Oltre Mare
Get the handmade pasta and sit at the bar to watch the kitchen work. Oltre Mare is the kind of place locals keep quiet about, where the chef knows the fishmonger and it shows. Reserve ahead or eat early at 5:30 when the walk-ins still have a shot.
Handmade pasta, whatever the special is. The seafood changes daily. Go for what the kitchen wants to cook that night, not the menu.
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- 4286 Cass St, San Diego, CA 92109, USA
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