Mariscos & Fish Entrées in Silver Spring, MD
Salmon Acapulco, whole pan-fried rockfish, garlic-caper salmon and shrimp four ways. We're 5 min · 1.6 mi from downtown from Silver Spring, at 8739 Flower Avenue in Silver Spring.
El Golfo sits at 8739 Flower Avenue in the Long Branch end of Silver Spring, five minutes east of the Ellsworth Drive crowds downtown. Flower Avenue is the quieter restaurant row — El Gavilan is two doors up at 8805 — and the lot beside the building holds 30 to 40 cars, which downtown Silver Spring cannot say about anything.
From Silver Spring we're 5 min · 1.6 mi from downtown, which makes seafood entrées a short trip rather than a whole day's errand.

Mariscos & Fish Entrées done properly
This is the gulf in El Golfo. Salmon Acapulco is topped with sautéed onions, shrimp and scallops in a light cream sauce ($32); Mojarra La Union is a whole fresh rockfish, seasoned and pan-fried; Pescado Criollo is rainbow trout under a fresh criolla sauce ($28). Shrimp run from the chipotle-lime Camarones al Grill ($29) to the Mexican Jambalaya with spicy chorizo ($28).
What's included
- Salmon Acapulco with shrimp & scallops — $32
- Mojarra La Union — whole pan-fried rockfish
- Salmon in Pacifico garlic-caper sauce — $28
- Camarones Azteca in garlic seafood sauce — $29
- Mexican Jambalaya with chorizo — $28 (GF)
- Sopa de Mariscos — seafood broth with shrimp, scallops, squid & mussels
Downtown Silver Spring & Ellsworth Drive · Long Branch · Sligo Creek Park · The Fillmore · Piney Branch Road
Mariscos & Fish Entrées questions
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Mariscos & Fish Entrées in Silver Spring?
8739 Flower Avenue, Silver Spring — parking on site for 30-plus cars. Order takeout online, or come in for the version with a sizzling platter and a band.