
Vietnamese-Cajun on Garth. Crawfish that ruins other crawfish. Beignets after.
The chain corridor will try to eat your trip. This list is the correction: Cuban bread from Florida, a burger that won Texas, Sinaloa lime, pupusas, garlic crawfish, handmade dumplings, shrimp with a view.

Vietnamese-Cajun on Garth. Crawfish that ruins other crawfish. Beignets after.

Birria, queso tacos, and a downtown kitchen that actually has a point of view.

Handmade dumplings and bao on 146. The Chinatown quality people did not expect.


Pupusas, curtido, and the best $3 you will spend in Baytown. Closed Saturday.

Fifty-plus years on Texas Avenue. Best Burger in Texas, 2016 — and they still act like it.

The breakfast Cuban, a cafecito, and the reason Decker Drive has a line at dawn.

The old reliable on Garth. Combination plates, no surprises, no shame.

Red-sauce Italian for birthdays, ball teams, and Sunday after church.

Family-owned restaurant serving Texas-style slow-smoked barbecue and other Texas favorites made from scratch.


Hot-chicken restaurant with a Mont Belvieu location at 9737 Eagle Drive.

Cajun kitchen on Decker. Official hours on the site — bar hours are a different question.

Boil, vermicelli, and butterfly shrimp on north 146. Next to Walmart, better than that sounds.

Old-school sandwiches since 1981, and the pink lemonade people still talk about.

Coffee shop serving customized coffees, espresso drinks, Rebel energy drinks, teas, lemonades, smoothies and other beverages.

Homemade tortillas and the green sauce locals argue about. Family-owned since 1960.

Scratch Tex-Mex on Cedar Bayou-Lynchburg. The east-side table that is not Garth.

Big Latin seafood platters off I-10. Go with a crowd. Order the rice.

A neighborhood grill that locals keep recommending in the same breath.



Restaurant serving fresh food and offering catering and party trays.

Garth Road’s reliable grill — burgers, brick-oven pizza, a cold Texas beer after a shift.

Garlic sauce, pickled turnips, and a wrap that outruns the drive-thrus.

A Baytown burger stand with a name that is a complete sentence. Since 1955.

Breakfast and brunch cafe serving made-from-scratch dishes including French toast, mimosas, eggs, bacon and biscuits.

Fried shrimp, a patio, and Sunday music over the water — Baytown’s default date-night.

Hidden-gem sushi a block off Town Square. Spicy tuna nachos, then whatever the chef is in the mood for.

Wood fire at the Hyatt, looking at the ship channel. Not downtown. Better than that.


Family-oriented restaurant serving fresh Cajun seafood, steaks and other made-from-scratch dishes, with catering and pickup options.

Mexican restaurant serving Mexican and Tex-Mex dishes including fajitas, enchiladas, tacos and margaritas.

Cajun restaurant serving seafood and Southern cooking, with cocktails, beer and catering.

Mexican restaurant focused on fresh food, friendly service, seasonal menus and catering.


Mexican restaurant serving Tex-Mex dishes with tortillas made in-house.

Dining venue at Eagle Pointe with indoor and outdoor dining.
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