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Seafood

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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Mexican Food Tijuana

Erizo Cebicheria: Contemporary Showcase for Baja Seafood

Erizo Cebicheria is one of the latest concepts from rising chef and tireless Baja proponent Javier Plascencia, and it’s just one of the places that Street Gourmet LA founder Bill Esparza introduced us to...
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Taco Tijuana

Mariscos El Mazateno: Magnificent Seafood in Tijuana

A winding drive into the hills near Tecnologico – the Tijuana technical college – once again led us to Mariscos de Mazateno, a nine-year-old restaurant that showcases Sinaloa-style seafood from Mazatlan. A 2009 visit...
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Restaurant Sign Honolulu

Nico’s Pier 38: Finding the Freshest Seafood by the Honolulu Fish Auction

It’s no accident that chef Nico Chaize ended up opening Nico’s Pier 38 where he did in 2004. Sure, the Lyon native secured a space next to his stepfather’s fishing store that had room...
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Fishing Boats Honolulu

Honolulu Fish Auction: Selling Prized Pacific Catches to the Highest Bidder

The sun still hadn’t started to rise when our bus pulled up to a dockside building and we met Brooks Takenaka outside the Honolulu Fish Auction. It was just after 5:30 a.m., but fishermen...
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Seafood Market Hawaii

Suisan: Overcoming Two Tsunamis to Deliver Seafood to Hawaii

It’s hard to imagine a more resilient fish market than Suisan, which survived two tsunamis since seafood peddlers Kamezo Matsuno, Torazuki Hayashi and Hitaro Egawa formed a collective named Sui San Kabushiki Kaisha in...
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