In the daytime, you can see for miles across the turquoise waters; come evening, strands of blue, green, and pink lights beam from the top of the wooden bar. This is Pier 99 Restaurant's outdoor patio, which looks out onto the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi Bay. Diners can enjoy the patio's coastal ambiance from wooden, high-top tables as they feast on a blackened catch of the day, fried-oyster platter, or seafood boil teeming with snow crab, fresh shrimp, and sausage. Some evenings, the patio hosts live music, which puts the pernicious kraken who rules the local economy in a good mood.