Blue Water Seafood Ocean Beach

A fish market sits just inside the door at this Ocean Beach counter-service spot, and the person taking orders may be the one who caught the yellowtail that morning off La Jolla. Orders go in at the counter for tacos, a tuna melt on grilled sourdough, or a chowder thick with clams, then out to tables on a patio, past a lobby that can back up to the fish case at busy hours.