Rockit’s Whiskey Bar & Saloon

It is called Bar Under the Sun and it does, in fact, deliver cold drinks under the sun. Sometimes truth in advertising is all a Corpus Christi waterfront bar needs.

Cold Guinness and good craic work the same on the Gulf Coast as anywhere else, and Mully’s proves an Irish pub does not need a coastline to make sense, it just helps.

The Goldfish earns its regulars the old-fashioned way, cold drinks and genuine warmth instead of gimmicks, which somehow still works in a Coastal Bend that has never needed the theatrics.

The USS Lexington sits visible across the water while you eat fresh Gulf shrimp at The Point, proof Corpus Christi’s waterfront deserves more attention than the Texas road-trippers speeding past toward South Padre.

Three-story beachfront complex on Corpus Christi’s North Beach — private beach access, fajitas, frozen drinks, live music, and views of the USS Lexington.