18 Best Restaurants & Bars On Galveston Island

"If you long for the days when you could smoke inside at a bar, Island Pier Club near East Beach and the Seawall is for you. The one-room bar has all the dive essentials: only one bartender (who is probably the nicest bartender on the planet), a pool table that is always occupied by people who are intimidatingly good at pool, various push-button slot machines, a TV that somehow always plays sports, bags of random chips for sale, and some kind of jukebox—analog or otherwise. This is the kind of place where you just order a beer and a shot. Don’t get fancy, unless the nice bartender tells you to." - chelsea thomas, gianni greene