trip to Galveston

[ghostrider]

I'll be heading to Galveston in the future and I'm looking for some info:

# any places that are 30.06 posted?
# recommendations for good restaurants?

thanks

[Thomas]

http://www.galveston.com/default.asp

I've eaten at:
Fish Tales - Good food, fun atmosphere
Saltgrass Steakhouse - Nice, almost formal atmosphere, and I like their food
Landry's - Good food, Nice, and they even have a place where you can eat outside
Tortuga - average Tex-Mex
Fisherman's Wharf - Good food, semi-formal
Gaido's - pretty decent food, family restaurant

As for 30.06, I don't know. You'll have to refer to Texas3006.com on that one.

Have fun!

[pcernuch]

luigi's in the strand. i dont even like italian and it was some of the best food i ever had. i ordered the thing where the chef pics your app, soup/salad, entree, and desert because i dont know anything about italian food. i wound up having snails (i cant spell the fancy word for it) it was wonderful.

also, pay attention to the signs on the walls of most places as to how high the water was inside the buildings during the storm. pretty interesting.

god bless.

[seamusTX]

Nothing in Galveston that a tourist would go to has anything approaching a valid 30.06 sign. Only government buildings such as courthouses that are off-limits anyway, and a few credit unions.

You do have to watch out for bars. They were supposed to start putting a 51% sign on the door or exterior, but few do. In most cases you can tell they're bars because they look like bars.

Asking which restaurant is good is like asking which gun is good. Everyone has a different opinion. I like Olympia Grill on Pier 21 (where Elissa is docked), Rudy and Paco, Salt Grass, and Sky Bar, all on 21st and Postoffice. Sky Bar is a sushi bar, not a 51% bar.

They are all listed with customer reviews on galveston.com and other sites.

- Jim

[JJVP]

luigi's in the strand. i dont even like italian and it was some of the best food i ever had. i ordered the thing where the chef pics your app, soup/salad, entree, and desert because i dont know anything about italian food. i wound up having snails (i cant spell the fancy word for it) it was wonderful.

also, pay attention to the signs on the walls of most places as to how high the water was inside the buildings during the storm. pretty interesting.

god bless.

escargot = snails in French.

[seamusTX]

Escargot are the European species Helix pomatia, which are not the common land snails that we find slithering around our gardens in Texas.

Not that it matters. You can eat snails, bugs, octopus, squid, and the occasional guinea pig or dog in some cultures. Other people would be horrified at the thought of eating pork or beef (for religious reasons).

- Jim

[glbedd53]

My favorite place in Galveston is Millers Landing.

[rcasady]

lots of good food in the Strand , couple new hip type places on post office st.
Yagas has great burgers and pizza if you want casual , love that place , they have a bacon egg and cheeseburger ! and they are dog friendly : )
Gaidos on seawall is good if you want kinda formal a lil pricey but good food . neat history too . the restaurant attched to it (forget the name ) shares the same kitchen i believe so if you want cheaper more casual but good just pop in next door .
La Kings is cool on Strand st,. if you got a sweet tooth for an old timey soda jerk ice cream candy place , i doubt they have a 30.06 lol
i live close and me and my wife love taking day trips , but if you catch yourself on a block that looks shady , it IS shady ! if your not on seawall/beach or in the strand district or moody gardens/schiltterbahn then you probably dont want to be there , unfortunately the hurricane didnt wash away all the trash
but you will have fun ! we love going

[seamusTX]

Gaidos on seawall is good if you want kinda formal a lil pricey but good food . neat history too . the restaurant attched to it (forget the name ) ...

It's called Casey's (no relation to me).

- Jim

[Rikk101]

For a walk-up-to-the-counter-and-order type of place, Benno's has good food (cajun style). 1200 block of Seawall

[Jumping Frog]

luigi's in the strand. i dont even like italian and it was some of the best food i ever had.

Only Italian place I've eaten in Galveston was Mario's Seawall Italian Restaurant‎, 628 Seawall Boulevard. It was OK, not but great. For anyone who has eaten at both, hos does Luigi's compare?

[seamusTX]

I can't answer that question, but there's a little neighborhood Italian restaurant called Di Bella's that serves more authentic Italian cuisine—not pasta slathered in cream sauce and cheese.

It's a bit pricey IMHO, but the grinders are great eating and a good value. The minestrone is better than the pasta e fagioli. Don't gobble down all the garlic bread before your dinner arrives.

It's at 31st and Avenue P, which is not a scary neighborhood for anyone who has ever left Kansas.

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- Jim

[WildBill]

Jim and I ate lunch at Little Daddy's Gumbo Bar 2105 Post Office Street. I thought it was pretty good.

Another time we went to a little hole-in-wall for good cheap Mexican food at a place called El Jardin at 413 24th Street. They are famous for their carne guisada and burritos. They are only open for breakfast and lunch.

[WildBill]

Another fun thing to do on your way to the restaurant is drive around and look at some of the wood sculptures that artist have carved from trees killed during hurricane Ike. I haven't toured the whole route, but there is a map on-line that shows where they are.

[seamusTX]

Jim and I ate lunch at Little Daddy's Gumbo Bar 2105 Post Office Street. I thought it was pretty good.

It was.

That restaurant and many of the others in the Strand area, including Luigi's, are owned by the Galveston Restaurant Group, which also owns Mario's (there are two Mario's—one at 6th and Seawall and the other on 61st Street at Avenue Q 1/2 on the east side of the street). I think there are a few other gumbo bars and Mario's around the Houston area that they own.

I wouldn't go to Galveston for Tex-Mex. You can't drop-kick a cat in Texas without it landing on a Tex-Mex restaurant (not that I am suggesting anyone drop-kick a cat).

If you want to see the tree sculptures, I recommend either bringing a bicycle (if you have one) or renting one at the places on the Seawall that rent them. None of them are in places that are "unsafe," including the Jack Johnson sculpture at 45th and something, north of Broadway. (I know how to get there, but not the street name—it's off the grid).

New carvings keep popping up, either from old trees that someone got around to carving, or portable sculptures that people bought.

Another cool thing to do is take a Segway tour. They go by my house about four times a day.

- Jim