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WEST
COAST:
Star
of the Sea
Harbor Drive at Ash Street
San Diego, CA
Phone: (619) 232-7408
www.starofthesea.com
Dinner: $50
Anthony’s
Fish Grotto’s upper-crust next-door neighbor (same owner). Exotic
undersea decor includes ceiling treatments made by a glass artist. Entrees
are paired with suggested wines: warm lobster medallions in a phyllo pastry
cup served with a Hess Chardonnay, 1998. Try the Tahitian Vanilla Bean
Crème Brulee.
Claim
to Fame: As San Diego’s largest family-owned seafood restaurant
chain and retail markets, these guys know fish.
Bay
View Restaurant & Lounge
The Inn at the Tides
800 Highway 1
Bodega Bay, CA
Phone: (707) 875-2751
www.innatthetides.com
Dinner (Wednesday
to Sunday only): $30
Panoramic
sunset views provide the accompanying “ahhh” to the “mmmm”
of Sonoma-Continental Cuisine. Truly incredible. Monthly “Dinner
with the Winemaker” series features different local wineries and
five-course dinners.
Claim
to Fame: “Filet Mignon Hitchcock,” named for the famous moviemaker
who filmed The Birds in Bodega Bay.
Portside
8001 Kingfisher
Road
Charleston, OR
Phone: (541) 888-5544
www.portsidebythebay.com
Lunch: $10; dinner:
$17
Portside
overlooks the Charleston boat basin, so you can watch fishing boats deliver
your fresh catch! Chefs turn it into Lobster Newburg, Crab Thermidore,
and Bouillabaisse Marseillaise. Outside: clam digging or crabbing and
fishing from the docks.
Claim
to Fame: a casually elegant place where crusty fishermen mix with tuxedo-clad
gents.
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