b'The Bar & Grill Staples Street Meat MarketChefs and competitive cooks from across South Texas know where to find the best products that meet a high standard that can be trusted, and that is Staples Street Meats on the far south side of Corpus Christi. Here you will find Certified Angus Beef, the real deal, sold in every cut, from the best Choice to real USDA Primeand at prices that meet or beat super-markets every day of the week. Stake you claim as the barbecue king and pick up an Angus or Wagu beef brisketthis is the meat that earned one local com-petitive cooking team #1 Brisket with The Bar & Grill a perfect score, and #6 Overall awards Flour Bluff, you have arrived. None otherat the World Food Championships in than semi-celebrity Texas Chef DavidOrange Beach, Alabama, just last year! Lee and business partner Elias GonzalezBrowse the extensive selection of spices have brought their talent and energyand rubs in the well-stocked grocery to the Bluffand not along SPID wheremarket, and ask about smoked briskets, you can rely on a fair share ofin-townprime rib and other products cooked on-folks and money-bag touristsbut deepsite. 7626 S. Staples St.(361) 561-4111 in the Bluff. Like Waldron in the schoolStaplesStreetMeats.comzone, in the Bluff. The vittles at this newSnoopys Pierplace are a whole step forward unto themselvesawesome Angus steaks, huge smoked ribs, fantastic sandwiches, gourmet burgers and salads, and a chili dog that will change your whole world! 2150 Waldron Rd. in Flour Bluff (361) 353-5005$$$Opening SoonSnoopys PierFew establishments can claim true legend status, but in the world of Texas coastal seafood, Snoopys is the real Mo Meauxs deal. Stories of Steve Martin, Laura Bush and other celebrities stopping in gives Mo Meauxs way to the fact that, year after year, the Less than a year after bringing newvery best fish, oysters, shrimp, and of life to their SPID/Greenwood location,course hush puppies, are served up in Mo Meauxs Kitchen is making theirthis waterfront fish house, which offers name as one of the citys best seafoodone of the best views in Texas, that of establishments. The Cajun Fusion themethe beautiful Laguna Madre. While fried here will remind you of New Orleans,seafood made Snoopys famous, over especially the less touristy spots wherethe years their menu has expanded to you find real Southern Louisiana cook- include deviled crab, fish tacos, and the ing. Signature dishes include blackenedever-popular Snoopyburger. Located fish topped with etouffee sauce, NOLAon the Intracoastal Waterway, in the BBQ shrimp, Cajun pasta, and an awe- shadow of the JFK Causeway, Snoopys some surf-n-turf with a tender 10 oz.offers free boat docking for customers strip steak and grilled shrimp. Those in aand whatever you do, dont forget to hit more exotic mood should try the SwampScoopys next door, the on-site dessert Plate, starring fried alligator and frogand ice cream shop. 13113 S. Padre legs. 1933 S. Padre Island Dr.Island Dr. North Padre Island (361) 238-6968MoMeauxs.com$$$ (361) 949-8815SnoopysPier.com$$122 THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINEFall 2019 TheCoastalBend.com'