Half an hour later found us seated in a cozy booth, sipping on pretty potent margarita on the rocks, even hungrier and planning what to order. We decided on sharing the classic chef salad, a huge bowl of lettuce, deli meats, cubes of cheese, and hard-boiled egg, for 50 pesos. The salad came ready to toss. Dressings came on the side. In addition to the salad, we shared one of the dozen signature sandwiches, the "Godfather", loaded with ham, genoa salami, prosciutto, provolone, lettuce, tomato slices, onion, pepperoncini, and black olives, drizzled with vinaigrette, all on a 10-inch roll – for 58 pesos. The sandwich came with potato salad and dill pickle spears. We were hungry enough to finish it all.

We liked the food well enough to return a second time, ordering a "Gringo" sandwich to go for our kayaking adventure. The Gringo features smoked turkey breast, bacon, jack cheese, lettuce, tomato slices, and onion, spread with honey-mustard dressing. According to the waitresses, Marina Cantina is owned by a young guy from Detroit, who is the son-in-law of the owner of the Edificio Marina San Carlos. This place is popular and has internet access, so you see people at the tables using their laptops while drinking or snacking. Seating choices are both indoors and outside on the covered patio. Appetizers and homemade soups are also on the menu, as are vegetarian choices and the option to create your own sandwich.