El Pescador Fish Market & Restaurant

About the Business

Specialties

Fish retail, seafood sandwiches and soups, grilled fish, seafood salads. We are open every day from 10 am to 9 pm, you can enjoy our fish here or take out. Bring it with you at the beautiful nearby Wind 'n Sea beach, less than a mile away.

History

Established in 1974.

El Pescador first opened its doors in Del Mar in July of 1974. A young ambitious nineteen year old surfer named Jeff Norris bought some refrigeration equipment for less than a thousand dollars. He recruited sixteen year old Jim Mahoney and together they hand crafted a display case out of wood and fiberglass and began selling fresh seafood to the once small town of Del Mar. Within twelve months retail fish sales were booming, but the public demanded more than just raw seafood. They wanted fresh fish to eat on the spot! Soon after Norris served El Pescador's first prepared food: a shrimp cocktail and lemonade for $1.00. By the end of 1976 Norris had a complete seafood deli to accompany his thriving fresh fish market. In March of 1978, sixteen year old Sean Shannon traded his paper route in for his first real job, "El Pescador-clean-up-kid". Seven years later Shannon opened his own store on Pearl Street in La Jolla. Since then the menu has increased to an array of char-grilled and sauteed