Mariscos & Fish Entrées in Wheaton, MD

Wheaton has its own deep Latin food bench along Georgia Avenue, which is exactly why its diners are hard to impress — and why the ones who make the 13-minute run down to Flower Avenue for the Super Golfo fajitas or a whole pan-fried mojarra count for double. After Brookside Gardens or Wheaton Regional Park, it's the closest full-bar Latin dinner south.

From Wheaton we're 13 min · 5.4 mi, 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