The Texas Bucket List - Dirty Al's on South Padre Island

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2020
  • On the sunny beaches of South Padre Island, there is a seafood restaurant with delicious Oysters Rockefeller, fried shrimp, and freshly caught fish that is sure to delight your tastebuds!
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  • @lanem1703
    @lanem1703 3 года назад +44

    We went there back in August and it was amazing! We didn't feel like tourist. They treated us like family. Then after dinner we walked over to the boats and went on a dolphin tour. This is a great location!

  • @truss6282
    @truss6282 2 года назад +4

    Get the Botanna Platter if you are a family of 4-5. We get the fish and shrimp with fries and onion rings. You absolutely can't go wrong. This place is not just a restaurant to us, it's a family tradition.

  • @gfernandez2124
    @gfernandez2124 3 года назад +15

    “That’s a slippery slope now days” 😂😂😂

  • @roberttrevino5058
    @roberttrevino5058 3 года назад +69

    Hmmm.. think I’ll drive an hour and have lunch there later today. One of the few perks of living in the Valley 😄Thanks for the video!

  • @meldacano1525
    @meldacano1525 3 года назад +9

    Time for a road trip.. McAllen to the Island. I enjoy lunch at Dirty Al's Pelican Station...beautiful view of the causeway...bay.

    • @suecook1326
      @suecook1326 3 года назад +1

      We did Dirty Al's SPI 2 days ago. Think I like Pelican Station better too, More choices

  • @edmonddantes9255
    @edmonddantes9255 2 года назад +3

    I did not know he was the owner, last time I went he was tending the bar.. good job mr Al

  • @debcarpenter8519
    @debcarpenter8519 2 года назад +1

    I ate at Dirty Al's six weeks ago. Came from Colorado and it was the best fish and shrimp I've ever ate. Next we went to Pier 19 (RIP, burnt down this past week). Huge difference in the freshness. Dirty Al's is number one in my book!!

  • @longbeachvet3107
    @longbeachvet3107 3 года назад +8

    I immediately thought of the “Blood in Blood out movie “ 😂

  • @franciscosandiego3026
    @franciscosandiego3026 Год назад +1

    I like Texas bucket list videos on RUclips from the imperial county California 👍👍🖐️🇺🇲

  • @lindagreen481
    @lindagreen481 2 года назад +1

    I remember when I was a kid and my family lived in Rio Hondo, we would go to the beach and the sand dunes were so big. The food is awesome and you can't get it any fresher than right out of the Gulf.

  • @dennybro1
    @dennybro1 2 года назад

    Love Texas Bucket List! Love Dirty Al's!! LOVE SPI!!!! Spent a lot of time there this year. Will do it again for sure.

  • @cartman4885
    @cartman4885 3 года назад +2

    You always find the best places.............thanks

  • @chuckstermcdaddy4170
    @chuckstermcdaddy4170 3 года назад +3

    This reminds me of a place we have in Pensacola...Joe Patti's. It's a family run seafood industry with their own boats, show cases & restaurant. Their seafood comes fresh from the Gulf too. Nothing like fresh seafood.

    • @yongyea4147
      @yongyea4147 3 года назад

      I love eating at Dirty Joe Patti's

    • @Mphscat
      @Mphscat 6 месяцев назад

      Paradise Isle in Pensacola is the place to be

  • @tynao2029
    @tynao2029 3 года назад +6

    I don't usually eat seafood, but I will if I feel it's properly cleaned, cooked & seasoned, like this place

  • @fbnfinancial2920
    @fbnfinancial2920 3 года назад

    I’m coming over. Yummmm! Bravo!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

  • @Vendzor
    @Vendzor 3 года назад +19

    By far the funniest clip you guys have uploaded so far!

  • @joebroadbeef332
    @joebroadbeef332 3 года назад +5

    I'm awake very early to see this!!!!!Christmas came early!!!!!!

  • @darrellwilltrout6312
    @darrellwilltrout6312 3 года назад

    Known the man since I was 13yrs old! Good man and sons...great people!

