Rocky Port Grill and Fish Market- El Cajon- a revisit

Welcome to mmm-yoso!!! The part usually played by Kirk or ed(from Yuma) will be played by Cathy for the next bit of time.

Hi. It seems that I disappeared for most of this year, but it's time to share some meals I've been saving up in the cameraphone.  I posted about Rocky Port earlier this year, when I was beginning my whole-fish as a meal binge and it has become a regular stop even if we don't order a whole fish.  The seafood here is always fresh, tasty, and tender.

On Tuesdays, all tacos are $1 off, so the fish tacos are $1.50 all day...(yes, it does open at 10 a.m. and closes at 9 p.m. week days, and 10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday) 

Always, when you sit down, corn chips (the corn tortillas here are really good -layered- and make flaky corn chips), really good fresh salsa, cut limes and a bit of fresh-fresh fish ceviche is brought to the table.

On this visit, I ordered the Campechana Cocktail ($13.50). Shrimp, squid, scallops, octopus, clams and oyster, cooked in the lime and tomato juice, with cucumber and avocado mixed in.  Catsup, crackers and selection of hot sauces add to the flavors of this tasty, fresh, tender and delightful large bowl of a meal. I crave it.  

You can see two spoons with the cocktail.  The Mister and I shared it, as well as sharing two fish tacos and two Gobernador tacos.

The Gobernador taco, a tortilla  first 'lined' with melted cheese is then filled with a buttery saute of shrimp, bell pepper, onion and tomato...always a craving and at the regular price of $3.50, worth it...even a better deal on Tuesdays...The fish taco is quite largeand, again, fresh and fried properly in a light batter.

If the windows on the building somehow look familiar to you...remember Pizza Hut? ...I hope everyone is having a good week.

 Rocky Port Grill and Seafood Market 1771 N. Second Street El Cajon 92021 (619) 593-0637 Website

Comments

[Faye]

The food looks amazing. I checked out their website and everything looks pretty good. Is there a similar place you can recommend that's closer to North County/UTC area?

[ed (from Yuma)]

Nice to hear from you again. Great post. I always seem to forget how many little Mexican mariscos/tacos places there are in America's Finest Ciudad.

[cathy]

I can't say I've seen any Mariscos labels or even many Taco Shops in that part of town, Faye. I must now research!
Thanks, ed. There are a lot of standout places around this Ciudad...or at least a standout dish at each one. Everybody seems to tell me about "their" Taco Shop and its specialty...which I have been researching and documenting.

[caninecologne]

The campechana cocktail looks very filling. I'm craving that now!

i've never seen those kind of windows at Pizza Hut before!

[Cathy]

Another of my cravings, cc. Especially in hot weather, campechana or just shrimp cocktails/cocteles are my first choice. The original Pizza Huts (from the 1960's) all were the same buildings/footprints/those windows. There's a place on El Cajon Boulevard that used to be one. I can't think of the name right now, but I think Kirk did a post...I'll email you. Same windows.