Best fish market in the area?

[serious-noir.livejournal.com]

Where do folks around here buy their fish? Any places to check out or avoid?

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[ronhaha108.livejournal.com]

Captain Boston Fish Company is great and really fresh.. It's in Medford, but pretty close, collage ave to powderhouse to warner st which turns into harvard st. After rotary it's at the 2nd set of lights on the left.

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[pekmez.livejournal.com]

Dave's fresh pasta has a weekly "fish day" when they get a delivery of very fresh fish with a different thing on special each week. I personally haven't tried it - it's delivered by the same fish wholesaler that sells at the Arlington Center farmer's market as well, I believe.

I've actually had pretty good luck at Market Basket on occasion if you happen to be shopping there - certainly if you are buying supermarket-grade fish to begin with you might as well get it at Market Basket where it can be 1/2 or 2/3 the price of other supermarket chains. I have recently gotten whole mackerel there that was shockingly fresh and cheap cheap cheap.

[avacon.livejournal.com]

Dave's fish day is Thursday, and they often have some left on Friday. It comes from the Globe Fish Company and has always been fresh and tasty. (We usually try and get some there each week if we don't have other plans.) The other Dave (ie, not the one Dave's is named after) generally has excellent cooking suggestions.

[m00n.livejournal.com]

This.

Although I'd really like it if I could find a fish market around here that would make some effort to sell even mildly sustainable fish (I.e. NOT the nearly extinct bluefin tuna!)

[emannths.livejournal.com]

According to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, all of these stocks are in good shape (some are farmed). And all are readily available around here.

-Catfish
-Steamer clams
-Mackerel
-Mussels
-Oysters
-Wild Alaskan Salmon
-Sardines
-Striped Bass
-Rainbow Trout

If you extend to include their "good alternative" species, you add things like bluefish, rock bass, porgy/scup, lobster, crabs...

So while it's true that the markets make little-to-no effort to promote these species over less sustainable ones, it's not hard to purchase fish from sustainable fisheries.

[m00n.livejournal.com]

Indeed, and I do try to stick to the things on this list whenever possible, however there are definitely days when Dave's does not have any of the non-shellfish on this list. Even at Whole Foods which often has a consistently large fish selection, often the only things I'm left with are rainbow trout, bluefish (which which my SO won't eat), and *some*times mackerel (which I've eaten a lot of). Catfish seems to be available on a somewhat seasonal basis and salmon, while almost always available, is rarely from Alaska, sadly.

It's frustrating because people want to say they're selling "local" fish and I do like to support local industries, but New England also has some of the most poorly managed fisheries in the country so I end up trying to avoid it.

And, really? Why don't more people sell albacore tuna? It is definitely delicious and NOT on the endangered species list!

[jamiesquared.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the fish from Daves. I go there as often as I can on Thursdays. Seriously salmon has never tasted so good!

I suggest

[svilletheatre.livejournal.com]

Broadway Fish Market, on Winter Hill, next to the fire station.

[eclectician.livejournal.com]

New Deal Fish Market. Cambridge Street, between Inman and Lechmere. Well worth the hike.

[narya.livejournal.com]

Yeah, seconded.

[joylewis.livejournal.com]

This is the only place I'll buy fish now. Unbelievably fresh, family owned, and Carl gives excellent cooking suggestions.

[mistresshellena.livejournal.com]

I always had good luck at Pemberton Farms. And there is/was? the fishmonger (that i think is called that?) over on Huron next to Formaggio's kitchen.

[latvianchick.livejournal.com]

There is, and it's good quality, but crazy expensive.

[latvianchick.livejournal.com]

New Deal Fish market is absolutely the best.

Captain Boston is good. They specialize in fish for sushi, so it's pricey and the variety they have is somewhat limited. I found the staff not terribly helpful - polite, but they just don't say much and it's hard to get questions answered fully. I go there rarely, and for specific things (when Carl of New Deal doesn't have them) not when I'd just like to cook some fish.

Whole Foods is good, and not expensive if you choose right. They often have good deals on whole fish.

I found Pemberton's overpriced and limited in selection when I was last there for fish, but it was years ago.

[emannths.livejournal.com]

I like New Deal, but I also like Courthouse Fish Market a lot. It's just a couple blocks past New Deal on Cambridge, toward Lechmere. I find Courthouse has slightly better prices than New Deal, and they also have a reliable stock of sardines/stickleback, which I buy frequently. The guys who run the place are really nice, and will help you out with selection, cooking suggestions, etc. Both New Deal and Courthouse have a somewhat variable selection, so if you want something specific, it's best to call ahead.

I don't buy much seafood at grocery stores, but $4.99/lb lobsters at Market Basket are great. I believe they'll even cook them for you if you ask.