Guidebook for Matagorda
Food Scene
Closed Tuesday & Wednesday. Excellent stuffed flounder & ribeye. Great oysters (in season), crab fingers - homemade salad dressings. Full Bar. View of Matagorda Harbor.
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Waterfront Restaurant
190 County Rd 214Closed Tuesday & Wednesday. Excellent stuffed flounder & ribeye. Great oysters (in season), crab fingers - homemade salad dressings. Full Bar. View of Matagorda Harbor.
Good breakfast spot. Daily lunch buffet. Great open-faced hot roast beef style sandwich made with brisket. No alcohol.
Lighthouse BBQ Cafe
18411 TX-60Good breakfast spot. Daily lunch buffet. Great open-faced hot roast beef style sandwich made with brisket. No alcohol.
Closed Monday. Serving breakfast on Friday, Saturday & Sunday morning. All of the fried dishes are pretty good. Full Bar with Happy Hour (call for hours) and a late night menu in the bar after 9pm. Located on the Colorado River - great screened outdoor porch (dog friendly).
RiverBend Restaurant
1426 FM2031Closed Monday. Serving breakfast on Friday, Saturday & Sunday morning. All of the fried dishes are pretty good. Full Bar with Happy Hour (call for hours) and a late night menu in the bar after 9pm. Located on the Colorado River - great screened outdoor porch (dog friendly).
Closed Wednesday & Thursday. Great coconut shrimp and shrimp cocktail, Jeff's Chicken sandwich - a very ice house feel. Beer & Wine only.
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Snappers Bar & Grill
1710 FM2031Closed Wednesday & Thursday. Great coconut shrimp and shrimp cocktail, Jeff's Chicken sandwich - a very ice house feel. Beer & Wine only.
Great wings, salads, entrees. Key Lime pie is very good. In the summer they have seafood boils on the large palapa roof patio. Full bar. Thursday night Fried Catfish buffet. They usually have entertainment on the patio Friday and Saturday nights during the summer.
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Poco Playa Restaurant, Bar & Village
582 Fisher StGreat wings, salads, entrees. Key Lime pie is very good. In the summer they have seafood boils on the large palapa roof patio. Full bar. Thursday night Fried Catfish buffet. They usually have entertainment on the patio Friday and Saturday nights during the summer.
Excellent cuisine, but open seasonally and only on certain nights - be sure to call first to confirm they are open. Ask for Jackie or Hallie as your server - you won't be sorry. The fried green tomatoes and shrimp appetizer is a winner as is the Key Lime Pie (unconventional, but EXCELLENT)!
Spoonbills Restaurant
773 Cypress StExcellent cuisine, but open seasonally and only on certain nights - be sure to call first to confirm they are open. Ask for Jackie or Hallie as your server - you won't be sorry. The fried green tomatoes and shrimp appetizer is a winner as is the Key Lime Pie (unconventional, but EXCELLENT)!
Drinks & Nightlife
Open everyday at 5pm until... Full bar with most premium liquors, darts, pool table, bar games. Non smoking - but large covered patio.
Pluggers Pub
1292 Fisher StOpen everyday at 5pm until... Full bar with most premium liquors, darts, pool table, bar games. Non smoking - but large covered patio.
Open Thursday, Friday & Saturday and some holidays. Full Bar with friendly bartender "Kimmy" Shuffleboard tournaments on Thursday nights - Pool tables. SMOKING allowed. No signage - it is located in the "Matagorda Shoppe" on Fisher street next to CJ's Convenience Store.
The Cove
1200 Fisher StOpen Thursday, Friday & Saturday and some holidays. Full Bar with friendly bartender "Kimmy" Shuffleboard tournaments on Thursday nights - Pool tables. SMOKING allowed. No signage - it is located in the "Matagorda Shoppe" on Fisher street next to CJ's Convenience Store.
Parks & Nature
There are 23 miles of beach accessible by vehicle, and 35 additional miles accessible only by boat. There is a beach permit required to drive on the beach - and are available for sale for $10 from Stanley's or the Matagorda Nature Center.
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Spiaggia di Matagorda
6420 FM2031There are 23 miles of beach accessible by vehicle, and 35 additional miles accessible only by boat. There is a beach permit required to drive on the beach - and are available for sale for $10 from Stanley's or the Matagorda Nature Center.
Arts & Culture
The City by the Sea Museum is proud to feature several exhibits that illustrate the unique history of the Palacios area
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Palacios Area Historical Association
401 Commerce StThe City by the Sea Museum is proud to feature several exhibits that illustrate the unique history of the Palacios area
The mission of the Matagorda County Museum is to collect, preserve and protect the county's cultural heritage so it is only fitting that the museum makes its home in a historical building constructed in 1918 as the Federal Post Office in Bay City. To those ends, the museum's exhibits include early Texas exploration, regional ranching and farming heritage along with a display of artifacts from the shipwreck La Belle, a 17-century vessel of French explorer Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. There is also a children's museum exhibit.
Matagorda County Museum
2100 Avenue FThe mission of the Matagorda County Museum is to collect, preserve and protect the county's cultural heritage so it is only fitting that the museum makes its home in a historical building constructed in 1918 as the Federal Post Office in Bay City. To those ends, the museum's exhibits include early Texas exploration, regional ranching and farming heritage along with a display of artifacts from the shipwreck La Belle, a 17-century vessel of French explorer Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. There is also a children's museum exhibit.
Shopping
Fish market featuring fresh and frozen fish and shrimp.
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Buddy's Seafood & Bait
59 Fisher StFish market featuring fresh and frozen fish and shrimp.
Rawlings' Bait Camp
4532 FM2031Bait & Tackle - drinks, snacks
Harbor Bait & Tackle
Bait & Tackle - drinks, snacks, t-shirts
Lena's Landing
800 Fisher StTourist items
The Salty Dog
1292 Fisher StLiquor Store
The Purple Palm
1303 Fisher StMen's and Women's clothes and shoes
Carries a large selection of Tropically inspired housewares, art, apparel and furniture items
Tropical Maniac Shack
Carries a large selection of Tropically inspired housewares, art, apparel and furniture items
Cattails Mercantile Store
22996 TX-60Mercantile store with a coffee/wine bar - worth stopping by
Essentials
CJS ONE STOP
186 Fisher StConvenience Store with deli sandwiches and Hunt Brothers Pizzas
Grocery store carrying most essentials and beer & wine. Deli serving Fried chicken and chicken tenders as well as other fried items. Hands down best hamburger within 60 miles - each made to order fresh! Fries and tater tots - limited menu of other items. Does carry breakfast items. To-go only - there is no dining in-house
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Stanley's General Store
752 Market StGrocery store carrying most essentials and beer & wine. Deli serving Fried chicken and chicken tenders as well as other fried items. Hands down best hamburger within 60 miles - each made to order fresh! Fries and tater tots - limited menu of other items. Does carry breakfast items. To-go only - there is no dining in-house