The James Beard Foundation has named Galveston mainstay Gaido's as one of six recipients of its 2025 America's Classics Award, given to locally owned restaurants beloved by the community with ...

owner Nick Gaido told KHOU 11. "A special thank you to the James Beard Foundation for this prestigious award." Just over 100 restaurants have been chosen for America's Classics Awards since the ...

Gaido's, a family-owned restaurant that opened 114 years ago on the island south of Houston, was named this week as Texas' 2025 America's Classics Award recipient by the James Beard Foundation.

The James Beard Foundation on Wednesday named Gaido's Seafood Restaurant in Galveston one of its 2025 America's Classics award winners. The restaurants named to this honor typically are among ...

James Beard America’s Classics Award recognizes ... This year, a Texas institution joins the ranks, and it’s no other than Galveston-based Gaido’s, a seafood restaurant that has been serving ...

James Beard Awards season is here ... one of the oldest Black communities in the United States. Gaido’s has been a fixture of Galveston’s seafood community for 114 years.