Captain Jim's Captain’s Tail Sandwich

From the longtime Miami seafood family who brings you fresh-caught fish at Garcia’s Seafood Grille & Fish Market on the Miami River and succulent fried shrimp on a bun at La Camaronera comes the resurrected Captain Jim’s Seafood Market and Restaurant. The North Miami restaurant, opened in 1996, was respected for its fresh seafood. After changes over the years, it was bought by David Garcia, who kept the same name but turned the space into a spotless market and restaurant with a tidy blue-and-white nautical motif and freshly caught seafood on the menu.

Among the specials is Captain’s Tail sandwich, a gussied-up version of their popular Pan con Minuta at La Camaronera, made with tail-on fried snapper topped with ketchup and raw onions on a puffy Cuban roll. Perfectly fried yellowtail snapper filet sits on a buttery brioche bun filled with a remoulade-style sauce and crunchy house-made coleslaw. Like the version at their Flagler Street counterpart, the tail pokes out gracefully, reminding you it was swimming in the sea not long ago.