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51 results for "inn" (13 heritage, 2 dispatch)
Crabcakes & Caviar
VerifiedUpscale chef-curated catering — by 2025 Texas State Chef of the Year
Jeremiah's Boat Dock Grill
VerifiedDockside grill at Woody's Last Stand — South Texas, locally sourced, by Texas Chef of the Year
Saltwater Gypsies
VerifiedVintage-inspired art & gift market — handmade jewelry, coastal decor & more
The Tarpon Inn
VerifiedHistoric 1886 hotel on the National Register — 7,000 signed tarpon scales in the lobby
Tortuga's Saltwater Grill
VerifiedPremium Gulf Coast seafood & hand-cut steaks in an upscale island setting
Venetian Hot Plate
VerifiedAuthentic Italian from a Venice native — a Port A institution since 1995
$66 Million in Closed Session
Wednesday at 5 PM, the Port Aransas City Council votes to consent to a $66 million hotel-and-convention center at Palmilla Beach Resort. The Master Development Agreement is being negotiated in closed session. Seven years ago, the same Council made a similar decision the same way — and the project was never built.
38,000 Photos Nobody Can See
Inside the Port Aransas Museum — a 1910 Sears kit house holding the island's institutional memory
A Town That Renamed Itself Twice
Ropesville to Tarpon to Port Aransas — three names in twenty-three years, each one reflecting what the island wanted to become
Alister Square Inn
VerifiedCharming inn in the heart of Port A — walkable to everything
America's Best Value Inn
VerifiedBudget-friendly and close to the beach — no frills, no regrets
BierHaus Port Aransas
VerifiedCraft biers, bar swings, live music & a climate-controlled patio on Ave G
Connectivity, WiFi, Groceries, Gas
Cell service good island-wide. IGA on island, HEB across the ferry. Fill up gas before crossing.
Days Inn Port Aransas
VerifiedBudget-friendly island stay — clean, convenient, close to the beach
Drive for PAL — runner leaderboard
Real cash, your schedule, your bank every delivery
FINS Grill & Icehouse
VerifiedWaterfront seafood & grill — you hook 'em, we cook 'em!
FINS Grill & Icehouse
VerifiedWaterfront icehouse with cold beer on tap and Gulf breezes
Fly It! Port A
VerifiedThe island's only kite shop — on Ave G since 1991, hosts three free kite festivals a year
Hampton Inn Port Aransas
VerifiedReliable comfort and free breakfast — Hilton quality on the island
Indigo Eclectic
VerifiedEclectic, artsy gifts and home goods with a Port A soul
Island Bakery
VerifiedFresh-baked pastries, breads & coffee — Port A's morning ritual
Kody's Restaurant & Bar
VerifiedBurgers, seafood & steaks with 18-hole mini golf — kitchen open 'til 1AM
Lelo's Island Bar
VerifiedSignature tiki drinks, specialty burgers & island vibes — dog-friendly patio
Lisa Mayo Interiors & Boutique
VerifiedCoastal interior design and boutique gifts — beautiful finds for island homes
Lisabella's Bistro & Bar
VerifiedUpscale coastal seafood at Cinnamon Shore — chef-driven menu & craft cocktails
Loving Coastal Living Origins
VerifiedReal seashells, vintage coral & coastal decor — Cotter Ave
Off to the Fishing Grounds — Tarpon, Texas
View from a steam-driven launch looking back toward a string of rowboats. The town of Tarpon (later Port Aransas) is vis
PAL Delivery
Local food + convenience runs to your beach house
Pioneer RV Resort
VerifiedFamily-friendly beachside RV resort with pools and easy beach access
Port Aransas — A Tale of Two Islands
Tourism dashboards say the island is up. Main Street tells a different story — and the numbers, read carefully, agree.
Portable Detail Service
VerifiedOn-site RV detailing & undercoating on the island since 1994 — Miguel Cantu
Roosevelt's at The Tarpon Inn
VerifiedFine dining in a historic 1886 courtyard — hand-cut steaks & Gulf seafood
Stingray's
VerifiedSports bar, brick oven pizza & 20+ taps — corvettes hanging over the bar
Texas's Oldest Fishing Tournament
From the 1932 Tarpon Rodeo to today's Deep Sea Roundup — 88 years of competition on the Gulf
The Card Table That Built Texas Sandfest
In 1997, two Port Aransas moms set folding chairs on the beach. What grew from that afternoon now pays nearly half a million dollars a year back to the island.
The Connoisseur
VerifiedUpscale gifts, wine, and curated finds for the discerning island visitor
The Day a President Caught a Tarpon
May 8, 1937 — FDR, Barney Farley, and the fish that put Port Aransas in the history books
The Development Question
When master-planned communities arrived on Mustang Island — and what Port Aransas made of it
The Ferry That Keeps the Island an Island
From a six-car side-wheeler to a state-run fleet moving millions — and why there's never been a bridge
The Island Cafe
VerifiedBreakfast and lunch done right — family-owned since 1985
The Island's Institutional Memory
Inside the Port Aransas Museum — from a Fresnel lens shipped from Paris to 1920s film footage nobody has digitized
The Phoenix Restaurant & Bar
VerifiedCasual island dining with a full bar — open late and always lively
The Red Snapper Fleet
How commercial fishing built Port Aransas — and how overfishing and regulation turned the island into a charter-fishing capital
The Red Tide That Built a University
How a catastrophic fish kill in 1935 led to the founding of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute
The Scales on the Wall
Built in 1886 from surplus Civil War barracks lumber — the hotel at the center of Port Aransas fishing history
The Tarpon Inn, 2007
The Tarpon Inn in 2007, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1886, rebuilt after the 1919 hurric
The Tarpon Inn, Port Aransas
Historic photograph of the Tarpon Inn with early motorized vehicles parked in front. Photographed by J. E. Cotter betwee
They Said We Were Extinct
5,000 years on the Gulf Coast, declared extinct in 1858, written back into the Handbook of Texas in 2020
Three Tries, Thirty-Nine Years
How granite from the Hill Country, a private railway, and the Army Corps of Engineers finally tamed Aransas Pass
Winton's Guide Service
VerifiedPremier bay and flats guide service — priority PAL listing
Winton's Island Candy
VerifiedHomemade fudge, caramels & saltwater taffy since 1995