La Costanera
Photo: courtesy of the restaurant
Perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific, La Costanera, a contemporary Peruvian nuevocomer from chef-restaurateur Carlos Altamirano (who also owns SF’s Piqueo’s and Mochica), brings punchy pisco cocktails and over a dozen types of ceviche, tiraditos and crudos to the coastside berg of Montara Beach near Half Moon Bay; the three-story, 10,000-sq.-ft. former Chart House space boasts a soaring glass ceiling plus tall windows to maximize surf- and seal-watching.
8150 Cabrillo Hwy., Montara Beach; 650-728-1600
La Costanera
Photo: courtesy of the restaurant