Lunch in Baytown

Weekday lunch in Baytown is easiest on Garth Road. Colonial House of Sandwiches and 888 Chinese Restaurant open at 10:30, El Toro and Nara Thai Dining at 11, and Pupuseria El Rey at 8 a.m. The fastest, cheapest plates are a hot roast beef sandwich, a lunch special or a pair of pupusas. East of Garth, Luna's Mexican Restaurant and Baytown Seafood open by 11, and Rooster's Barbecue Co. is downtown. Half of the places below sit in the lowest price band, one dollar sign. Don't treat any of them as a Saturday plan without checking, because two close early or not at all.

Short on time? Colonial House, Pupuseria El Rey, the lunch special at 888 and a basket at Baytown Seafood are the quick ones. Got an hour or more? El Toro, Luna's, Nara Thai and Anchor & Hearth are sit-down rooms.

Fast and cheap

- Colonial House of Sandwiches. At 3002 Garth Road since 1981, a lunch counter with a dining room of regulars. Order the hot roast beef or the turkey club and the pink lemonade. Hours are Monday to Thursday 10:30 to 6, Friday 10:30 to 3, Saturday 10:30 to 2:30, and closed Sunday, with a lot on Garth. - Pupuseria El Rey. At 5622 Garth Road, Salvadoran and Honduran plates from 8 a.m. Order revuelta and loroco pupusas with extra curtido, and a baleada if you want Honduras in the same sitting. A pupusa runs about $3, which makes it the cheapest real lunch on this list. It is open Monday to Thursday until 8, Friday and Sunday until 6, and closed Saturday. - 888 Chinese Restaurant. At 4567 Garth Road, Suite 400, combination plates and lunch specials, and the specials are the value. Order the walnut shrimp or the house combination. It opens at 10:30 every day. - El Sinaloense. At 3002 Market Street, Sinaloa-style seafood, with aguachile and tacos gobernador the things to order, from 10:30 Monday to Saturday and 11 on Sunday. It is walkable from Bicentennial Park. - Baytown Seafood. At 715 W. Main Street, fried Gulf seafood baskets and hushpuppies, open Monday to Thursday from 10 and Saturday and Sunday from 11. The shrimp and catfish basket is the order.

Sit-down lunch

- El Toro. At 5810 Garth Road, a family Tex-Mex room since 1960 with house-made tortillas and the green sauce. Weekdays open at 11, Saturday and Sunday at 9. The lot is large. - Luna's Mexican Restaurant. At 730 W. Cedar Bayou-Lynchburg Road, Tex-Mex on the east side. Fajitas for the table, enchiladas if you came alone. Open at 11 every day. - Nara Thai Dining. At 4505 Garth Road in the Willowcreek Shopping Center, open daily at 11. Order pad kra pao and tell them 7 on the spice. - Rooster's Barbecue Co. At 6 W. Texas Avenue, downtown. Order the burger the first time and the ribeye after that. Posted hours disagree from one source to the next, so call ahead before you plan a lunch around it. - Anchor & Hearth Woodfired Kitchen. At the Hyatt Regency Baytown, 100 Convention Center Way, which serves breakfast daily and lunch on weekdays, with dinner Tuesday to Saturday from 5 to 9. It is the lunch with a ship-channel view, and there is a hotel garage and valet on site. - Sabon Caribbean Creole Cuisine. At 1020 Decker Drive, Caribbean Creole cooking, posted Tuesday to Saturday 11 to 9 and closed Monday. The address reads like a kitchen, so confirm it takes walk-ins before you drive over.

Lunch by street

Garth Road is the lunch strip. Colonial House is at 3002, Nara Thai at 4505, 888 at 4567, Pupuseria El Rey at 5622 and El Toro at 5810, so a coworker who wants a different cuisine can still share a car, and every one of them has its own lot. West Main Street has Baytown Seafood at 715, Market Street has El Sinaloense at 3002 (walk to Bicentennial Park from there), Texas Avenue has Rooster's at number 6, and the east side has Luna's on Cedar Bayou-Lynchburg Road. Decker Drive has Sabon at 1020.

