98 THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINE • Late Spring 2019 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 • $$ Brooklyn Pie Co. Doc’s Seafood & Steaks Escape, relax and enjoy at North Padre Island’s premier multi-level waterfront eatery, located next to the JFK Causeway on beautiful Laguna Madre. Doc’s upstairs menu features raw oysters on the half shell, boiled shrimp, mouth watering Cali-style fish tacos, hand cut, house-seasoned steaks, hand pressed burgers, and fresh local drum topped with homemade sauces. Be sure to check out Doc’s Waterline downstairs, which is family and pet friendly, and features sports on TV, games, and a bar and grill setting amid our coastal wildlife and boats passing by on the Intracoastal Wa- terway. Located under the JFK Bridge next to Snoopy’s, and always“great food, free sunsets.”13309 S. Padre Island Dr. • (361) 949-6744 DocsSeafoodAndSteaks.com • $$$ 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, cocktail mixes, candy, all variety of sauces for meat and seafood, 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. in Port Aransas • (361) 749-9447 • $$$ Lone Star Taste JB’s German Bakery & Cafe and Strudel Mania The Coastal Bend’s first, and only, authentic German bakery opened to the raves of grateful Padre Islanders a few years ago, and JB’s popularity and notoriety has spread across South Texas. Stories of San Antonians’ three-hour, spontaneous day trips to“the beach,”that always include a long stop at JB’s for a big bag of baked goods to go, have given way to more frequent testimo- nials of those who drive half an hour from“in town”for their taste of the best baking in the region. JB’s pastries, breads, cakes, pies and yes, the strudel, will take you back to Europe if you’ve been, and will transport your taste buds to a new, delightful place if you’ve not. Owners Juergin and Brigitte exhibit their love of food daily through the hard work and precision with which they deliver culinary bliss to their lucky customers. 15137 S. Padre Island Dr. on Padre Island (361) 949-5474 • JBsGermanBakery.com • $ JB’s German Bakery Catfish Charlie’s Catfish Charlie’s For years this Southern-style fish house has delighted generations of diners who enjoy the very best, freshwa- ter pure water Mississippi Fried Catfish you will find in South Texas, along with crowd favorite fried shrimp and oysters. True to the Southern tradition, Catfish Charlie’s is one of the few local establishments where you’ll find Cajun style Frog Legs. Terrific Opelousas style seafood gumbo and those awesome Hush Puppies, along with Bayou Teche Creole Shrimp complete the simple but delicious menu. Beer, wine, homemade Sangria and the friendliest service in town. 5830 McArdle Rd. at Airline (361) 993-0363 • CatfishCharlies.net • $$ FINS Grill & Icehouse One sure sign of how a Port A restaurant is doing is not the size of the crowd on a Friday night, but the size of the crowd on a Wednesday afternoon. FINS is packed with locals who have chosen this casual seafood and hamburger haute as regulars, frequent visitors who never miss this place when on the island, and new tour- ists who have heard about the great food and fantastic waterfront view. Enjoy the fresh Gulf catch of the day fried or broiled, a terrific selection of shrimp creations including tropical Coconut Shrimp, fresh salads and seasonal offerings like ceviche and Mahi salad dip. At FINS you’ll also find one of the best burgers in Port A, the increasingly famous half-pound Angus burger. Cooks your catch. Live music on weekends. 420 W. Cotter Ave. in Port Aransas (361) 749-8646 • FinsGrillAndIceHouse.com • $$$ FINS Grill & Icehouse