Brown-butter citrus, spring peas, chervil oil.
A small bistro on the corner of Main and West Bay. We open the kitchen at five and the door at five-thirty.
Brown-butter citrus, spring peas, chervil oil.
White wine, garlic, Calabrian chili, grilled bread.
Summer succotash, lime, smoked tomato butter.
Forty seats including the bar. We hold a few tables for walk-ins each night. Larger parties are best booked at least a week ahead.
Maria opened Coquina in 2014 after eleven years cooking up and down the coast. She wanted a place small enough that she'd still be on the line every night, and a menu short enough that it could change with what came in off the dock that morning.
Twelve years on, that's still how it runs. One chef, one menu printed Tuesday morning, the same fishmonger since the second week we were open.
If you're new to Coquina, sit at the counter. If you're a regular, you already know which seat is yours.
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Free parking out front and around the side. Two blocks from the bridge over to the beach. Reservations recommended Friday and Saturday.
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