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Old 04-23-2003   #1 (permalink)
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El Cejas, a new seafood option in town

El Cejas has opened a big palapa restaurant between 24th and 26st Streets between 25th and 30th.

They are no strangers to this business. Their original restaurant in the market "Mercado 28" in Cancun has been open for about 14 years. We had caldo de camaron and pargo a la Veracruzana yesterday and it was quite tasty. Look for ceviche, cocteles, whole fish, fillets, shrimp and seafood soups.

BTW, El Cejas is the owner's nickname which makes fun of his big, bushy eyebrows.
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Old 02-24-2006   #2 (permalink)
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Some pics of this trip.
Very good food and the service was very efficent. But I liked more La Tarraya.

If you go look with detail as they are not that flashy from the outside, the street is not very busy and the area is not touristic, very few stores around.

Their menu is more extensive and has items not found in other restaurants in Playa:
Ceviche in several variations: shrimp, fish, oysters, scallops (callo de hacha), octopus, oyster, conch.

Lobster and crayfish.

River fish egg (hueva de pescado)
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Look out for the seafood platter for two...it's humongous.
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Great tip. I'll give it a try when I'm there over Easter!

General operating hours???
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Old 03-27-2006   #5 (permalink)
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Laura and I have eaten at El Cejas at Mercado 28 alot over the years. Great food, Grrrrreat price too. We will be making a trip there to check out on our trip.
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hours at el cejas

We ate at El Cejas at about 1 pm - and there were only 2 other tables occupied. I know it's open in the evening too. Service was FAST - and it was interesting to watch the waiters, they're so classy. They were all older men, and stood at the side of the room, spread out, waiting patiently. I compare that to some American restaurants, where the waitstaff would be gabbing to each other, even sitting and watching TV, almost acting annoyed when customers ask for something.
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A group of us tried to eat here during Peep Fest. It was a Saturday night, regular dinner time and they were closed. Not sure why, just kinda odd we thought.
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I'm really looking forward to trying this place. I really love seafood, especially at places that serve it raw, broiled, steamed or grilled. I don't like places the serve it fried - I find the quality of the food much, much lower. Any place that will proudly serve you raw or steamed seafood is probably going to have extremely fresh product.

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A group of us tried to eat here during Peep Fest. It was a Saturday night, regular dinner time and they were closed. Not sure why, just kinda odd we thought.
Let me know if y'all would like to try again when we are all out there...
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A group of us tried to eat here during Peep Fest. It was a Saturday night, regular dinner time and they were closed. Not sure why, just kinda odd we thought.
This post made me realize that I don't think I've ever seen them open in the evening, and I've lived near El Cejas since November of 04. Guess they are only open for lunch, I'll check out the hours the next time I'm passing by.
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This post made me realize that I don't think I've ever seen them open in the evening, and I've lived near El Cejas since November of 04. Guess they are only open for lunch, I'll check out the hours the next time I'm passing by.
Ah ha! I wonder if that is the case?

And I pointed your house out to the rest of the peeps I was walking with (Carole, Tammy and David, Donny and Randa) - didn't ya see us all wavin at you?
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Ah ha! I wonder if that is the case?

And I pointed your house out to the rest of the peeps I was walking with (Carole, Tammy and David, Donny and Randa) - didn't ya see us all wavin at you?
So that was you guys who egged my house!
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Thought Cejas was pretty good. Nice menu and I loved the fact that you could get many different types of ceviche (shrimp, squid, octopus, scallop, etc.) The red salsa they put on the table is WONDERFUL, but the green (habanero) was so strong just the fumes almost made us choke!
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My advice is always the same: be carefull with the salsas when you arrive at a place you have never eaten before, you never know how hot are they gonna be, and never trust the guy that says "no, no pica"-"nah, is mild".
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The menu of El Cejas.
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