La Viga

San Francisco

Latin American Restaurant

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Manuel Martinez’s simple yet expert Latin restaurant, La Viga, helped put Redwood City on the culinary map in 2012, influencing countless other chefs to migrate to the Peninsula and shape it into a dining destination. Mexico City’s fish market is the inspiration for the name and the strong roster of seafood dishes, like coconut prawns and seafood paella. The menu's must-try dish, though, is the ceviche, particularly the sampler trio featuring shrimp, mahi mahi, and red snapper, which lets you taste as much fish as possible -- and gets you off the hook from settling on just one.