restaurant · South Padre Island
Cafe on the Beach (The Palms)
Beachfront American
Gulf-front cafe serving breakfast through dinner year-round. Cooks your catch.
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Specials
No specials posted. See the whole board.
Upcoming live music
Nothing posted for the coming days. See who’s playing.
Menu
From Cafe on the Beach (The Palms)’s website · prices as posted, may changeShrimpShrimp cocktailCrabCrab cakesFries & sidesSoupRed snapperSalmonSaladsOystersCoconut shrimpFried shrimpTacosShrimp tacos
Lunch & Dinner
- Jumbo Gulf Shrimp Cocktail
- Half Pound$18
- Crab CakesTopped with Chipotle Beurre Blanca Sauce JALAPEÑO HUSH PUPPIES
- Small (6)$6
- Large (10)$9
- One Pound$30
- Creamy Seafood Bisque
- Salmon, Shrimp and Red Snapper. Served with CrostiniCup $9 / Bowl $16
- Chicken Tortilla SoupChicken, Tortilla Strips, Chilies, Tomatoes, Onions, Bell
- Peppers and Cheddar Jack CheeseCup $6 / Bowl $9W/out cheese or tortilla strips. SALAD DRESSINGS: Housemate Ranch, Blue Cheese, Caesar, 1000 Island, Honey Mustard, Balsamic Vinaigrette
Specialty Drink
- Hand Breaded, Served with Coleslaw
- Shrimp$18
- Oysters$18
- Red Snapper$19
- Combo$20
- 1/2lb Fresh Ground Certified Angus Beef with LettuceTomato, Red Onion and Pickles on the Side. Choice of Sesame, Wheat bun, or Skip the Bun. Choice of American, Cheddar-Jack, Swiss, Provolone or Blue Cheese
- Allel Bacon, Avocado, Fried Egg$2
- A Grilled Mushrooms, Grilled Onions, Jalepeiios$1Add Grilled Pineapple $1
- Coconut Shrimp Basket$20Served with a Coconut Pineapple Dipping Sauce Yome/!
- Blackened Shrimp Tacos (2)Blackened Gulf Shrimp Topped with Cabbage and Tomatoes on a Corn Tortilla, Sided with Chipotle Sauce
- 'Sharables$2
- Six Housemate Potato Chips topped with CrispyOyster, Mango Pico and Citrus Aioli
- Steamed in a White Wine Butter and Herbed GarlicSauce with Bell Peppers, Onions. Served with Crostini
- Oysters Rockefeller$21Five Oysters Broiled with Bacon, Onion, Creamed. Spinach, Hollandaise and Parmesan Cheese
Soups & Salads
- Beachfront Salad$18Spring Mix Lettuce with Tomato, Kalamata Olives, Pears, Hearts of Palm, Bleu Cheese Crumbles and Mandarin Oranges, with a Balsamic Vinaigrette. Dressing, and Caramelized Pecans
- Petite Beachfront Salad$10.50
- Strawberry Spinach Salad$14Spinach, Strawberries, Blue Cheese, Red Onion, and Candied Pecans with Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
'Local Favorites
- Grilled Red Snapper Sandwich$20Served with Housemate Cilantro Lime Tartar Sauce
- Classic Reuben Sandwich$18Slow Cooked Corned Beef on a Toasted Marble Rye with Swiss Cheese, Sauerkraut, & 1000 Island Dressing
- Make It a Snapper Reuben$21
- Teriyaki Chicken Sandwich$14Marinated Chicken Breast, Served on a Toasted Bun with Lettuce, Tomato, Onion and Grilled Pineapple
- Fried Egg BLT$13Two Eggs with Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, Mayo and Your Choice of Wheat or White Bread
- Ad# Avocado$3
- Saury padre
- Bacon, Onion, Creamed Spinach with ParmesanCheese. Served with Housemate Tortilla Chips
- Chicken$12
- Shrimp$13
- Housemate Potato Chip Basket$6Sprinkled with Parmesan
- Parmesan Crisp
- Grilled/blackened Chicken Breast$7
- Crispy Chicken Tenders$6
- Grilled/blackened Shrimp$12
- Grilled Mahi Mahi$12
- Grilled/blackened Red Snapper$14
- Grilled/blackened Salmon$14
- Grilled "Sashimi Grade"" Ahi Tuna$14
- Grilled 60Z Center Cut Filet Mignon$29
- Impossible Burger$13Plant-Based Burger Served on a Wheat Bun with Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, Pickle Slices on the Side
- Chicken Tenders$10Three Strips Served with Honey Mustard
