Destroy the seafood-in-the-desert stigma once and for all at these eateries specializing in fresh fish.
- Rockefeller
This buzzy strip mall restaurant specializes in cocktails, variously prepared oysters and other seafood specialties, including plump, tasty mussels with chorizo and fried calamari.
8260 N. Hayden Rd., 480-687-3757, rockefellerscottsdale.com - Chula Seafood Grayhawk
This cute seafood market and restaurant specializes in fish caught off the Southern California coast, offering “boat-to-table”dishes like clam chowder, lobster rolls and smoked fish sandwiches.
20581 N. Hayden Rd., 480-597-9125, chulaseafood.com - Chart House
Hard to say what customers like more: the great views of the golf course and mountains or the fresh seafood. In any case, this popular corporate restaurant keeps reeling ’em in.
7255 E. McCormick Pkwy., 480-951-2550, chart-house.com
