116 THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINE • Late Summer 2018 TheCoastalBend.com Brooklyn Pie Co. The New York style of pizza is thin and crispy the test of authenticity has to do with folding your slice and it not drooping—and when New York style pizza is sold by the slice, it’s a GIANT slice that easily suffices as one’s lunch. New Yorkers say that the pizza here is as close to what you find in the Big Apple, quality that is achieved by using the freshest, high quality ingredients, and by making dough and sauces from scratch every day. Build your own pizza starting with traditional Italian red or basil sauce, or choose of the many specialty pies you will find including the Margherita, the Meat Lovers, two varieties of Hawaiian, vegetarian, the classic New York, the Laguna with artichoke hearts, white cheddar cheese, and spinach, and many more. Enjoy terrific Buf- falo wings and fresh salads. Deliver to Padre Island and Flour Bluff. 15326 S. Padre Island Dr. on Padre Island (361) 949-1100 • BrooklynPie.com • $$ Brooklyn Pie Co. Doc’s Seafood & Steaks Escape, relax and enjoy at North Padre Island’s premier multi-level waterfront eatery, located next to the JFK Causeway on beautiful Laguna Madre. Doc’s upstairs menu features raw oysters on the half shell, boiled shrimp, mouth watering Cali-style fish tacos, hand cut, house-seasoned steaks, hand pressed burgers, and fresh local drum topped with homemade sauces. Be sure to check out Doc’s Waterline downstairs, which is fam- ily and pet friendly, and features sports on TV, games, and a bar and grill setting amid our coastal wildlife and boats passing by on the Intracoastal Waterway. Located under the JFK Bridge next to Snoopy’s, and always “great food, free sunsets.”13309 S. Padre Island Dr. • (361) 949-6744 DocsSeafoodAndSteaks.com • $$$ Doc’s Seafood & Steaks Lone Star Taste The selection and variety of Texas-made food products that you will find at Lone Star Taste in Port Aransas puts it at the top of any such shop in the state. Of course there are plenty of jalapeno jellies, but many shoppers are amazed at how many types of products are made in the Lone Star State including coffee, soup mixes, cock- tail mixes, candy, all variety of sauces for meat and sea- food, plus marinades, barbecue rubs—even Texas-made dog treats! Pick up a bottle of Texas pecan syrup for a plate of pancakes you’ll never forget, or a jar of pecan creamed honey. 1023 TX Hwy. 361 in Port Aransas (361)749-7100 • LoneStarTaste.com Moby Dick’s One of the most popular and busiest establishments on the island, and for good reason. Some of the best seafood in town is a good start, which includes oysters served raw, Mexicali and Rockefeller. The catch of the day is prepped how you like it, and you’ll find Texas cut steaks on the menu, traditional seafood served grilled, fried and even Hawaiian style. 517 South Alister St. (361) 749-9447 • $$$ Lone Star Taste