Breakfast specials continue to pull in the crowds at Baja Peppers, particularly the hearty and affordable $4 U.S. All-American platter with three eggs any style accompanied by potatoes, fruit, beans, and toast. But, as locals know, the budget-friendly eatery and signature restaurant at the historic Hotel Mar de Cortez is an appealing dining option at any time of the day.

Vancouver-born restaurateur John Venditti’s eclectic menus mix Mexican standards and American favorites like tacos and burgers with dishes representative of his Canadian and Italian heritage, from Canadian-style chicken fried chicken smothered in mushroom gravy to Mama’s pasta primavera. Generous helpings of fresh local seafood are also on display, including an excellent blackened fish burger with fries on the lunch menu and a dinner of crab-and-cheese-stuffed Sorrento prawns wrapped in bacon. Steak lover? Dig into the beef tenderloin or New York strip and pair your prime cuts with generous glass and bottle selections from

the restaurant’s internationally representative wine list. Weekend specials include two pounds of prime rib on Friday nights, all-you-can-eat baby back ribs on Saturdays, and a lobster tail and filet mignon surf and turf medley on Sundays. Hotel Mar de Cortez, Lázaro Cárdenas and Vicente Guerrero, Cabo San Lucas, (624) 105-0339, www.mardecortez.com. Daily 7 a.m.—10 p.m. All major credit cards and vouchers accepted. $$ C.S.

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