Kemah BoardWalk

Kemah Boardwalk entices you with amusements, shops, live entertainment and festivals, as well as 12 well-known waterfront restaurants. Stay overnight at our hotel, the Boardwalk Inn or take a dinner cruise on our yacht the Boardwalk FantaSea. Become bullet proof on the Boardwalk Bullet rollercoaster plus ride our train and Ferris wheel, fly on the Aviator, plunge 140 feet on the Drop Zone, soar...

OK, we'll cut to the chase—the Kemah Boardwalk is a commercial, touristy development run by Landry's Restaurants (the folks who brought you Joe's Crab Shack and Saltgrass Steakhouse)—but most people love it. Just off I–45 between Houston and Galveston, this cluster of moderately priced restaurants, amusement-park rides, game arcades, and inns is set on a bustling ship channel. It's a...

The boardwalk was damaged by Ike, and at press time was closed for repairs. It should be fully open sometime in the spring of 2009. Many visitors to Space Center Houston will afterward go out for seafood at nearby Kemah, which is as touristy as the Houston area gets. It used to be a rustic shrimping port on Galveston Bay where you could buy some shrimp and a beer and sit by the dock on an...

OverviewKids will enjoy the amusement rides: a carousel, a Ferris wheel, Crazy Subs and a gas-powered train modeled after an 1863 Central Pacific Railroad locomotive. The C.P. Huntington takes visitors on tours of the boardwalk while the conductor shares bits of Kemah history. All that amusement is a nice diversion while waiting for your restaurant reservation.The ExperienceMany restaurants...

Kemah Boardwalk entices you with amusements, shops, live entertainment and festivals, as well as 12 well-known waterfront restaurants. Stay overnight at our hotel, the Boardwalk Inn or take a dinner cruise on our yacht the Boardwalk FantaSea. Become bullet proof on the Boardwalk Bullet rollercoaster plus ride our train and Ferris wheel, fly on the Aviator, plunge 140 feet on the Drop Zone, soar...