Founded in 2011 as a Baja-style mariscos counter, Oscars Mexican Seafood at 646 University Ave in 92103 builds its Hillcrest menu around daily-fresh seafood cut and prepped behind the ordering line. The signature Taco Especial stacks fish, shrimp, and scallops in a single shell—a three-protein format distinct from the single-catch street tacos at La Vecindad Neighborhood TACOS elsewhere on the corridor. House-smoked marlin appears across tacos, ceviches, and the Torta De Oscar, where it layers with spicy shrimp and skirt steak inside a single pressed roll. The Cucurachas—whole shrimp deep-fried shell-on—anchor a Baja seafood-market menu that also includes grilled octopus tacos, placing the counter alongside sit-down mariscos operations like Ortega's A Mexican Bistro on University Ave. Catering packages scale the full mariscos lineup—ceviches, taco trays, and torta platters—to private events and large-format party spreads.