Shoots Fish & Beer

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Shoots Fish & Beer in Carlsbad Village occupies the Cottages on Roosevelt collective at 2956 Roosevelt Street, where pro surfer Cheyne Magnusson and sustainability-focused chef Davin Waite co-founded a Maui-meets-Baja seafood concept in 2022. The 900-square-foot cottage shares a courtyard with artisan vendors including Pop Pie Co., and the kitchen operates without freezers — all seafood is purchased fresh from Southern California and Baja purveyors and served the same cycle. Cheyne's OG poke bowl layers ahi with shoyu, sesame, cucumber, furikake, and chili oil, and the fish tacos use market catch with cabbage slaw, pickled onion, habanero carrot, and cotija in a gluten-free corn tortilla. A 20-tap bar pours four core Shoots house beers — a Japanese-style rice lager, cream ale, San Diego-style IPA, and double IPA — alongside rotating natural wines, agave margaritas, and hard kombucha. The total-utilization cooking philosophy extends to specials that minimize waste by using off-cuts and secondary portions in creative preparations, a zero-waste ethos that mirrors the seasonal-catch commitment at Campfire in Bressi Ranch. The kalua pork quesadilla fills an Oaxaca cheese melt with slow-roasted pork and house guacamole, bridging the Hawaiian and Mexican halves of the menu.