Dockside Too: Morro Bay CA

/the Dockside Too in the Heart of Morro Bay Califfornia

 

Morro Bay is a small  city on Highway 1, the Pacific Coast Highway, it lies justt North of San Luis Obispo the city is dominated by two major features, the man made and natural.

 

The man made features are the three chimneys of the Morro Bay power plant. The natural is a massive mound of granite rising from the sea, known as Morro Rock. Morro Rock is all that remains of a great volcano which must have dominated the region in prehistoric times. The rock is actually the plug which formed in the heart of the volcano as it died. 

 

 

Morro Rock



To get to Dockside Too drive off Highway One down towards the chimney's of the power plant, if you keep going downhill you are heading the right way as the restaurant is as it name suggests right on the dockside.

This area is filled with several fish restaurants, all of which are pretty good.

Dockside Too is unique in that it is totally a dine outside restaurant. Very nice on Spring and Summer days. Though I would advise maybe taking a jacket and sun lotion with you as it can be cold by the Ocean inlet and the sun is also very intense.

 

Among my favorite foods at the Dockside Too are  their fish and Chips. Fish are caught fresh, This cod had been swimming in the Pacific that very morning.

Staff are very friendly and special to their ordering is that you go into their fish market to order. As your meal comes ready you are called back to collect your meal, a little like a fast food restaurant, but here you can choose your own portion which is cooked to order.

Also the owners of the restaurant are dog lovers, if you have your dog with you he or she can drink a cool bowl of water before you all go for a walk on the beach and a basket of dog treats are kept available for your pet.

 

Salaam Seafood - Fresno CA.

Restaurant Address, Salaam Seafood, 841 F Street Fresno California.

As you may know I like to find some little known special places to eat. Salaam Seafood is one of those little gems that you can easily miss.

Not far from the downtown business district of Fresno but on a small side street in what looks like a lost part of town near the Southern Pacific railroad tracks.

A friend of mine pointed the way to this great little diner.

Salaam Seafood specializes in fish as the name might suggest. On this visit I took the option to have fried Catfish.

The batter was a cornmeal batter so very nutty to the taste and wonderfully crunchy. Every piece of the fish was cooked to perfection and tasty. I have had some catfish in the past that had a slight muddy taste but this fish was succulent and sweet.

Prices were great value. This is a workplace sort of diner, not a fancy downtown restaurant. The staff were extremely friendly as were the regular customers at other tables. There was lots of cross talk across the various groups around the diner and the staff which gave the place wonderful atmosphere.

If you are near Downtown Fresno, take a trip to 841 DF Street and enjoy a taste of Southern style fish.