Bear Flag Fish Co.

A Pacific City staple, Bear Flag runs a proper fish counter — pick what looks best and they will turn it into poke, tacos, or a plate, with floor-to-ceiling windows looking toward the water.

Our order, for the record: the ahi poke bowl when it is warm out, the grilled fish tacos when it is not. Counter service means nobody minds if you show up in beach clothes, and the line moves faster than it looks.

Bear Flag sits a five-minute walk from our chairs, which makes it the easy answer to the "haircut or lunch first?" question — do both. Come see us for a fresh fade at our Huntington Beach barbershop, then eat something that was swimming this morning.