"Ve el Mar translates to “see the sea,” and indeed for 34 years the restaurant’s perch on Santa Cruz beach has provided an unbeatable view of the bay and the cruise ships as they pull into port. Ingredients are the focus here — breakfast offers typical regional dishes like enmoladas, chilaquiles, and entomatadas, while lunch and dinner showcase less classic preparations like Hawaiian shrimp, seafood-stuffed pineapple, the lobster Ve el Mar, grilled octopus, and all manner of whole fish prepared in the restaurant’s traditional wood oven. [$$-$$$]" - Tirza Bonifazi
