: fried chicken, gumbo, vegetables, a well-stocked salad bar, and sugar-free desserts.

• Coastal Oven

  Pizzeria in the original Pizza Hut building doing hand-tossed and Chicago deep dish, calzones, smash burgers, and hot honey wings.

• Coasters

  An open-air waterside restaurant tucked off the main road near boat storage.

• Commercial Street Icehouse

  Downtown icehouse with a thin-crust pizza and salad buffet, a soft-serve machine, nightly specials, boiled shrimp and crawfish in season, drink specials, and live music.

• Dorado's Restaurant & Bar

  Open-air bar and grill on Conn Brown Harbor where working boats tie up.

• Mickey's Bar and Grill

  Marina-side open-air grill with crab hush puppies, blackened fish and shrimp plates, spiced cream corn, and fresh-cut fries.

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Ingleside & Portland

• Asian Garden

  Family-owned Asian restaurant in Ingleside serving dine-in, takeout, and delivery to the Coastal Bend.

• Blackbeard's Too

  The quieter sibling of the Corpus Christi original.

• Chick-fil-A

  The Portland location of the chicken chain, with the drive-thru line to prove it.

• China Wall Super Buffet

  Portland's Chinese buffet, big and cheap, built for hungry crews who want volume.

• City Tortilla Mexican Restaurant & Bar

  Ingleside Mexican restaurant making its own tortillas, with combo plates and a full bar.

• Good N Crisp Chicken

  Ingleside's longtime fried chicken stop, doing crispy birds and sides the old way.

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Port Aransas

The Port Aransas tourism bureau describes FINS Grill & Icehouse as offering fresh Gulf flavor with a view of the harbor. It calls Seafood & Spaghetti Works a family-friendly eatery open for over 40 years, where seafood, pizza and classic Italian pastas are reliable crowd pleasers. For other flavors it points to The Phoenix Restaurant & Bar for family-recipe fusion and to Venetian Hot Plate for handmade pasta.

• BierHaus Port Aransas

  German-leaning Port A spot with brats, schnitzel, and a long beer list.

• Cancun Grill & Cantina

  Open from early morning until late, with homemade tortillas, chilaquiles, chimichanga with gravy, fajitas, and a full plate of guacamole when you ask for a side.

• Castaway's Seafood & Grill

  An easygoing coastal restaurant doing crab boils in mild or spicy, gulf oysters on the half shell, ceviche, and a well-regarded gumbo.

• FINS Grill & Icehouse

  A big marina-side patio looking out over the fishing fleet and the pirate ship.

• Grumbles Seafood Co.

  Counter-service seafood at Fisherman's Wharf with a patio over the water.

• Jeremiah's Boat Dock Grill

  A small newer gastropub on the boat docks.

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Corpus Christi & Padre Island

The Corpus Christi visitor bureau describes Water Street Oyster Bar as a downtown spot serving freshly shucked Gulf oysters, seafood po'boys and seafood jambalaya. It says Harrison's Landing floats in the marina, and Harrison's Landing lists The Mariner as drinks and tapas upstairs. At Gallery 41 Water's Edge Grill, inside the Art Center of Corpus Christi, the bureau lists an outdoor patio overlooking the water. On Padre Island, Doc's Seafood and Steaks says it affords diners great indoor and outdoor views alongside fresh Gulf seafood and live music every night. Snoopy's Pier says it is a Corpus Christi waterfront seafood restaurant known for its warm, family-friendly atmosphere and unbeatable water views. Elsewhere it says Pompano's Seafood House & Oyster Bar is a longtime local favorite.

• Angry Marlin Restaurant & Cool Water Bar

  Island restaurant and bar with seafood, burgers, and a party-leaning patio scene.

• Artisan Haus Bakery & Bistro

  Formerly JB's German Restaurant.

• Bien Merite Bakery and Restaurant

  A French bakery and restaurant open from early morning through the afternoon.

• BKK Thai Kitchen + Bar

  A modern Thai restaurant and sushi bar with curries, pad kee mao, glass noodles, and a social hour with discounted cocktails.

• Black Diamond Oyster Bar

  Longtime Corpus oyster bar serving cold trays, fried seafood plates, and gumbo.

• Blackbeard's On the Beach

  A long-standing seafood restaurant on Corpus Christi Beach with very large fish fillets, coconut shrimp, a seafood queso burger, and baja tacos.

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