Bolivar Peninsula ends in a ferry to Galveston, and Stingaree has anchored the middle of it since 1986. Look for the lime green building with the oversized Adirondack chairs out front. Upstairs is the dining room on the Intracoastal Waterway, where the barges pass close enough to read. Downstairs is DownUnder, an open-air bar that started life as the screened-in area where people waited for a table and got promoted into a real room once owner Brad Vratis leaned into the Texas and Louisiana music circuit. Order Boscos Barbecued Crabs and a Stingarita. Vratis comes from a long line of Greek restaurateurs, and he says the appeal is that almost nobody on this peninsula was born here. They chose it. The sunsets are free and advertised as such.
