Now open on pier
The Pier House held a grand opening/ribbon cutting celebration in conjunction with a Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce-Tourist Bureau meeting Tuesday, April 10. Owners Jay and Karen Jones, center cut the 'net' as chamber members look on. The restaurant on Horace Caldwell Pier is open at 6 a.m. with a menu featuring an array of breakfast items that includes cinnamon rolls, pastries, kolaches and more. For lunch and dinner the menu includes seafood baskets, hamburgers, po boys, hot dogs and more. Besides fishing on the pier, the establishment offers surf boards, boogie boards, fishing poles and beach toy rentals and sells fishing tackle, bait, beer, surf wax, ice cream and more.

STAFF PHOTO BY MURRAY JUDSON