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Seafood

Food Truck Ventura

The Jolly Oyster: Shucking Bivalves on San Buenaventura Beach

It takes some convincing to stop short of Santa Barbara when driving along Highway 101 north of L.A. County, and a viable argument came from LA Times restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila, who alerted...
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Spot Prawns California

Pier 46 Seafood: Exploring Variations on Ventura Spot Prawns

We were completely set on eating sandwiches made with San Luis Obispo County meat at J&R Natural Meats, which we eventually did, but a blackboard that read “Ventura Spot Prawns” changed our mission. We’d...
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Fish Market Sign California

Phil’s Fish Market: Loading Up on Pacific Seafood with Locals

Listen to the locals. It’s become a mantra on my travels, and it’s led to plenty of memorable food and drink experiences. An interview with Verve Coffee Roasters head trainer Chris Baca inevitably led...
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Restaurant Morro Bay

Dorn’s Breakers Café: Charming Seafood Spot By Morro Bay

“I’m not just the president, I’m also a client.” So said Cy Sperling in his famously atrocious 1980s Hair Club For Men Commercial. We’re by no means the President of Tasting Table, or even...
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Restaurant La Paz

Bismark-cito: Feasting on Seafood by the Sea of Cortes

Our first meal in La Paz, a city that Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortés “discovered,” was at Bismark-cito, a seafood-focused restaurant with a mysterious connection to a WWII German battleship that the British Royal Navy...
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Restaurant Sign Todos Santos

Mariscos El Compa Chava: Shakin’ Shellfish in Todos Santos

A partying prawn with maracas and a dancing crab wearing a toque greeted us at Mariscos El Compa Chava, a palapa-covered stand with dirt floor and plastic Pepsi sponsored tables on the outskirts of...
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