When lunch is shorter than you think

Colonial House closes at 3 on Friday and 2:30 on Saturday. Pupuseria El Rey is closed Saturdays. El Toro opens at 11 on weekdays, so it is not a breakfast-taco stop, and Sabon is closed Monday.

Highlands, Crosby and Mont Belvieu

The searches that start in these towns usually want a place that is open at 11. - Backdraft Restaurant, at 411 S. Main Street in Highlands, is a family barbecue restaurant open from 5 a.m. Monday to Saturday, and on Sunday from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Peso's Mexican Restaurant, at 6512 FM 2100 in Crosby, makes its tortillas in-house and is open 11 to 9 Monday to Saturday, closed Sunday. - Paradise Cafe / Sushi 2 Stir Fry, at 9655 Eagle Drive in Mont Belvieu, is open 11 to 9:30 Monday to Saturday and 11 to 9 on Sunday. - The Pointe Grill, at 12450 Eagle Pointe Drive in Mont Belvieu, serves Monday to Friday 8 to 2 and is closed on weekends.

About lunch menus

Menus change, so a restaurant's own site or counter is the source for prices. Two places run lunch specials or a weekday lunch: 888 Chinese Restaurant and Anchor & Hearth. At any other room, ask what the lunch special is before you order off the dinner menu. The where to eat guide sorts the rest by mood, the Tex-Mex guide and the seafood guide go deeper into the two big lunch categories, and the barbecue guide has more on Rooster's.

Garth Road is the lunch strip.

Before you go

- Check the day: Pupuseria El Rey is closed Saturday and Colonial House closes at 3 on Friday. - Call Rooster's Barbecue Co. before you plan around it, since its posted hours conflict. - Ask for the lunch special at 888 Chinese Restaurant.

En español

El almuerzo entre semana es más fácil en Garth Road. Colonial House of Sandwiches y 888 Chinese Restaurant abren a las 10:30, El Toro y Nara Thai Dining a las 11, y Pupuseria El Rey a las 8 de la mañana. Lo más rápido y barato es un sándwich caliente de rosbif, un especial del almuerzo o un par de pupusas. Al este de Garth, Luna's Mexican Restaurant y Baytown Seafood abren antes de las 11, y Rooster's Barbecue Co. está en el centro. La mitad de los lugares están en el nivel de precio más bajo, un signo de dólar. No planees un sábado sin confirmar: dos cierran temprano o no abren.

¿Poco tiempo? Colonial House, Pupuseria El Rey, el especial de 888 y una canasta en Baytown Seafood son lo más rápido. ¿Una hora o más? El Toro, Luna's, Nara Thai y Anchor & Hearth son para sentarse.

Rápido y barato

- Colonial House of Sandwiches, 3002 Garth Road, desde 1981: mostrador con comedor de clientes de siempre. Pide el rosbif caliente o el club de pavo y la limonada rosada. Lunes a jueves de 10:30 a 6, viernes de 10:30 a 3, sábado de 10:30 a 2:30, cerrado el domingo. Tiene estacionamiento en Garth. - Pupuseria El Rey, 5622 Garth Road: platos salvadoreños y hondureños desde las 8 a.m. Pide pupusas revueltas y de loroco con curtido extra, y una baleada si quieres Honduras en la misma comida. Una pupusa cuesta unos $3. Abre de lunes a jueves hasta las 8, viernes y domingo hasta las 6, y cierra el sábado. - 888 Chinese Restaurant, 4567 Garth Road, Suite 400: platos combinados y especiales del almuerzo, que son lo más rentable. Pide el camarón con nuez o la combinación de la casa. Abre a las 10:30 todos los días. - El Sinaloense, 3002 Market Street: mariscos al estilo Sinaloa; pide el aguachile y los tacos gobernador. Abre a las 10:30 de lunes a sábado y a las 11 el domingo. Queda a pie del Bicentennial Park. - Baytown Seafood, 715 W. Main Street: canastas de mariscos fritos del Golfo y hushpuppies. Abre de lunes a jueves a las 10 y sábado y domingo a las 11. Pide la canasta de camarón y bagre.

