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315 W. 17th St. Santa Ana, CA 92706

714-664-8815

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Best Salsa
Award Winner 2008

Cuisine(s): Mexican

Price: $$
Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Lot Available

Description

Enormous platters of Mexican seafood, a mariachi band and cold beer make this Santa Ana marisquería a popular destination. Make sure to reserve a table on weekends.

2008 | Best Salsa

According to the restaurant's chef, it's just a generic Mexican salsa recipe. Key word here is Mexican. Instead of the mild, bland salsa you find at most gabacho-friendly Mexican joints, which tastes like a combination of tomatoes and water, this stuff has spice. And it's made fresh every day from ripe tomatoes, onions and a hefty dose of arbole, also known as dried red peppers. Calamar also serves fantastic guacamole and a plethora of leviathan-sized seafood dishes. More »

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ocweeklybestof | Costa Mesa, CA | 160 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

According to the restaurant's chef, it's just a generic Mexican salsa recipe. Key word here is Mexican. Instead of the mild, bland salsa you find at most gabacho-friendly Mexican joints, which tastes like a combination of tomatoes and water, this stuff has spice. And it's made fresh every day from ripe tomatoes, onions and a hefty dose of arbole, also known as dried red peppers. Calamar also serves fantastic guacamole and a plethora of leviathan-sized seafood dishes.

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El Calamar

315 W. 17th St. Santa Ana, CA 92706

714-664-8815

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2008 | Best Salsa

ocweeklybestof | Costa Mesa, CA | 160 Reviews

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