- Classic Coondogs$9Two All Beef Coondogs Served with Honey Mustard
- Palms Beach Dog$9
- Buffalo Sauce, Jalapeños, Cheddar Jack Cheese$1
- Each
- Blackened Mahi Fish Tacos (2)Blackened Mahi Mahi Topped with Cabbage and Tomatoes on a Corn Tortilla, Sided with Chipotle Sauce. Choice of Chips & Salsa or Tortilla Soup
Sides
- Baked Potato$5
- House Salad$6
- Grilled Chicken Breast Topped with TORTILLA SOUP$6
- Grilled Riad Snapper Filet Toppadwith Al Bleu Cheese$1
- Baked Parmesan Crisps (3)$5
- 8 oz. Cold Water$2Grilled Chicken with Bacon, Onion, Creamed Spinach and Hollandaise
- Lobster Tail to Any
Key Lime Pie
- 'Desserts$9
Cheesecake of the Day
- Ice Cream Sundae
Favorites
- Heart Healthy
Breakfast
- Classic Benedict$14Canadian Bacon, Poached Eggs, Housemate Hollandaise on a Toasted English Muffin with Hash Browns
- Browns
- Florentine Benedict$12Sautéed Spinach, Poached Eggs, Housemate. Hollandaise on a Toasted English Muffin with Hash
- Hash Benedict$19Housemate Corned Beef Hash, Poached Eggs, Housemate Hollandaise with Toast
- Crab Cake Benedict$31Two of our Delicious Crabcakes on a Bed of Sauteed. Spinach, Poached Eggs, Housemate Hollandaise and Green Onion with Hash Browns and your choice of Toast
Two Eggs
- Toast and Hashbrowns$8
- Al Bacon, Sausage, Canadian Bacon$3
- Each
- Palms Light Breakfast$101 Egg, 1 Pancake, 1 Sausage or Bacon with Hash
- BrownsServed with Fruit Garnish
- Sunrise Sandwich$10Bagel or English Muffin, with Egg, American Cheese, and Choice of Sausage, Canadian Bacon, or Bacon
- Cafe Omelette$9Choice of Cheddar-Jack, American, Swiss, or Provolone. Cheese with Toast and Hash Browns. Add Chorizo, Bacon, Sausage, or Canadian Bacon $1
- Grande Breakfast Taco$9Scrambled Eggs and Cheddar Jack Cheese in a Flour Tortilla. Add Chorizo, Bacon, Sausage, Canadian Bacon
- Beachcomber Breakfast2 Eggs, 2 Pancakes, 2 Strips of Bacon, 1 Sausage Patty with Hash Browns
- Smoked Atlantic Salmon$8
100% Pure Squeezed
- Orange Juice
- Milk$3
- Hot Chocolate$3
Coffee & Tea
- Premium Ground Coffee$3(free refills)
- Cold Brew Coffee (No Refills)$3
- Assorted Hot Teas$3
- Iced Tea (Free Refills)$3
- Arnold Palmer (Lemonade & Tea)$3
- Boston Tea (Cranberry & Tea)$3.50
Soda & Water
- Bottled Topo Chico$3.75
- Bottled Spring Water$2.75
- Fountain Drinks (Free Refills)$3Coke, diet coke, sprite
Dr. Pepper & Lemonade
- 9 Palms Malted Pancakes$9A Full Stack (3) of Malted Pancakes Dusted with Powdered Sugar, Served with 100% Pure Maple Syrup
- Al Fresh Berries$2
- Each
- Lox & Bagel$17Smoked Atlantic Salmon served with a Toasted Bagel, Cream Cheese, Capers, Red Onion and Sliced
- Tomatoes
- Steel Cut Oats$7Steel Cut Oats, Brown Sugar and Cinnamon
- Ald Blueberries, Strawberries, Pecans$1
- Yogurt Parfait$8Seasonal Fresh Fruit and Vanilla Yogurt. Topped with Cinnamon Granola
- Fresh Fruit Cup$7Pineapple, Strawberries, Cantaloupe, Blueberries
- 'Extras
Or English Muffin
- 'Fun CoffeeAll Specialty Coffees Made with Premium Ground Coffee and Zgqped with Whigped Cream
- Irish Coffee$9Irish Whiskey + Bailey's Irish Cream
- Nutty Irishman Coffee$9Frangelico Hazelnut Liqueur + Bailey's Irish Cream
- Mexican Coffee$9
- Cafe Cuban$9
- Dark Rum + Kahlua
- Millionaires Coffee$12
- Italian Coffee$9
- Palms Iced Coffee (Tall)$9
'Frozen Boozy Treats
- Brandy Alexander$12
- Grasshopper$12
- Cereal$5
- Raisin Granola
- Flour (2) or Corn (3) Tortillas$2
Mimosas
- Grapefruit or Pomegranate
Bloody Maria
- Smoothies
- Berry Blast Smoothie$8Mixed Berries, Banana and Oat Milk
- Mango Sunrise Smoothie$8Mango, Pineapple, Banana and Oat Milk
- Aao/ Fresh Spinach
- Beach
- Chairs are
- Rent Daily onThe Beach
Two short emails a week