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Owners of the “Hey Mikey’s ice cream is another
favorite thing to do when you have had a
unique, Galveston long day at the Escape Room. Great at-
history inspired mosphere and GREAT ICE CREAM!”
“Escape the Island”
escape rooms at The escape rooms are all based on Galves-
910 21st Street. ton History and the Littles make it a point
to decorate with authentic items as much as
possible.
“Nautical Antiques is the best place
ever to decorate your home, office, out-
door kitchen, etc. We can spend hours
in this place looking at all the cool stuff
they have. It’s the real stuff. The owners
bring things from overseas and it is ab-
solutely amazing. It is a must-see.”
Pat and Allison Little Wandering downtown often means listening
to live music along the way. Some of their
Escape The Island favorites include Lyda Plummer at the Mod
Coffee House and Mambo Jazz Kings at
Yagas.
Galveston’s downtown area at and Allison Little take full The fact that there are always festivals and
is known for the diversity of advantage of everything the events in the downtown area just add to the
island has to offer while spend-
architecture and people. ing most of their days running excitement of bringing in customers from
the business. They especially all over and being able to walk down and
enjoy the festivities themselves.
Many of the visitors who P love the downtown area and the
come to the island want to abundant array of choices for food, shopping “We absolutely love the annual events
know what the locals do, and enjoying some much-needed time to relax. like Dickens on the Strand, Mardi Gras,
where they eat and their “O’Malley’s makes the most awesome and Lone Star Rally. All of these make
favorite spots. sandwiches. When we finish with customers our Downtown super special.”
late at night, we walk down 21st street and Most of all they love the customers that
Downtown Currents will have a sandwich. It is nice to be able to walk come into the escape rooms. They have
highlight a downtown resi- without fear in this area and find great food been in business for over 2 years and cater
dent and/or business owner late at night.” to customers locally and from around the
each month to share their globe.
secret, well known and not Mama Teresa’s Pizzeria not only gets the Littles
as customers but is often the go-to choice for
so well-known favorites. their own customers. “We have customers The latest addition to “Escape the Island”
is the “Tribute to Jack Johnson Room:
who would like to have pizza brought into The Ring”. Boasting a boxing ring, tons of
our business for birthday parties, wedding information about Jack Johnson, (the first
parties, and team building events and often African American Heavy Weight Boxing
we can call Mama Teresa’s and get great Champion), and of course, a finale that
service.” ends with an enthusiastic and secret ending,
this new addition to Escape the Island is a
“Riding our bikes in the area from our Es- must-see.
cape Room is a blast. This is a great place to
ride and look at beautiful homes and parks Escape The Island
in the area. We really enjoy cool nights and 910 21st Street
riding downtown watching all the activities Galveston, TX 77550
around us.” (832) 221-8080
www.escapetheisland.com
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