Para sentarse

- El Toro, 5810 Garth Road: sala familiar de Tex-Mex desde 1960, con tortillas hechas en casa y salsa verde. De lunes a viernes abre a las 11; sábado y domingo, a las 9. El estacionamiento es grande. - Luna's Mexican Restaurant, 730 W. Cedar Bayou-Lynchburg Road: Tex-Mex en el lado este. Fajitas para la mesa, enchiladas si vas solo. Abre a las 11 todos los días. - Nara Thai Dining, 4505 Garth Road, en el centro comercial Willowcreek: abre a diario a las 11. Pide pad kra pao y di que lo quieres con picante nivel 7. - Rooster's Barbecue Co., 6 W. Texas Avenue, en el centro: pide la hamburguesa la primera vez y el ribeye después. Los horarios publicados no coinciden, así que llama antes de planear el almuerzo allí. - Anchor & Hearth Woodfired Kitchen, en el Hyatt Regency Baytown, 100 Convention Center Way: desayuno diario, almuerzo entre semana y cena de martes a sábado de 5 a 9. Es el almuerzo con vista al canal, con garaje del hotel y valet. - Sabon Caribbean Creole Cuisine, 1020 Decker Drive: cocina criolla del Caribe, martes a sábado de 11 a 9, cerrado el lunes. La dirección parece de una cocina; confirma que atiende al público antes de ir.

Almuerzo por calle

Garth Road es la franja del almuerzo: Colonial House en el 3002, Nara Thai en el 4505, 888 en el 4567, Pupuseria El Rey en el 5622 y El Toro en el 5810, todos con estacionamiento propio. Baytown Seafood está en W. Main 715, El Sinaloense en Market 3002, Rooster's en Texas Avenue 6, Luna's en Cedar Bayou-Lynchburg Road y Sabon en Decker 1020.

Cuando el almuerzo es más corto de lo que crees

Colonial House cierra a las 3 el viernes y a las 2:30 el sábado. Pupuseria El Rey cierra los sábados. El Toro abre a las 11 entre semana, así que no es parada de tacos de desayuno. Sabon cierra los lunes.

Highlands, Crosby y Mont Belvieu

- Backdraft Restaurant, 411 S. Main Street, Highlands: barbacoa familiar, abre a las 5 a.m. de lunes a sábado y a las 6 a.m. el domingo, hasta las 3 p.m. - Peso's Mexican Restaurant, 6512 FM 2100, Crosby: tortillas hechas en casa; abre de 11 a 9 de lunes a sábado y cierra el domingo. - Paradise Cafe / Sushi 2 Stir Fry, 9655 Eagle Drive, Mont Belvieu: de 11 a 9:30 de lunes a sábado y de 11 a 9 el domingo. - The Pointe Grill, 12450 Eagle Pointe Drive, Mont Belvieu: de lunes a viernes de 8 a 2; cierra los fines de semana.

Sobre los menús

Los menús cambian; el sitio o el mostrador del restaurante es la fuente para precios. 888 Chinese Restaurant y Anchor & Hearth tienen especiales o almuerzo entre semana. En los demás, pregunta por el especial antes de pedir del menú de cena. La guía de dónde comer, la guía de Tex-Mex, la guía de mariscos y la guía de barbacoa tienen más.

Antes de salir

- Revisa el día: Pupuseria El Rey cierra el sábado y Colonial House cierra a las 3 el viernes. - Llama a Rooster's antes de planear, porque sus horarios publicados no coinciden. - Pide el especial del almuerzo en 888.

Sources

- Business hours and addresses: each restaurant's own listing and counter; confirm before you go. - Anchor & Hearth hours: the Hyatt Regency Baytown front desk.