  • @LuisVega-nz9rh
    @LuisVega-nz9rh 3 года назад +9

    I met the owner but at his other Restaurant.. PELICAN BAY IN PORT ISABEL.. very nice guy... And great chain of restaruant.. 🙏

    • @zuecatsy4081
      @zuecatsy4081 3 года назад +1

      Then we’re talking about two different people he treats he’s workers like animals their not allowed to buy food there or even a lunch break so not nice at all

    • @_miasalazar_
      @_miasalazar_ 3 года назад +2

      My tio restaurant and he a nice person

    • @_miasalazar_
      @_miasalazar_ 3 года назад

      @@zuecatsy4081 he a nice person he’s my tio

  • @dawnkotecki7887
    @dawnkotecki7887 3 года назад +3

    Great video!!! ❤️❤️

  • @KinkyTex
    @KinkyTex 3 года назад +10

    This place has the best local seafood! You can’t go wrong here!

  • @annetteburchett-taylor4420
    @annetteburchett-taylor4420 3 года назад +2

    Went there a week ago! Delicious!

  • @mrsasshole
    @mrsasshole 2 года назад

    I've been going down to SPI for over 40 years and I'm there right now. I could not imagine coming down here and not going to Al's at least twice. It wouldn't be a trip to SPI without at least a couple stops at Al's.

    • @tonygareth221
      @tonygareth221 Год назад

      I am flying into Brownsville . I know there’s an airport shuttle but I’ll prob rent a car. I’m not sure where to go. Where’s best place to go to beach? Where is dirty Al’s? Is it all close together? Might consider a boat ride. Just trying to maximize my two days and have it kind of planned out

  • @gustavokennedy213
    @gustavokennedy213 3 года назад +1

    You know what’s interesting we were in south padre back in March for vacation. We did the dolphin tour which is right next door. Never thought cross never crossed our minds to go there.

  • @xoxo-wt7dd
    @xoxo-wt7dd 3 года назад

    Great food at Als, It's too bad South Padre island been hit do many times. Great place to stay. Love this place great little vacation

  • @Light_Vitions
    @Light_Vitions 3 года назад +1

    Great Commentary!🦐🐟🐚

  • @erikhanes9491
    @erikhanes9491 2 года назад

    Ate here today based off this video, was great 👍🏻, thanks for the recommendation.

  • @mercedesayala2555
    @mercedesayala2555 3 года назад

    Very delicious food I was there loved 😍😍😋😋😋

  • @mwyatt222
    @mwyatt222 9 месяцев назад

    My friends from Cuero Tx went to the Boiling Pot in Rockport Tx because they and then me watched this guy here. They asked me about the Boiling Pot because lve lived in RP and have had family since the 1950s that still do live there and l answered 'oh heck no'. l went 40+ years ago but the TX gulf still had great seafood then. They went anyway and took pictures. l wish l could share them. They said it was literally awful. They left with a comped meal though they tipped the poor waiter the price of the food because he had to serve it with a straight face. l believe these Texas coast seafood places know this guy is coming and they go to the HEB in town and buy fresh seafood and serve it to him and not the regular frozen crap that comes from their south Texas suppliers. None of it comes out of the Texas coast anymore. The RP marina has been empty of anything but charter fishing boats for decades. The oysters grade toxic and the RP Oysterfest buys them from Loisianna now. Tx had a global seafood industry until the early 90s.

  • @christine9467
    @christine9467 3 года назад +2

    We were there Thanksgiving week. It was yummy!!

  • @V4MP84
    @V4MP84 Год назад

    I went there in may 2022 it was so fucking good if your going to spi ( south padre island) I definitely recommend this beautiful place

  • @davidgarcia6315
    @davidgarcia6315 3 года назад +2

    Seen show where in Victoria Tx. At mumphords BBQ wish could seen one called R-n-C on Sam Houston hey they serve good BBQ as well ! !

  • @ralo4265
    @ralo4265 3 года назад +2

    Good stuff Shane! 🎄👊🏼💯
    🍣🍤🦀🦞

  • @leothelion9124
    @leothelion9124 3 года назад +1

    Dirty Al’s is ok. The food can be a little too greasy and the service is hit or miss. Good luck getting seated when you’re really hungry; there’s often a long wait for dinner time.
    There are plenty of good seafood places in the area, especially in Port Isabel. Oh and you have to stop by SPI Brewery for quality beer and food.

    • @mgmg-mb7to
      @mgmg-mb7to 3 года назад

      I agree .. the food can be a little to greasy .

