where to buy your Fresh fish
I live near C-town on 9th, but I am not sure if that is an ok place to buy fish?
where do you buy your fish?
where do you buy your fish?
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My first choice is Blue Moon at the GAP Farmer's Market. After that it's either Fairway or the Korean's on 7th Ave between 2nd st and 3rd (corner of 3rd).
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Blue Moon at GAP Greenmarket or Unions Square Greenmarket on Wednesday
Fairway Red Hook
Fish Tales on Court St -
I have bought fish at C Town on 9th street for years and have had no problem They sell a lot of product and the men behind the counter are constantly cleaning and filleting so assuming that the fish come in there fresh (which is a big assumption in any fish store) and are handled properly once they arrive should be ok to buy there. At least that is how I justify it. It is a convenience to not have to go to another store just to buy fish when I am grocery shopping.
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Another good option is either Union Market on 7th Avenue and 12th St or 6th Avenue and Union St. Damian who works behind the fish/meat counter at the 6th and Union store is a real nice guy.
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There's a good Japanese place I think somewhere between third and fifth. It's mid-block and they only take cash.
Anyone ever brave the place next to Timboo's? Anyone ever brave Timboo's? -
union market
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Greenmarket if you can stand the line and don't mind paying somewhat high prices in exchange for unbelievably fresh fish.
Fairway for great prices and quality product.
Japanese place on 7th b/t 4th and 5th (there are two of them, so whichever one is further south and has the stairs up to the fish area...) -
I usually by at C-Town and if I'm on 7th Ave and feel like fish that night I'll go to the first Japanese place mentioned (not the one with the steps up to the fish area). If I had a car, I would totally go to Fairway, but it's just too much of a schlepp to go down there
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C-town's fish is just ok. It's mostly massively farmed stuff at mediocre quality. If you're ok with the political side of farmed fish, it won't make you sick or anything. Union Market has decent stuff. I haven't been to the Koreans. I need to get there!
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OK, what if you can't make it to the Greenmarket on Wednesdays and Fairway is too far away for you?
I used to love to buy fish at the place on 7th between 3rd & 4th (the one with the stairs). but, find that their fish is not fresh every day. Certain days it is great, other days it isn't. It must be when they get deliveries, though the man at the store swears they get deliveries every single day, even after I have told him that there were days when the fish was obviously not fresh. so, what to do? Just buy fish and freeze it? I hate doing that.
maybe I need to do Union market? -
Try the other Japanese place, and be flexible with what you buy (i.e., buy what looks good or what's surefire fresh (mussels that are closed, clams that are closed, etc.)
I find that Union Market (the south one, anyway) can have some hit and miss fish.
Also, keep in mind that shrimp and squid are usually delivered frozen no matter where you buy it (except the GM), so you can buy it frozen and thaw when needed. But, don't buy seafood that's been previously frozen and thawed and then refreeze it. Yuck. -
There are two fish markets on 7th Avenue both near each other. One is between 3rd and 4th called Park Slope Fish and then there is Ocean Fish Market at 3rd Street.
They also have a nice fish market inside the Natural Food Store next to American Apparel on Flatbush near the Q train station. -
I've never tried the fish at United Meat Market on PPW and 16th St But the meat there is high quality.
If you care about political correctness check out the Monterrey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch.
Here is the guide for the North Easet
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/content/media/MBA_SeafoodWatch_NortheastGuide.pdf -
OOoo that's good. Thanks!
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new2hood wrote: Try the other Japanese place, and be flexible with what you buy (i.e., buy what looks good or what's surefire fresh (mussels that are closed, clams that are closed, etc.)
i have had even worse experiences with the other Japanese place-the one right at the corner of 3rd Street, i won't go to them at all. I guess part of my problem is when i go to a fish market, i already have in mind what I want, guess I need to loosen up a bit there.
I find that Union Market (the south one, anyway) can have some hit and miss fish.
Also, keep in mind that shrimp and squid are usually delivered frozen no matter where you buy it (except the GM), so you can buy it frozen and thaw when needed. But, don't buy seafood that's been previously frozen and thawed and then refreeze it. Yuck. -
I bought some really nice salmon at the United Meat Market, actually.
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In particular I'd love to find a place that has affordable med-jumbo sized shrimp and catfish fillets.
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We usually do FreshDirect. They have a nice selection and links to the sustainability/mercury information on their fish. They have been out of wild salmon a lot recently, and I ain't eating no farmed fish...
Fairway is also a good, reliable source and a more consistent selection than FreshDirect. -
I loves me my shrimp and grits and pan fried cat fish.
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the problem with doing FreshDirect or even the greenmarket is you have to plan ahead and then keep the fish sitting in your fridge for days. What if you just want some fish tonight? You would think the 2 fish stores in this neighborhood would be better.
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i agree longtimesloper.
i'm not a freshdirect fan at all.
the packaging alone is obscene. -
I also use the Natural Foods Store on Flatbush that was mentioned earlier in the thread. I think the fish is pretty decent.
I used to order from Fresh Direct all the time, but have stopped because I just can't justify all the excess packaging...nothing tastes as good when I have a guilty conscience about it. -
arock75 wrote: Another good option is either Union Market on 7th Avenue and 12th St or 6th Avenue and Union St. Damian who works behind the fish/meat counter at the 6th and Union store is a real nice guy.
I can't think of a reason not to buy fish at C-town.
I have bought cheap fresh fish in Manhattan's Chinatown and spent more money on the same fish in both fish markets on 7th Ave near 3rd Street and Natural Land on Flatbush Avenue. Never any problems, just good service at all places and price differences (fish is much more expensive in Park Slope).
Sometimes the fish at Union Market looks soapy with suds. I hear that "suds" are a bad sign when shopping for fish, so I pass soapy looking fish. -
littlegal wrote: I also use the Natural Foods Store on Flatbush that was mentioned earlier in the thread. I think the fish is pretty decent.
FreshDirect has gotten much better about their packaging. They're cutting out all styrofoam and eliminating those stupid boxes that only contain one item. Plus their entire fleet of trucks runs on biodiesel. They're doing good things, IMHO.
I used to order from Fresh Direct all the time, but have stopped because I just can't justify all the excess packaging...nothing tastes as good when I have a guilty conscience about it. -
Huh. Really? Cuz while I don't use them (I actually like grocery shopping), my roommate does and I am always astounded at huge cardboard boxes with two things in them-- and three boxes per order.
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8thandPrez wrote: [quote=littlegal]I also use the Natural Foods Store on Flatbush that was mentioned earlier in the thread. I think the fish is pretty decent.
FreshDirect has gotten much better about their packaging. They're cutting out all styrofoam and eliminating those stupid boxes that only contain one item. Plus their entire fleet of trucks runs on biodiesel. They're doing good things, IMHO.
I used to order from Fresh Direct all the time, but have stopped because I just can't justify all the excess packaging...nothing tastes as good when I have a guilty conscience about it.
This is true. They sent around a survey a couple months ago and one of the number one complaints was their packaging. My last two orders were all in one box as opposed to three or four. -
Any place for fish in South Slope? Union Market is too pricey.
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we get fresh direct at our office, and as recently as this week, the packaging had not changed at all...still ridiculously wasteful.
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littlegal wrote: I also use the Natural Foods Store on Flatbush that was mentioned earlier in the thread. I think the fish is pretty decent.
I agree, when I want fish, I go to Natural Land.
I used to order from Fresh Direct all the time, but have stopped because I just can't justify all the excess packaging...nothing tastes as good when I have a guilty conscience about it. -
If you recycle the cardboard from FD, what's the problem? The boxes themselves are made from recycled material anyway....
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