Downtown Rockport · Coastal seafood · Art gallery
Latitude 28°02′ Restaurant & Art Gallery
Gulf seafood, craft cocktails and a gallery of Texas art in a bright downtown dining room, run by the same husband-and-wife team for more than 20 years.
Opens Latitude’s menu page. Reservations are taken by phone or the online form.
Details checked November 2026
Price
$$$
Upscale; prices not posted online
Hours
Mon–Sat, evenings
Lite Bites Mon from 4:30; full menu Tue–Sat from 5
Parking
Private lot and street
Downtown; RV fit not confirmed
Start here
What to order
Gulf seafood cooked with care in a downtown dining room that doubles as a gallery of Texas art, plus a full bar with a well-loved happy hour.
A house favorite
Craig’s Crab Cakes
Chef-owner Craig Day’s crab cakes are one of the house dishes The Bend Magazine has singled out, and crab cakes come up in 13 Google reviews. Prices aren’t posted online, so ask your server.
Pro tip: Come for happy hour, Monday to Saturday from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. It’s the most-mentioned topic in Google reviews (17), and bar seating comes up in 14 more.
More to try
- Shrimp GilroyA house dish named by The Bend Magazine; “fish gilroy” comes up in 9 Google reviews.
- Stuffed shrimpMentioned in 13 Google reviews.
- OrzoA side named in 14 Google reviews.
- Crème brûléeThe dessert people mention most, in 11 Google reviews.
The Latitude story
Seafood and Texas art in downtown Rockport
Husband-and-wife owners Ramona and Craig Day have run Latitude 28°02′ for more than 20 years. Craig grew up in Corpus Christi and worked his way up from line cook to executive chef, and Ramona grew up in her family’s catering business in Portland, Texas.
The dining room doubles as a gallery: the restaurant represents more than 70 Texas artists, with their work hung beside the full bar. Its cocktails and seafood have been featured in The Bend Magazine, and AAA’s inspectors praise the presentation.
Why it made our list
- 4.6 on Google from 580+ reviews
- Gallery of 70+ Texas artists
- Happy hour Mon–Sat, 4:30–6:30
- About 4 minutes from Ancient Oaks RV Park
What diners say about Latitude 28°02′ Restaurant & Art Gallery
The restaurant report card
We don’t copy other sites’ reviews, but the published scores are worth reading together. Scores checked November 2026.
How the review sites compare
Average star rating on each site, out of 5
What diners often mention
Happy hour (17)Bar seating (14)Orzo (14)Stuffed shrimp (13)Crab cakes (13)
Topics Google highlights in its reviews, with the number of reviews that mention each. Yelp reviewers rate it a little lower, at 4.2 stars from 220+ reviews.
Good to know
Price rangeUpscale ($$$ per AAA)
Special dietsMany vegetarian options (Yelp)
Full barHappy hour Mon–Sat 4:30–6:30
Scores as published by Google, Yelp and Tripadvisor in November 2026. The weighted score combines all three by review count. Confirm details with the restaurant.
Know before you go
Plan your visit
Latitude 28°02′ Restaurant & Art Gallery
- Address105 N Austin St, Rockport, TX 78382
- HoursMon–Sat, evenings
Lite Bites Mon from 4:30; full menu Tue–Sat from 5 - Phone(361) 727-9009
- OrderingTable service; book by phone or the online form. Monday is Lite Bites only, first come, first served.
- ParkingPrivate lot and street
Latitude is downtown on North Austin Street, a short walk from the Rockport Marina. AAA lists on-site parking and Yelp notes street parking too, so leave the rig at camp and bring the tow car.
Where to stay nearby
RV parks near Latitude 28°02′
Park the rig for the night, then take the tow car downtown. Ancient Oaks RV Park is about 4 minutes away, and Enchanted Oaks and Copano Bay are within about 9 minutes. Drive times are Google Maps estimates.
Ancient Oaks RV Park
A big, oak-shaded park on Business 35 near downtown, with full hookups, a heated pool and hot tub, and a stocked pond.
Enchanted Oaks RV Park
A quiet, family-run park in 60 acres of coastal live oaks beside a nature preserve, with 52 full-hookup sites and a walking trail.
Copano Bay RV Resort
A bayside resort on Salt Lake with 152 paved full-hookup sites, a heated pool, a fishing pier and free kayaks.
Helpful answers
Frequently asked questions
A few details before you head over.
Mon–Sat from 4:30 pm
Ready for dinner and art in Rockport?
Book a table, come early for happy hour, and save time to walk the gallery.
Thank you to the people behind these photos and this video. Please support them by giving their work a look. The photos are for illustration only and were not taken at Latitude 28°02′; the top one shows the Rockport Marina nearby. Rockport Marina: Larry D. Moore on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Crab cake: Quinn Dombrowski on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0). Video: Empty Nester Life on YouTube. Review-site logos are trademarks of their owners.
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