  • @mannyandlorenaalmendariz9637
    @mannyandlorenaalmendariz9637 3 года назад +11

    The Dirty Al’s in Brownsville is also delicious.

  • @iStimAlot
    @iStimAlot 3 года назад +15

    You need to go to Gabriellas at South Padre

  • @bletchdroshek5984
    @bletchdroshek5984 Год назад

    Shane and Dirty Al had me laughing

  • @elcocoreyes
    @elcocoreyes 3 года назад +3

    i just ate there today. cant go wrong with the WHOLE SNAPPER.

  • @MiniBlazer-cp6ly
    @MiniBlazer-cp6ly 3 года назад

    Great sea food🙌🙌👍👍

  • @arlinetaylor2033
    @arlinetaylor2033 3 года назад

    Hi Al! Greetings from Bellingham Washington TAYLOR MADE SIGNS! Alive and Thrivin’

  • @scot7619
    @scot7619 3 года назад +2

    This one is also the less expensive of the two. So awesome to see this on here. Good stuff!

  • @sd90mac61
    @sd90mac61 3 года назад +1

    OMG those huge shrimp look SCRUMIOUS!!!!!!, I JUS 💕love SHRIMP🤤🌝😋, I've always passed this place to when I go to the the ⛱️ beach, I thought it was laundry mat, cause it said Als dirty, I apologise, that PAINTED sign, needs to be bigger as well as the lettering. I will be there the next time I visit Robstown and hit the Beach!!!!!

  • @chonmuniz7887
    @chonmuniz7887 Год назад

    Thats part of the Rio Grande Valley also know "The magic Valley", where magic happens .Food looks good an Amazing 👍💫

  • @esthermedellin8283
    @esthermedellin8283 Год назад

    There’s also a Dirty Al in Brownsville Tx. I believe it’s own by the same owner!!😊👍

  • @lilr3dh3n
    @lilr3dh3n 3 года назад

    oh how i miss Dirty Al's

  • @nrondo690
    @nrondo690 3 года назад +2

    Damn, that oyster tho and hugging the beautiful girls lol

  • @alexandergravattack3348
    @alexandergravattack3348 3 года назад +13

    How the dirty name help you ?
    The right way or the wrong way
    😂❤️

  • @Eidenbites
    @Eidenbites 3 года назад

    Im there like 3 times a year and I’ve always wanted to go. Pier 19 is pretty good as well.. I had black beard and it was so so...

  • @abbya956
    @abbya956 3 года назад +1

    Love my SPI 🌴 You forgot to mention the sauce though!!! 😋

  • @briangleason5597
    @briangleason5597 3 года назад +10

    Wow. The seafood looks delicious. I agree thoose are huge shrimp. And I love oysters. Stay safe and healthy.

  • @luismancilla3287
    @luismancilla3287 3 года назад

    Es un lugar donde es una delicia la comida sin dudarlo recomienda la salsa de habanero muy deliciosa pero una cosa con mucho respeto, este es un lugar para que botanies, si traes mucha hambre los platillos son muy simples. Pero muy deliciosos 😋😋😋😋

  • @DanLikesToEat
    @DanLikesToEat 3 года назад +2

    Love this! I need to try Dirty Al's next time I'm there!

  • @LouCheezeYouSleaze
    @LouCheezeYouSleaze 3 года назад +2

    I'll just come out and say it: Shane has the best job in the world (and he is pretty good at it too). Who else makes a living driving around Texas meeting a lot of cool people and eating really great food?

    • @MG956_
      @MG956_ 3 года назад +1

      For free, I mean for sure

  • @crooksycollins4349
    @crooksycollins4349 3 года назад +4

    If you like ceviche you need to go to Tortugas in Port Isabel right after the HEB. 🧐Secret local spot.

    • @lehmannadventures3439
      @lehmannadventures3439 3 года назад +3

      Shhh- yes you are correct

    • @chuckstermcdaddy4170
      @chuckstermcdaddy4170 3 года назад

      If it's a secret, don't tell everyone!

    • @MrCarCrazy
      @MrCarCrazy 3 года назад

      FYI They just moved closer to the causeway. Where the BBQ place was. MUCH larger dining room now.

