from SEAFOOD to service

WRITTEN BY JACLYN RITTER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY RHONDA KUYKENDALL

When you are craving fresh, mouthwatering seafood, leave the cooking to the professionals at Pier 36 Seafood Restaurant and Oyster Bar. Located in the heart of Fulshear, at the corner of Main and 1st Street, Pier 36 is your one stop shop for Texas style fresh gulf coast seafood. With their reputation for great food, hospitality, and service, Pier 36, and the family behind this treasure, have been feeding happy customers in Fort Bend County for over forty years.

FOOD & FAMILY

Jimmy Cantu, owner of Pier 36, loves introducing people to great seafood. Serving his customers has become a family tradition. Family and food, two magical ingredients, were the basis of Jimmy’s childhood. “When I was seven or eight years old, my parents, Pete and Olga

Cantu, got into the seafood business with a relative,” says Jimmy. “The restaurant became kind of my daycare. I used to help bus tables and play around in the kitchen while my parents worked.” While Jimmy was in college, Pete and Olga went on to open their own restaurant, Pier 36, in 1997 in the city of Needville, Texas. Looking back, Jimmy attributes those early years to the foundation of his love of restaurants and cooking.

Experience is often a great teacher. In his early years Jimmy learned the finer points of the restaurant business from some of the most respected names in seafood. Through his experience working with Pappas Restaurants, Inc. and then Churrascos Restaurant Group, Jimmy seized the opportunity to hone his skills as his passion for food grew.

In the year 2000, Jimmy rejoined the family business, this time as the owner. As the word spread about Pier 36, Jimmy helped open a Richmond location and leased out the Needville location. In 2018, Jimmy expanded the family restaurant into Fulshear. “This is such a vibrant and fast-growing community,” says Jimmy, “I felt it would make a great next location for Pier 36.”