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    The oak grill has been running at Walt's Wharf since before Seal Beach had a Yelp page, and the menu reads like someone actually cares where the fish came from. This is a sit-down seafood restaurant with a serious California sensibility: local catch, local vegetables, and wines from the founding family's own vineyard poured alongside. The room draws regulars who come for the grilled trout and stay for the oysters, and nobody's in a hurry to leave.

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    • Bourbon glazed pork chop

      “The entree menu is bursting with premium seafood, meat and chicken dishes, such as the bourbon glazed pork chop with pineapple salsa and oak-grilled Idaho trout almondine.”

      AAA
    • Oak-grilled Idaho trout almondine

      “The entree menu is bursting with premium seafood, meat and chicken dishes, such as the bourbon glazed pork chop with pineapple salsa and oak-grilled Idaho trout almondine.”

      AAA

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