    • @omgjoseph7931
      @omgjoseph7931 Год назад

      Taste like a ss tbh

  • @laurencook6871
    @laurencook6871 3 года назад

    BEST RESTAURANT IN SPI!!!! If you go order the New Orleans style shrimp

  • @raymontorres1262
    @raymontorres1262 3 года назад +3

    At 4:28 I knew why they called him dirty al

  • @javiertamez9291
    @javiertamez9291 3 года назад

    I must get there at the wrong times when i have visited. Food was ok, service was ok but nothing to write home about.

  • @zachary2407
    @zachary2407 3 года назад +13

    "Dirty Al, he may be dirty, I don't know where to go with that one." Best Quote

  • @maurizioislas4216
    @maurizioislas4216 3 года назад

    My nephew's your kids whenever I go eat there they always thank me and tell me that if it wasn't for me they wouldn't be there you gotta be humble like them don't thank you God OK

  • @hernantx6881
    @hernantx6881 2 года назад +1

    make sure you order a bottle beer. Water taste like sea water lol

  • @I-oh_Badguy
    @I-oh_Badguy 3 года назад

    🤤 aaahhhhh that fish......

  • @buenaondaoutdoors967
    @buenaondaoutdoors967 3 года назад

    Fried shrimp is great, fried fish is so so.

  • @angietaylor2298
    @angietaylor2298 2 года назад

    I WOULD NOT MIND LIVING THERE ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND BUT I’M AFRAID OF THE BIG STORMS .

  • @cindyann9571
    @cindyann9571 3 года назад +7

    And every year I eat at Blackbeard's 😣😁

    • @danawillyard4017
      @danawillyard4017 3 года назад +2

      I’v eating at Blackbeard’s to one time and the shrimp were huge I loved it

    • @KinkyTex
      @KinkyTex 3 года назад +1

      This place is way better, try it.

  • @bohaggarddaniels9623
    @bohaggarddaniels9623 Год назад

    the next man vs food

  • @sl6574
    @sl6574 3 года назад +3

    Never been there...i live in waco, tx. Its over a 7 hour drive!

    • @westsideoutlaw956
      @westsideoutlaw956 3 года назад +4

      It’s still Tx you know that drive is nothing

    • @robedmund9948
      @robedmund9948 3 года назад +3

      7 hours?!? That's almost enough time to get the engine warmed up proper.

  • @daniels8105
    @daniels8105 3 года назад +1

    Pretty good food. Really greasy, but there’s some great places to eat up there

    • @yongyea4147
      @yongyea4147 3 года назад

      So you've never ate here..... SMH

    • @daniels8105
      @daniels8105 3 года назад

      @@yongyea4147 um.. I have? And?

  • @ifs_fishing
    @ifs_fishing 3 года назад

    About to go eat there

  • @urbanfox9564
    @urbanfox9564 2 года назад

    I'm glad I live in McAllen!!!🤤

  • @Tuiyui98
    @Tuiyui98 3 года назад

    Went there this past summer, fish was good as any other joint and the oysters tasted like dirt (:

  • @mdgtexas
    @mdgtexas 3 года назад

    See you guys next week!

  • @ericagarza1265
    @ericagarza1265 3 года назад +3

    I went to Dirty Al's and it wasn't all that.

    • @JasonKTerry
      @JasonKTerry 3 года назад +1

      It isn't. Go to Cap'n Roys.

  • @abrahamvelez2214
    @abrahamvelez2214 3 года назад +4

    Should of gone to Joe's oyster bar in port isabel! Its way better

    • @MG956_
      @MG956_ 3 года назад +2

      Same shit, what's so special.?

    • @jesushuerta1852
      @jesushuerta1852 3 года назад

      Went to Joes Oyster Bar a few years ago. Just another bullshit tourist trap. I’ll give Dirty Al’s a try just cause I saw this vid, but just because up you said it was better I’m not expecting anything from Dirty Al’s. Other than the beach itself, I have yet to visit any establishment on the Island that is any good. All of them bullshit tourist traps.

    • @risa2590
      @risa2590 3 года назад

      I think Joe's has a better shrimp cocktail but there's just something special about a seafood basket from one of Dirty Al's restaurants!

  • @yongyea4147
    @yongyea4147 3 года назад

    That's a slippery slope!

  • @rnvrnv354
    @rnvrnv354 Год назад

    Wait a minute, How was the Blackened Snapper?

