Seafood Shacks..do they exist in SD?

[Beach Chick]

I'm craving me some fresh oysters, lobsters, shrimp, crab legs and scallops..
Where do I go besides the usual Point Loma Seafood and Blue Water Grill?

[jmtreg]

Anthony's by the Star of India, and the Fish Market, next to the Midway fit the bill.

[normalheightsfoodie]

Think out of the box and you might engoy MARISCOS GERMAN. It is a taco truck that only serves sea food. No carne or pollo asada, just different types of sea food tacos and cerviche.

It is located in the parking lot of liquor store. They serve this increadible seafood broth with every order. the broth usually has a few shrimp in it. The tacos are $.99

The seating is under an awning and rustic. They serve Mexican fruit soda, if you want a pepsi or coke, you need to bring it. You could also probably brown bag a beer it you wanted.

3504 University Ave
San Diego, CA 92104

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[DougOLis]

What about that place in the corner of the same strip mall as O'Brien's? Is it any good? Is that the type of place you're looking for?

[JRSD]

I think you mean Crab Hut. They do seafood boils IIRC.

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Crab Hut
4646 Convoy St # 106A, San Diego, CA

[Cathy]

Crab Hut has somebody working there who does excellent frying, ( soft shell crab, cat fish, fries, rings, zucchini, calamari, shrimp and okra-but not fried clams or lobster roll) and serves the Lousiana style seafood boils.

Studio Diner does both of those mentioned (clam roll and lobster roll) but the rest is "diner food" www.studiodiner.com

[PGB]

While not a shack, but informal, try Bay Park Fish right off Morena Blvd (around the corner from Baci's). Some of the freshest fish and well prepared dishes of any fish restaurant in San Diego.

If you're looking for fried clams or a lobster roll, Studio Diner on Ruffin flies them in from New England and are excellent.

[juantanamera]

I can't vouch for the quality because I didn't eat there, but in the Cardiff Beach State Park, there is a taco shop that was advertising fresh mussels, clams, fish and some other seafoods, including crab legs if I recall. The setting is as beautiful and as casual as it gets, so if the food is as fresh as they claim it could be close to the perfect seafood shack. Get a camp site and bring a cooler full of San Diego beer, might as well spend the night.

[graphic_joy]

The place is called BULL TACOS. I really really wanted it to be wonderful! Great location, ambiance and ocean view, not to mention seeing all the happy campers.

Alas, it is mediocre at best. Three of us went for the street-style tacos. We had the duck, oyster, and ahi, respectively.

It's possible that it's better when the owner himself is there. But when we ordered, there were only young dudes behind the counter, and the exotic main ingredients were buried under a high pile of chopped raw onions, such that we could not taste any duck, oyster or ahi at all.

I was annoyed that the onion taste remained in my mouth, even after 3 aggressive toothpaste brushings. It is said that the owner named the place "Bull" Tacos after the famed Il Bulli restaurant in Spain --- a HUGE delusional stretch!

My strong advice to BULL TACOS? Use throughly-cooked caramelized onions in lieu of the raw stuff. An inexpensive way to vastly improve what you have on those street tacos.

[Fake Name]

Bull Taco may be a play on the famous Spanish motorcycle brand, Bultaco. Once a tremendous name in motocross and enduro riding.

[graphic_joy]

It's not. In a recent interview with the NC Times, the owner himself said the name was ". . . in homage to Ferran Adrià, chef/owner of the El Bulli restaurant on the Costa Brava in Spain..." Adrià does "molecular gastronomy," using chemistry to metamorphose recipes into exotic creations. If that is indeed the case, it would appropriate to reduce BULL TACO to one word. Just delete any one of those two words, and you have it.

[camilles]

Sand Crab Cafe in Escondido might fight the bill. Don't let the location in the middle of an industrial park fool you. They've got quite the selection of seafood and can be quite packed in the evenings!

[keith stone]

We like in North County Auggies house of Crab. No fuss and fun shellfish served on the table with corn ,sausage and mallets. Add a big glass of Stone pale ale and start whacking away.

[cstr]

Hey BC, most clam shacks on the east coast are now open, pack your drum sticks, get a gig and call it a business trip.

[Beach Chick]

Better start making those signs outside my favorite lobster shack in Maine..
"Will Drum for a Lobsta Roll and a bucket of Clams'

Love the way you think cstr!!!

[stevewag23]

Point Loma Seafood and Blue Water Grill are my two favorite.

PLS being #1.

It has always struck me as strange as to the lack of great seafood places in San Diego.

Which I think is a statement more to peoples tastes than to quality of seafood locally.

[goodhealthgourmet]

while also not a shack, El Pescador in La Jolla is another option.

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El Pescador Fish Market
627 Pearl St, San Diego, CA 92037

[ginael]

I don't usually eat lobster outside of lobster season, but I can attest to the shrimp and scallops at Fishery in north PB. That place isn't a shack by any means. I don't know of any seafood shacks in SD, akin to the ones you'd find in Florida.