Best Restaurant - Marina

Salt Wood Kitchen and Oysterette

3295 Dunes Drive, Marina

(831) 883-5535, saltwoodkitchenandoysterette.com

Variety and quality are key to keeping an audience entertained – particularly when they’ve seen balancing acts before or have grown used to the abundance of fresh produce and seafood. Salt Wood Kitchen and Oysterette offers that bit extra, with three different ambiences to choose from: a dining room, a lounge and bar and breezy patio. But what is a circus without a fireeater? OK, so you don’t eat fire here, but the chef and his team do cook over flame. And with access to the bay and area farms, ingredients are fresh and seasonal.