Eat soft tacos piled with fresh fish and served with green chili salsa at La Sirena Gorda. For lunch and dinner try the house specialty, seafood tacos with fish prepared to taste like machaca or carnitas or covered with mole. There's always a short list of daily specials, such as blackened red snapper, steak, or fish kebabs.
Patrons enjoy the casual sidewalk-cafe atmosphere.
A few steps from the pier, we found La Sirena Gorda, which, true to it's name, displays paintings and carvings of fat mermaids. On the table was an exquisite, velvety green chili salsa. We asked owner and chef Luis Munoz how many chilies he puts into the salsa. We followed the appetizers with soft tacos that were filled with sauteed shrimp, bacon and onion or a garlicky combination of fresh squid, octopus and shrimp. A marimba player who had set up shop on the sidewalk asked if there was anything we'd like to hear.