Baja Cantina Beach – LCM 40 SPRING 2015

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The stuffed lobster at Baja Cantina Beach Club is a seafood lover’s delight. Photo By Miguel Ventura

The world’s most beautiful dining room is framed by sand, sun and surf, and looks out over the evocative granite monuments that stretch from the Cabo San Lucas Marina to Land’s End. Tables are set seaside on the soft sands of Médano Beach, and when the sun goes down, moonlight plays on the Sea of Cortés and the colorful lights that outline anchored boats seem almost close enough to touch. It’s a breathtaking scene, and Baja Cantina Beach Club does it justice with a delicious array of local seafood dishes and other delicacies, tropical cocktails like margaritas and mojitos, and fine wines from Baja’s Valle de Guadalupe and beyond. Stop by for breakfast, sample afternoon sushi platters, or kick off your espadrilles for the requisite barefoot fine dining, and prepare for one of Cabo’s most memorable sunset dinners. The restaurant is famed for its canoa (“canoe”) buffet featuring the freshest of fresh local seafood, but it also serves up nightly delights ranging from braised octopus and barbecued ribs to combo platters for two such as the Isla Guadalupe with lobster tail, filet mignon, shrimp tostada, and chicken enchiladas in verde sauce. Live music is on tap Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays after 7 p.m., and the restaurant hosts its celebrated Fiesta Mexicana on Wednesday evenings, with specialty menus, margaritas, mariachis, fireworks, and folkloric dances. Daily deals at the beachfront hotspot include an all-day (8 a.m.–5 p.m.) happy hour with two-for-one beers and domestic drinks, and three-for-two sushi rolls 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Valet parking and Wi-Fi are complimentary. Callejón El Pescador, Médano Beach, behind Cabo Villas Beach Resort & Spa, Cabo San Lucas, (624) 143-1111, www.bajacantinabeachclub.com. Daily 8 a.m.–11 p.m. AmEx, MasterCard, Visa, and vouchers accepted. $$–$$$ C.S.