Nico’s Fish Market brings ocean-to-table dining to San Diego
You’ve never eaten fish this fresh unless you caught it yourself.
That’s the promise at Nico’s Fish Market, a Pacific Beach spot where the line between fish market and restaurant blurs in the best possible way. Located at 745 Emerald Street, half a block from the water, this place serves what they catch. No shortcuts, no mystery sourcing, no long transport times.
The team sources whole fish daily from their own boat and a trusted network of local fishermen instead of a wholesale supplier or auction house. Local Bluefin tuna, Yellowtail, Swordfish, and Halibut all move from the water to the case the same way: caught, cleaned, and prepped in-house, with nothing passing through a middleman first. Everything is made fresh to order, with recipes built from scratch around whatever the ocean provides that day…