Sometimes good food shows up in the most unlikely places. Baby Beluga opened quietly, with little fanfare, in a strip mall near the airport a few months ago. And after three visits, I'm convinced that aside from the great Mexican seafood at Mariscos Chihuahua this place serves the best fresh fish and shellfish in Tucson. The small restaurant is packed every day, and the wait can be long.
Service is slow because each order is prepared from scratch.
Little loaves of cornbread will keep you happy while you wait. I can recommend almost everything I've tried in this cheerful, inexpensive restaurant. My friend George recently had the best piece of salmon I've ever tasted on desert soil. We were sitting at the bar, in a bit of a time crunch and starving, eagerly anticipating our meal. The diligent chef, so fun to watch, had quite a field day with the fish.