SAN DIEGO—At high tide, waves crash against the windows of The Marine Room restaurant, a startling sight and sound.
The fine dining restaurant sits right on the beach, so close to the ocean’s edge that if you look out toward the Pacific, you can’t see sand—only waves. The shifting sunset views are so captivating, they almost steal the spotlight from your dinner companions. Cliffs rise up in the distance, with city lights flickering. When it’s not high tide, the lapping of the waves is soothing to the point of sending you into a reverie, only interrupted once in a while by people emerging out of the ocean, like mermaids or mermen. They turn out to be long-distance swimmers, who make the aquatic journey from those faraway cliffs.
