Powerman or any other Corpus Christian

In Port Aransas my places are Kody's, Giggity's, and Shorty's.

We are very very consistent. Most who live here will refer you to us. Good food good value.

So heres what we got.

Kody's is more family friendly. We have a mini golf course out front. Counter service but you can sit at the bar and get waited on. From garlic fish to tuna tacos to mussels diablo to our crab stuffed jalapenos to grilled giant U7 shrimp. We make it in house and its all good. After 5 we have our dinner features and anything off that list is a great dish.

Giggity's was built for the adults and is 21 and up. Its a restaurant that is more like a bar. We have live music on the weekends. We have some great food also. We set off to contrast Kody's. Full service and with over 30 seats at the bar, its the largest in the area. We are running Fresh Soft shell crabs and fresh ahi tuna for the special right now. The chorizo fries are bad arse. We are about to put smoked amberjack salad on the menu. That's some dam good sh...stuff. We make our own bacon also. The bacon brownie is quite good.


Shorty's the oldest bar in Port Aransas. We don't have much for food except the cheapest boiled shrimp anywhere. 5 Bucks for a half pound. Its my recipe and I aint gonna lie thems dam good shrimp. I took Shorty's over in November when the family could no longer operate it. They wanted someone who would maintain it. Its been around since 1946. Felt kind of good to be respected so much they would come to me to take it over.

Any way as for other places...Corpus food actually sucks. On north padre island I would recommend Johnny D's(sometimes a long wait but hey its good food) and Dragon Fly. That's about it for my recommendations there.

Here in Port A the Venetian Hot Plate is somewhere I like to go. Café Phoenix is another.

Mussels Diablo Kody's


Ahi Tuna with a Asian peanut glaze and 2 Giant u8 shrimp Giggity's


Fresh soft shell with a tomato avocado curry relish


Dessert? Lime-a-Rita Mousse Giggity's


All these pictures making me hungry now.....

One place my cousin took us was the Yardarm LINK small place but excellent seafood!

Goldfinger, I'll be checking your places out multiple times in a couple of weeks.

Latitude something or another in Rockport is excellent (my favorite in the area so far)

Corpus area I would look at Yardarm, Bleu Bistro, Pho Saigon, Vietnam Restaurant (actually a white linen place)

If you're in the mood for a steak Republic of TX or Katz 21 are probably your best options

Brisket at Rudy's BBQ is fantastic

There is a good Filipino restaurant in the Bluff area called Little Manilla Lumpia house or something like that

A few good Thai places


I work in Ingleside and there isn't a lot here. But there is a good Thai place and a good Vietnamese place on Main Street. Vietnamese place is Kim Hai House of Noodles. I forget the name of the Thai place but it's a pink/purple colored cottage that you can't miss. Would probably be considered top 3 Thai place inn Louisiana.

Thanks.


Know exactly what Thai place you're talking about. Passed it a few times. Stopped and got some Good n Crisp Chicken yesterday nearby. I'm a sucker for fried chicken, wasn't expecting much but left pretty darn satisfied.

FWIW, we went to a place in Port Aransas for Father's day. It's heavy on seafood (most of which I'm unfortunately allergic to)

I decided to get the shimp and tenderloin tower. Served with mushroom risotto and veal demi glace. Fantastic.

I only know of 2 of them

Helps to have a common last name. Tough to google me when I forget to pull out.