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Downtown bayfront, Corpus Christi, Texas
A nonprofit gallery and artist co-op on the downtown bayfront showing contemporary work, running classes and stocking a gift shop of local and regional art. An on-site bistro overlooks the marina, and memberships and donations keep the center running.
Best for Local and regional artists' work
Downtown bayfront, Corpus Christi, Texas
A bayfront museum on North Shoreline Boulevard mounting art exhibitions and education programs in its white Philip Johnson-designed building. Its public gift shop carries art and craft goods tied to the collection and regional makers.
Best for Museum store art and craft goods
Southside and Uptown, Corpus Christi, Texas
Founded by David and Amber Bendett, Coffee Waves runs seven locations along the Texas coast, from Corpus Christi shops to a Port Aransas outlet. Its beans come from Nordaggio's, a specialty roastery that buys small-batch coffee and roasts weekly.
Best for House-made Italian gelato and weekly-roasted espresso
David Bendett didn't grow up a coffee drinker — he discovered the trade at 33 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when a friend introduced him to a specialty shop called Nordaggio's and he found himself drawn less to the espresso than to the way the shop pulled a neighborhood together over an afternoon macchiato. When he moved to Corpus Christi in 2006 he found a city with no specialty coffee shops at all, let alone one built as a hangout; after running a coffee cart for a few years, he opened the first Coffee Waves storefront in 2008, followed by a Port Aransas location in 2010 when an old dress shop came vacant. The gelato side of the business came from formal training: Bendett studied at a gelato school in Baltimore under a small family-owned Italian company before bringing the technique home, and Coffee Waves' Corpus Christi shops are now known locally for house-made Italian gelato and sorbetto alongside the coffee. Beans are still roasted weekly by Nordaggio's, the same specialty roaster that first hooked Bendett in Tulsa, closing the loop between where his interest in coffee started and where he built a business on it. With his wife Amber, the company has since grown to seven locations across Corpus Christi and Port Aransas, pairing espresso and gelato with deli paninis and frozen drinks.
SEA District (Downtown), Corpus Christi, Texas
A nonprofit contemporary art gallery on North Chaparral Street mounting rotating exhibitions and championing experimental South Texas artists. It runs as a forum for creative exchange in the downtown SEA District.
Best for Contemporary South Texas art
Southside, Corpus Christi, Texas
This Southside brewery keeps around fifteen house beers plus hard kombucha on tap, from its Corpus Christi Blonde to a Mexican hot chocolate milk stout. The taproom adds a Sunday brunch to the rotation of ambers, IPAs, bocks and porters.
Best for House-brewed beer and kombucha
Corpus Christi / United States
Legacy Gifts on Airline Road is a family-run Corpus Christi shop specialising in engraving many materials.
Best for Engraved gifts in wood, metal and glass
Downtown, Corpus Christi, Texas
A downtown craft brewery pouring eleven taps of house beer alongside Texas-style barbecue smoked on-site, including brisket and ribs. Brewery tours are available on request from the Chaparral Street taproom.
Best for House craft beer and smoked barbecue
Downtown and Calallen, Corpus Christi, Texas
A family-owned seafood house serving Gulf Coast cooking since 2008, which opened its own five-barrel microbrewery in 2013 running twenty-two taps. The kitchen and brewhouse operate side by side across its downtown and Calallen locations.
Best for Gulf seafood and house microbrews
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