  • @williamwallace7784
    @williamwallace7784 2 года назад

    Dirty Al, he may be dirty but he’s my pal!

  • @ssuji
    @ssuji 3 года назад

    4:28 dirty al strikes again!

  • @angelabordack
    @angelabordack 3 года назад +3

    I wish I wasn’t allergic to seafood/shellfish or I’d fly from NY and eat everything 😢

    • @westsideoutlaw956
      @westsideoutlaw956 3 года назад +2

      Come on down to The Valley you can still enjoy the best Mexican food this side of the border not even joking

    • @angelabordack
      @angelabordack 3 года назад +2

      @@westsideoutlaw956 Gonna have to try it out!!! I’ve been needing a excuse to go to TX

  • @minetlav5110
    @minetlav5110 3 года назад

    This show is about 30% is about the meats and 70% is about talking and explaining

  • @crooksycollins4349
    @crooksycollins4349 3 года назад

    Texas premier beach

  • @JavierLopez-pc4fi
    @JavierLopez-pc4fi 3 года назад

    He lives up to his name.... lol

  • @sylviamendoza7491
    @sylviamendoza7491 2 года назад +1

    Food there is to salty !!!! Only bad thing for some of us that don’t consume salt …

  • @craycrayassasin9182
    @craycrayassasin9182 3 года назад +1

    Lol I live there

  • @vickiwillingham3889
    @vickiwillingham3889 3 года назад +2

    We love Dirty Al's when we are in South Padre for the Winter.

  • @gregorys6074
    @gregorys6074 3 года назад

    Whole fried snapper or seafood platter

  • @mgmg-mb7to
    @mgmg-mb7to 3 года назад

    It’s okay . Not all that . I guess it’s cool because it’s on the island.

  • @jm5390
    @jm5390 3 года назад +1

    LOVE DIRTY AL'S! It's a mandatory must-stop restaurant to eat at each & every visit I take to SPI. My favorite seafood on the island for sure!

  • @babathegreek1051
    @babathegreek1051 3 года назад

    Follow us for more dirty recipes!

  • @abelyerikaguerra1540
    @abelyerikaguerra1540 3 года назад

    Dirty Owls 😂

  • @anunperfectcircle5399
    @anunperfectcircle5399 3 года назад +1

    My go to for the food. Not Al

  • @Nick-li1zw
    @Nick-li1zw 11 месяцев назад

    So where do we go for good seafood on the island? All i seen was cap n roys which is closed and blackbeards which is ok. I never went to dirty owls but I've heard it aint all that. Someone list good seafood places on the island or port isabel. IMO everyone on the island has good shrimp but the fish is not so good.

  • @pressyk970
    @pressyk970 3 года назад

    All chile you can hear el Valle accent.

  • @sahari4140
    @sahari4140 Год назад

    oh to be dirty Al …

  • @210SAi
    @210SAi 3 года назад +7

    Last time I was there (pre COVID) the ‘fresh fish’ didn’t look or smell fresh at all. It’s okay but nothing great

  • @owmyfeelings4812
    @owmyfeelings4812 3 года назад +2

    You need to go to Olive Burger in Richardson.

  • @VinhTran-us4cs
    @VinhTran-us4cs 3 года назад

    👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸♥️🌹

  • @jmanlover6967
    @jmanlover6967 3 года назад

    If you’re from the valley you’ve been here a lot

  • @garygreen2827
    @garygreen2827 3 года назад +1

    Dirty Al's is very ordinary. The side salads very ordinary, with just minimal ingredients. "The Kraken", just up the road, has a really nice side salad. Most other restaurants on South Padre put much more effort in their salads. My wife spent $18 on a Shrimp kabob item that were not the largest shrimp I have ever seen, like stated in the video. Oysters are small, but good. Go on the $.75/oyster night. The food is adequate, but not anything to go crazy over.

    • @Mphscat
      @Mphscat 6 месяцев назад

      Salad??? Who's going for the salad... fried seafood is the goal

  • @jessethepondhopper8370
    @jessethepondhopper8370 3 года назад

    Bet the oil spill messed up business

  • @willmtaylor
    @willmtaylor 3 года назад

    Lots of reviews saying service is subpar and place is dirty and run-down. Also, owner seems creepy.