Joe and Suzanne Lee opened Joe Lee's after moving to Clear Lake Shores in 1970. He sat on council and served six years as mayor — the city named 12 April 1985 Joe Lee Day — and after he died in 1996 she and the children kept the Marina Bay kitchen.
Lil' Outriggers Hula Bar opened on Clear Lake Road in June 2024, across from Schafer's. The kitchen brought back Outriggers fish tacos and adds oysters, boudin balls and sliders.
Opened in 2017 on Aspen Road, Schafer's looks at the water and cooks new-American plates with a Gulf Coast lean — oysters, crab cakes, blackened redfish, citrus salmon. The house calls itself Clear Lake's upscale sports bar.
The Psarovarkas family has cooked at Skipper's on Marina Bay Drive since 1994; the second generation is in the kitchen now. Breakfast runs to two — pancakes, omelets, chicken-fried steak — then Greek plates and a Gulf fry of shrimp, oysters and snapper.
Spicy Banda on FM 2094 cooks Szechuan and house Chinese — Peking duck, dumplings, dry hot pot — and shuts Monday. The same kitchen keeps a second room in Pearland.
Clear Lake Shores’ five atlas doors are all restaurants, giving the town a focused waterfront and neighborhood dining page. The city’s SHOPCLS directory lists every one with an address and telephone number.
The city’s SHOPCLS program makes local-business visibility the clearest available town-level economic story. Its directory places restaurants, marinas, retail and marine services together, showing how food businesses sit within a broader waterfront service economy.
There is no retail-led Main Street cluster here. Instead, the named businesses trace Marina Bay Drive, Clear Lake Road, Aspen Road and nearby waterfront streets.
Joe Lee’s Seafood Kitchen, Lil Outriggers Hometown Grille, Schafer’s Coastal Bar & Grille, Skippers Cafe and Spicy Banda give the town a varied restaurant circuit. Schafer’s adds an explicitly waterfront setting, while the city directory supplies the full local list.
Parking and waterside traffic can vary by time and event. Check each restaurant’s hours, choose one or two stops rather than attempting all five, and use the city directory’s phone numbers for current service details.