Fine Dining/Cash Only

Finding fresh seafood at a reasonable cost and on a regular basis proves challenging when one lives 1500 miles from the nearest ocean. Nearly every shipment found at local stores needs to be frozen before making its way inland. Not quite the same as enjoying it seaside.

So, when we traveled to San Fransisco last fall we were delighted to discover Barbara's Fishtrap down the coast a bit, and well worth the drive.



Fine Dining/Cash Only


Barbara's Fishtrap:
back door open to the ocean,
a lodestone drawing diners
strung like magnets out the front,
tolerating rain-gear weather
for their turn at rickety tables
and the catch of the day, savory
as any at the Ritz
a few miles south on Half Moon Bay.



Marilyn Aschoff Mellor