Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub

Mar Vista trades the tourist-trap seafood shack aesthetic for genuine Old Florida charm—locally-sourced, southern-inspired cooking in a place that's been here long enough to have buttonwood trees older than most of your relatives. The dock access means you can arrive by water. The patio with string lights and the fact that staff actually know what they're talking about (they'll tell you the restaurant's history) separates this from the usual waterfront noise.

Late afternoon on a weekday—you'll catch the light on the water without the weekend crowd, and the kitchen is still sharp before the dinner rush.

Order the fried avocado and the tater tots (reviewers call them divine). Ask your server about the restaurant's history—staff here actually enjoy telling it.

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