Coastal mariscos, made in Las Cruces.

A seafood kitchen named for the coast

Mariscos Boca del Rio y Comida Mexicana is an independent seafood restaurant on South Solano Drive, in the heart of Las Cruces. The name points straight to the Veracruz coast — Boca del Rio — where mariscos are a way of life, and that's the tradition the kitchen cooks from.

This is comida mexicana built around the sea: bright ceviches and aguachiles, warm caldos, and seafood platters made to share, alongside the Mexican plates a neighborhood spot is expected to do well. In a high-desert city a long way from the ocean, it's the kind of place people seek out.