"One of the many Culinary Art School grads on this list, chef Ruffo Ibarra opened his restaurant in 2015 after working under top chefs in Europe and the U.S. Ibarra’s mesquite grill is at the center of a Baja California menu of well-smoked prime rib, USDA prime rib-eye, and largemouth bass, which comes with fried kale and salsa verde as well as inspired raw bar items such as a yellowtail tiradito with citrus and crispy seaweed and a blackened tuna tostada with cuttlefish ink and smoked watermelon." - Bill Esparza