WHY Ceviche, the seafood platter and the chicken or shrimp saltado, a stir-fry with red onions and tomato served with a heap of very good fries (potatoes come from Peru, after all). WHAT There’s usually a wait at Mario’s, and for good reason—its food is drop-dead delicious, and inexpensive to boot. The strip-mall setting is [...]
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WHY Beautiful Mexican seafood in a landmark Boyle Heights setting, with kind service. Try the shrimp gorditas for lunch and a fresh-fish special for dinner. WHAT An L.A. treasure, La Serenata serves carefully prepared, sometimes elegant Mexican seafood dishes to a loving and longtime clientele. It now has two branches on the westside, and they’re [...]
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WHY Ultra-fresh Mexican-style seafood, including Happy Oysters, freshly shucked and topped with a vibrant chopped shrimp cocktail, andcaldo de siete mares, a light soup generously stocked with Alaskan crab legs, mussels and shrimp. WHAT This eastside branch of the Inglewood original serves the seafood dishes of Mexico’s Pacific Coast beach towns, and while it’s not [...]
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WHY A pristine raw bar, impeccable New England seafood dishes and a smart wine list—and it’s all served until midnight, with the raw bar open until 1 a.m. WHAT Always full of hungry hep cats sharing oversize seafood platters, this glass-and-metal bistro may not be L.A.’s most elegant seafood restaurant, but it might be its [...]
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WHY Peru’s Chinese influence is evident in the wonderful fried-rice dishes; also try the fried calamari and classic pescado saltado with french fries, and wash it down with an Inca Kola. WHAT This rival to Mario’s goes a little easier on the chiles but turns out Peruvian food that’s still powerfully flavorful. It’s a pleasant [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Very fresh char-broiled fish (yellowfin tuna, mahi mahi, catfish, swordfish) that is not overcooked like it usually is at these kinds of places, served with rice or perfect fries. WHAT Don’t be put off by the paper plates, concrete picnic tables or lunchtime crowds—this seafood-market and café has fish better than at many a [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Cosmopolitan cooking without pretension, with a beach-friendly location that can’t be beat. WHAT It has every right to be a tourist trap, but this pierside seafood restaurant is anything but. Always packed and always noisy, the modern concrete-and-glass space gives diners stellar views of the sea, sky and Ferris wheel—along with a daily-changing menu [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY This carefully constructed Cal-Mediterranean seafood menu is worth the splurge, especially when you consider the setting. WHAT High ceilings, crisp white walls and floor-to-ceiling windows frame the dazzling view at this privileged outpost of elegant, yet unshowoffy, cuisine. A chef change led to a menu change as well, so the Asian influences gave way [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY For A-list service, a beautiful setting and elegant, thoughtfully prepared seafood. Splurge on the chilled seafood platter if you can afford it. WHAT Although the Water Grill’s cooking no longer has foodies in New York buzzing, it’s still very, very good. Chef David LeFevre makes things like striped bass ceviche with mint, pineapple, candied [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY For fine dining in the French Laundry style, but in the dazzling Walt Disney Concert Hall instead of the Napa Valley. WHAT Seafood is a focus at this elegant Joachim Splichal flagship restaurant, with dishes like diver scallops carpaccio with kumquat liquid sphere and black truffle, or a Mediterranean loup de mer with spring [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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