Restaurants in Corpus Christi, TX

Corpus Christi has 1,354 places in this guide, and 968 are restaurants. The rest include 146 quick service spots, 71 cafes and 155 bars. Mexican (183), bars (152) and pizza (84) lead the category counts among the listed places, as shown in this guide.

Corpus Christi's 42.7 places per ten thousand residents sit slightly above the 41.8 median across all cities.

903 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Subway (38), Laredo Taco Company (27), Whataburger (24) and McDonald's (17).

In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Corpus Christi ranks #130 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.

Food in Corpus Christi by cuisine

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